F or weeks, it looked like Brock Boeser was done with the Vancouver Canucks. By late June, multiple reports pegged him as a “longshot” to re-sign. The Canucks failed to extend Boeser's contract during the season, explored trading him at the deadline, and ended up turning their free-agency focus to other targets.

Brock Boeser and the Canucks have agreed to a seven-year, $7.25 million AAV contract to bring him back to Vancouver in free agency, Sportsnet's Dan Murphy reported on Tuesday. Boeser hit free agency after his previous three-year, $19.95 million deal with the Canucks expired following the 2024-25 season.

The biggest risk for the Canucks is whether they can find the right playmaking center to unlock the most productive version of Boeser.