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Brock Boeser returning to Canucks on seven-year deal
Amid changes in Vancouver, one key player is staying put.
Brock Boeser is signing a seven-year, $50.75-million contract to remain with the Canucks, the team announced Tuesday. The deal will have an AAV of $7.25 million.
Boeser, 28, has spent his entire career with the Canucks after being selected in the first round (23rd overall) in the 2015 draft.
The Burnsville, Minn., native, known for his scoring prowess, recorded 25 goals last season — a letdown of sorts after exploding for a career-high 40 the year prior.
He ended the season with 50 points and a minus-25 as the Canucks missed the playoffs amid internal turmoil that led to the trade of J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers.
Boeser has played 554 career games, scoring 204 goals and dishing 230 assists. He’s been limited to fewer than 20 goals just once in a full season.
Boeser is coming off a three-year contract which paid him $6.65 million annually. In that period, he sandwiched a career season between two down years.
The Vancouver Canucks also successfully signed Thatcher Demko.
The Vancouver Canucks signed the all-star goaltender to a three-year contract extension worth $25.5 million on Tuesday, the team announced.
Demko, 29, has a career .910 save percentage and 2.81 goals-against average in 242 NHL games, all with the Canucks. He had a career-best year in 2023-24, when he recorded a .918 save percentage, 2.45 goals-against average and five shutouts, finishing second in Vezina Trophy voting.
Demko struggled last season after suffering an injury in Game 1 of the 2024 playoffs and appeared in just 23 games in 2024-25. He finished the year with a .889 save percentage.
The San Diego, Calif. native was selected 36th overall by the Canucks at the 2014 NHL Draft.
Demko is now the second NHL goalie under contract for the Canucks, who signed Kevin Lankinen to a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension in February.
Additionally, Connor Garland will be sticking around with the Vancouver Canucks for the foreseeable future.
The forward has signed a six-year contract extension carrying an average annual value of $6 million, the team announced on Tuesday.
“Conor is a core member of our hockey team and a player who has taken on a bigger role with the club the past couple seasons,” Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said in a news release from the team.
“His commitment to us by signing this deal shows how confident he is in our organization’s vision and direction. He competes hard every day, drives play on the ice, is relentless on the forecheck and is really tough to play against. (Garland) is an emerging leader in the group and works extremely hard to keep himself and the players around him accountable.”
Garland, 29, posted 50 points (19 goals and 31 assists) in 81 games for Vancouver last season, averaging 18:39 of ice time. His 31 assists and 50 points were each the second-highest totals of his career, while his ice time and seven power-play goals were career highs.
Over 485 career games, split between the Arizona Coyotes and Canucks, Garland has recorded 291 points (122 goals and 169 assists). He has also appeared in 21 career post-season contests, collecting seven points (four goals and three assists).
