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PENTICTON — The Brock Boeser watch can start now.

He leaves here without a point but the Thomas Vanek signing will have far more impact on whether he makes the Canucks than anything that didn’t happen for him at the Young Stars tournament.

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Boeser, the 20-year-old many believe is a rookie-of-the-year candidate, didn’t score but just maybe that’s a good thing. Because Boeser reminded everyone he can be much more than a scorer.

He’s going to need to be this month.

Although his shot sure is pretty. He unleashed it in the first game of the weekend and the release lived up to the hype, and then some. The puck he snapped appeared to beat the goalie by seconds as it rang off the post well before a gloved hand waved by it in a futile attempt to make a save.

It was a great sign for Boeser’s wrist, wrapped tight right to the end of last season, months after surgery. He said he’s only been pain-free for two months and wasn’t entirely sure how it would respond in games. He is now.