“You wouldn’t believe me” : the Canucks’ GM destroys Brock Boeser’s value

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With the deadline now passed, it’s time for assessments across the NHL.

We can evaluate the transactions made with some perspective… and we can also look at the personnel moves that weren’t made.

In Montreal, it’s mostly the latter category that comes to mind since Kent Hughes didn’t complete a single transaction.

But elsewhere in the NHL, there are other guys who were in the rumors and didn’t move. Among them is Brock Boeser… who is still in Vancouver. And that’s even though his contract ends at the end of the season.

The Canucks’ GM, Patrik Allvin, was questioned about Boeser… and through his comments, he destroyed the value of his player:

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. – Patrik Allvin

What seems to be understood here is that the Canucks’ GM didn’t receive an offer to his liking for Boeser’s services. That’s why he’s still in town… but these comments go further.

Because what Allvin is saying between the lines is that nobody was willing to pay the high price for Boeser… and that’s what made the GM undermine the value of his player.

Of course, there’s a negotiation game going on: the Canucks probably want to try to come to an agreement with Boeser, and with comments like that, they’re probably trying to reduce the player’s demands for a new deal. Because that was also discussed by Allvin, who claims there are talks between the two parties.

That being said, I have the impression that Boeser, who has been playing big hockey in Vancouver for years, didn’t particularly appreciate seeing his GM talk about him like that. In a market where a guy like Anthony Beauvillier brought back a second-round pick, it’s unrealistic to think that no team made a quality offer to the Canucks for Boeser.

It was a seller’s market, after all… and Boeser has shown he’s a solid top-6 winger who performs in the playoffs.

We’ll see if all this will affect the relationship between Boeser and the Canucks, but the GM’s comments are quite ordinary. I can believe it’s a negotiation game… but there’s a way to do it, and it’s not by publicly undermining the value of your player that you’ll facilitate negotiations.

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– Brad Marchand: the second-round pick will become a first-round pick if the forward plays 50% of the Panthers’ playoff games and the team reaches the conference finals.

– Mark Jankowski in Carolina.

– The Golden Knights like Reilly Smith’s versatility.