When it was known that the Hurricanes would be acquiring a pair of first-round picks as part of their return for Mikko Rantanen, the fact the deal wasn’t officially finalized until close to the trade deadline complicated Carolina’s efforts on that front.
However, it appears as if they made an effort to flip one of those picks to get some win-now help as Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK and The Athletic recently reported (Twitter link) that the Hurricanes are believed to have tried to make a run at adding Canucks winger Brock Boeser just before the deadline with one of those newly-acquired first rounders potentially in the offer.
The idea of adding Boeser certainly would have made a lot of sense from Carolina’s standpoint to help fill the void vacated by Rantanen and Martin Necas before the initial swap with Colorado. While the 28-year-old isn’t necessarily as offensively gifted as Rantanen or Necas, he has been a pretty reliable scorer throughout his career. Boeser isn’t on his way to his second straight 40-goal season but he has 18 goals and 20 helpers through 57 games which would have made him a good fit on the second line for the Hurricanes.
Of course, with Vancouver still squarely in the mix for a playoff spot in the West, it’s understandable why a futures-based return for one of their top wingers wouldn’t have been appealing to GM Patrik Allvin. Even when they moved J.T. Miller, they quickly flipped the first-round pick to Pittsburgh for two players who were quickly signed to contract extensions as they continued to operate with a win-now mindset. With that in mind, it’s reasonable to infer that if Boeser were to be moved, Allvin’s preference would have been a player-for-player type of swap over a futures-based offer like Carolina’s.
Dhaliwal also notes that the Canucks took a late run at trying to get Boeser signed to a contract extension. The only reported offer that’s out there was a five-year, $40MM proposal from earlier in the season; it’s unclear how much their new offer differed from their original but with a big jump coming in the salary cap, Boeser’s camp likely feels that they’ll be able to beat that on the open market this summer if a new deal with Vancouver isn’t reached by then. And if that doesn’t happen, there’s probably a good chance that the Hurricanes will be among the teams calling on July 1st.
should of let him go he isn’t very good
To be fair, your hockey knowledge is rather lacking. On par with your grasp of correct English.
This doesn’t surprise me that Carolina aimed for Brock Boeser & it wouldn’t be shocking if Carolina pushes hard for him this offseason. Granted, Los Angeles is reported to be highly interested in Boeser & I expect a couple of other teams like Minnesota to be looking to potentially get Boeser’s services as well.
@FTT, who do you think Carolina would take a chance on, Boeser or Marner?
I think of the two options, they will take a chance on Boeser as he will be cheaper & is more likely to leave Vancouver. But I think he’s there second option really. As for Marner, I feel he will be staying in Toronto when all set & done. Even if Marner by some chance hits the open market, he’s shown he’s not interested to go to Carolina. He killed the deal for Toronto on Rantanen as he declined to lift his no trade clause to be traded to Carolina.
I think though Carolina’s prime target will be Nikolaj Ehlers from Winnipeg more so than Boeser or Marner in the end.
Could simply be that Boeser has a specific destination in mind as to where he wants to play and not all about the dollars and cents. Minnesota kid and the Wild will have the money next season to sign him if they want to.
The NHL has already come out and said the future cap projections they estimated may be off due to some political situations (Not trying to take the convo in that situation, but it has been mentioned in the press). The Wild look good for next year, but the following when they need to give Kaprisov a blank cheque to stay, likely in about a 4-5M raise, and will need a few bumps and replacements as well, IF Boeser is looking for 8.5-9M it may be too rich. There is no security on the cap in 26 and beyond.
Question is whether Boeser will take less to play where he wants to be. We’ll find out this summer.
That won’t be a problem for Minny. Their cap issues basically vanish after this year as the collective buyout hit on Suter & Parise drop from $14.7m this season to $1.66m for the next 4 seasons. That’s enough for Kaprizov even without the rising cap.
Do have to keep in mind that Faber’s new deal kicks in next season, so that takes a chunk out of that Suter/Parise savings. But Kaprizov is already a 9M cap hit, so his new deal will only be about a 3M bump.