Friedman: Canucks give Brock Boeser's agent the permission to speak with other teams

[McJedi]

Trading Boeser for expiring terrible contracts makes zero sense.

May as well just take late picks. Get the cap space this year, which could be weaponized at the deadline and get some sort of futures.

Everyone in this thread needs to stop with Boeser for cap dumps. Take a 5th rounder before such nonsense.

It’s laughable you think a team would take Boeser for a 5th rounder. A 5th has virtually no value to begin with. Like a 5% chance of even making the NHL. So teams don’t treat those picks like they are precious. But teams won’t trade one for Boeser because they don’t want his crappy contract on their books for the next three years.

It’s not the 5th round pick that matters. It’s better application of finite cap space. In an era where it appears the cap will be flat again next season with tiny and disappointing $1mm increase.

You said yourself Boeser is overpaid by $1.5mm. I think it’s closer to $2mm. He’s negative value. Not deeply negative but he’s negative value. So either Vancouver retains, adds a pick or he stays on the roster. Faking sickness to avoid the indignity of a scratch scenario.

 

[Warh1ppy]

Trading Boeser for expiring terrible contracts makes zero sense.

May as well just take late picks. Get the cap space this year, which could be weaponized at the deadline and get some sort of futures.

Everyone in this thread needs to stop with Boeser for cap dumps. Take a 5th rounder before such nonsense.

Boeser is signed for 2 more years after this at his cap hit.

Trading him as it is means nothing but late picks coming back. That is all well and good.

But

if you could trade him for a comparable $6.65 million contract or less that expires this or next year and ensure those late picks become 1st/2nd round picks or decent prospects while also getting out of that contract dollar amount at the end of this or next year; thus saving a year or two of wasted cap space; it's a damned good deal