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A potential Winnipeg Jets target is off the board as Brock Boeser signs a seven-year deal with the Canucks

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Since the news made it seem more and more likely that Nikolaj Ehlers was set to walk away from Winnipeg as a UFA the talk around the watercooler switched to the Jets targeting Canucks UFA Brock Boeser in free agency. As recently as Monday insiders like Chris Johnston were saying Boeser was the Jets “Plan A”.

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But like all great plans they sometimes stop before they get going as it was reported today by Dan Murphy of Sportsnet that Boeser would stay with the team that drafted him with the Canucks giving him a seven year deal with an AAV of 7.25.

The Minnesotan scored 25 goals last season for Vancouver and 40 the season prior to that one.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.