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.
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