Canucks' Asking Price for Brock Boeser Revealed By Elliotte Friedman

Brock Boeser remained a Vancouver Canuck through the trade deadline after reports swirled that the veteran forward would be dealt. 

Boeser, 28, is completing the last season of his three-year, $19.95 million contract and is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

The Canucks and Boeser remain far apart in coming to an agreement on an extension, with Vancouver offering five years while Boeser seeks a seven- or eight-year deal. 

Despite interest from multiple teams leading up to the deadline, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said trade offers didn’t meet the team’s minimum expectations to part ways with Boeser before the deadline.

“If I told you what I was offered for Brock Boeser, I think I would have to run out of here because you would not believe me,” Allvin said.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, after Allvin publicized those comments, Boeser and his agent were reportedly not pleased. That could have a major impact on his future in Vancouver as he hits the open market this summer. 

“It was a really odd media conference yesterday and I’m sure Boeser wasn’t happy with some of the things that were said, but I just tried to get to the bottom of it,” Friedman said on the “Saturday Headlines” segment on Hockey Night in Canada. “The thing is that the Vancouver Canucks indicated nothing less than the first rounder for Boeser, they weren’t taking anything less than the first rounder and they didn’t get it, so they decided to hold the player and we’ll see where it goes from here.”