No more bridge deals. No more questions about what will happen at the coming trade deadline.

Just a focus on how the team is getting ready. How he can lead his team to the promised land.

Welcome to the rest of your life, Brock Boeser .

“I just want to play hockey,” Boeser said, grinning, Monday before teeing off at the Vancouver Canucks ’ annual Jake Milford charity golf tournament.

He’s got his security. He held his ground in what he thought he was worth, and in the end, Canucks management were forced to agree, getting his signature on a seven-year deal that will average $7.25 million US per season.

He will be 35 when it expires.

Now that’s removed from his life, you would expect, it will make for a more settled player, a player more comfortable in setting a tone.

Last season,

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