Brock Boeser’s potential trade falling apart…

For a couple of months now that the Vancouver Canucks have reportedly allowed right winger Brock Boeser’s representatives to talk to other teams about a possible trade.

Boeser has been linked to the Minnesota Wild before he could make a return close to home, especially after a couple of tough years in his personal life with the passing of his father.

However, Sportsnet’s Rory Boylen reports, after comments made by insider Elliotte Friedman, that the math doesn’t quite add up and the trade might have fallen apart between Minnesota and Vancouver.

“$6.65-million cap hit might make a trade to any team difficult, if Vancouver hopes to get a satisfying return.”

Back in December, reports had hinted that the Canucks were fine with not getting much of a trade return for Boeser.

Friedman explained however how the tight cap world in the NHL might have the Canucks either move Horvat elsewhere prior to the deadline or wait until the summer.

“There are repeated rumblings linking Brock Boeser and Minnesota, but the math doesn’t make sense as things stand,” Friedman wrote just last week right after the major Bo Horvat trade.

Even Wild insider Michael Russo for the Athletic doubts the trade came come true despite the story book ending it would be for the Wild and Boeser to unite.

“The Wild have talked to Vancouver about it, and Boeser returning to his home state would be a good story, but it doesn’t sound like Minnesota feels it can make it work cap-wise unless the Canucks eat a significant portion of the contract.”

Boeser’s agent Ben Hankinson revealed to Postmedia on Monday he continues to help the Canucks hockey operations department find a destination and that he has talked to New Jersey and Minnesota.

To make the trade work, the Canucks would have to absorb half of Boeser’s, which contract carries an AAV of $6.65 million. Or a third team could come in as an intermediary and take on 25% of Boeser’s AAV in exchange for a pick, prospect, or player. The Wild could get Boeser at an effective cap hit as low as $1.663 million.

It would be a great story, but maybe the trade isn’t what the Canucks are looking for in a competitive market for a player like Boeser…

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