It felt right when they started talking and trying to figure out a deal. I started getting excited, and I just knew it was meant to be.”

Boeser signed a seven-year, $50.75 million contract ($7.25 million average annual value) shortly after the free agent market opened at noon ET, allowing the 28-year-old forward to continue as the longest-serving Canucks player and stay in a city he said throughout this process he never wanted to leave.