Brock Boeser’s future in Vancouver looks like it may be headed toward a hard conversation sooner rather than later.
The Canucks winger came up short of the rebound season he and the club were after in 2025-26, finishing with 22 goals and 26 assists in 75 games. That followed a 70-point campaign two years ago, then a drop to 50 points the next season before this latest step back. He’s now locked in at $7.25MM per season for six more years, and that deal doesn’t exactly fit cleanly with a Vancouver team that’s clearly in a reset.
There’s still a case for keeping him around as a veteran presence, but TSN’s Travis Yost argues a trade is the better path. The logic is straightforward: players who can reliably score 20 goals aren’t easy to replace, and with contracts climbing across the league, Boeser’s cap hit isn’t as burdensome over the long haul as it might first look. Even if he never gets back to his peak production, there should still be enough value there to interest another team.
And with Vancouver looking a long way from getting back into the playoff picture, Boeser may not line up with where the Canucks are headed by the time they return to contention. That makes a move feel more like a matter of timing than possibility, even if a trade before the season is still considered highly unlikely.
Elsewhere in the Pacific, Sharks forwards Cameron Lund and Ethan Cardwell were on the ice in non-contact sweaters as they continue recovering from injuries suffered last season, according to Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News. Cardwell posted a goal in seven games for San Jose last season and added 15 points in 24 AHL games with the Barracuda. Lund finished with 25 points in 37 games for the Barracuda.
Pashelka also reported that both players could be fully ready when training camps open next month.
In Los Angeles’ pipeline, prospect Adam Goljer is set for a different stop this season. OHL Kingston announced it has signed the defenseman for the upcoming year. The 18-year-old was taken by the Kings in the second round in June, 49th overall, and was also a second-round pick in the 2025 CHL Import Draft before choosing to remain in Slovakia for another season.
Goljer appeared in 43 games with HK Dukla Trencin in Slovakia’s Extraliga, recording four goals and seven assists. He also represented Slovakia at the World Under-18s and World Juniors.
In Other News...
Kings Overhauled Plenty But One Question Still Hangs Over This Team
After a season in which the Kings scored less, gave up more and settled for a lower division finish before another first-round playoff exit, the offseason brought a clear message: the front office was not treating last spring as an isolated disappointment. Los Angeles went veteran-heavy up front, adding Mats Zuccarello, Erik Haula and Corey Perry while bringing back Scott Laughton, and it also turned to Peter Laviolette behind the bench in hopes of squeezing more cohesion out of the offense and giving the special teams a cleaner edge.
What still determines whether any of it matters is how the Kings core responds. Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield and Brandt Clarke remain the players most likely to tilt the teams ceiling, and the changes around them were designed to make that support structure sturdier. The roster looks different now, but the real question hanging over the club is whether those upgrades are enough to change the same familiar ending. [Read more 🡒]
Kings Fans Suddenly Have A Bigger Reason To Doubt This Core
The Kings have spent the last several seasons living in the same frustrating place: good enough to reach the playoffs, not good enough to stick around. Since returning to the postseason five years in a row, Los Angeles has never gotten past the opening round, and the most recent exit was another reminder of how thin the margin has become for a roster that still wants to be taken seriously as a contender.
Ken Holland has already put his stamp on the organization since taking over as general manager in May 2025, from hiring Peter Laviolette behind the bench to bringing in Artemi Panarin. Even with those moves, the bigger questions have only grown louder around the Kings, with concerns about an aging core, depth, contract clutter and a prospect pool that does not look ready to rescue the future anytime soon. [Read more 🡒]
Trevor Moore Faces A Big Kings Question Entering 2026-27
Trevor Moores 2025-26 season ended up looking like a little bit of everything the Kings have come to expect from him: useful offense, steady two-way work and, at times, a lineup that had to cope without him. He appeared in 69 games, dealt with injury absences along the way and found a better rhythm after the coaching change in March, which helped settle his game down as the year went on.
Now the bigger question is how that translates into 2026-27, when the Kings are trying to sort out where Moore fits in a forward group that needs reliable depth scoring and some defensive bite. His versatility has long made him an easy player to trust in different situations, and the way he responded late last season only adds to the sense that he could have an important role again if the pieces around him fall into place. [Read more 🡒]