The Vancouver Canucks hope to be playoff contenders next season but they will also have to shed salary to be cap compliant next season and lose a significant piece in either Brock Boeser or Connor Garland.
Boeser has been in the NHL trade rumors mill for well over a year and this summer could finally be the time Canucks management makes a Boeser trade.
Why Brock Boeser will be traded
The Vancouver Canucks tried to trade Brock Boeser at the NHL trade deadline but could not find any takers because of his Canucks salary cap hit.
Harman Dayal and Thomas Drance of The Athletic report that Boeser will be a salary cap casualty and be traded this offseason.
They went on to say in their piece that Boeser’s trade value is limited and Canucks management may not get the return they seek.
Boeser has two more years remaining on his contract with a salary cap hit of $6.65 million.