Just after free agency opened at noon ET on Tuesday, Boeser signed a seven-year, $50.75 million contract ($7.25 million annual cap hit) to retain his title as the longest-tenured Canuck.

For 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 ...