THE CANUCKS OFFICIALLY MADE THE WRONG CHOICE: BO HORVAT IS MAKING VANCOUVER LOOK FOOLISH

THE CANUCKS OFFICIALLY MADE THE WRONG CHOICE: BO HORVAT IS MAKING VANCOUVER LOOK FOOLISH

Yeah, you know, probably should just nip it in the bud right here, right? I love this thing. I love this thing so gosh darn much that anytime we talk about the Canucks, I want to get the opportunity in there to throw this up in the background. Louis Ericson. What a fun time for Vancouver Canucks fans. But you know who else was a pretty significant member of the Louis Ericson ran Vancouver Conucks? Well, it’s the guy on my other shoulder over here because Bo freaking Horvat is a name that is starting to take over the National Hockey League and I’m starting to feel sad about it. Starting to feel I don’t know. Let’s get into the scoop over here because Bowie William Horvat is in New York. 30-year-old guy, 6 feet, 223, left-handed center, and he’s a guy who was signed on till the end of 2031, making $8.5 million a year. That dollar amount is uh interesting because firstly, it’s $3.1 million a year cheaper than Elias Patterson’s deal. It’s also $500,000 more expensive than JT Miller’s deal. And you kind of get where I’m heading with this conversation from those stipulations there. Let’s dive into it here. Bo Horvat this season has been on a tear. He’s got 20 points in 16 games on pace for 103 over the full 82 game season. Bo Horvat’s most productive year in the National Hockey League was 2022 2023 where in a total of 79 games played he had 70 points, 38 goals, and 20 nope uh 32 assists. Excuse me. I needed to do the mental math off the top of my head. So Bo had himself a very good season in that year, but in New York the years after he was never able to get back up to 70some points. He had 68 the next year, which is fine. But the year after he had 57 and it was like, all right, well, he’s a good player. He’s a center. He’s part of this Islander squad. But man oh man, has he totally turned it up these past few weeks. Bo Horvat in the sample he has had. So far, 12 goals in 16 games, which is good enough to put him near the top of the NHL in total goals. You head over here, he is tied alongside of Cole Coughfield for second in the league in total tallies, just behind Nathan McKinnon, who’s got 14. Bo and Caulfield are tied for number two. But if you take a look at Bo Horvat and his game log, it gets even more ridiculous because to open up the 2025 2026 campaign, Bo Horvat had what is that? Two goals, no, excuse me, zero goals in his opening three games of the year. Let’s move things over to the left here so it’s a little easier. Zero goals in his first three games. Which means if you go from game number four all the way to the end, Bo Horvat has legitimately scored 12 goals in his last 13 hockey games. That’s ridiculous. And you look at the kinds of goals that Bo Horvat is scoring. I mean, this was from earlier in the afternoon yesterday. Bo Horvat had 11 goals in 15 games. We all know he’s up to 12 now. So, we scored another one in this game. Just take a look at the kinds of goals this guy is finding. He’s getting the puck in open areas and he’s just beating goalenders from distance, beating his old guy, Jacob Marky, Mark Marstrom, and making it look as simple as he’s ever done it. Bo is such a versatile sniper. It is ridiculous. I think he’s gotten this reputation and a lot of Conucks fans would kind of agree with this here too. Bo Horvat kind of got that reputation in Vancouver for being this like two-way responsible top PK guy who could play a big leadership role. And while a lot of those things are true, he is a leader. He was the captain of Vancouver. He was the next in soul leader material person after Henrik Sadine. He got mentored by the Sadines and he took those lessons to heart very well. While Bo Horvat does fit all of the good Canadian kid checkboxes that you have for NHL captains, I think it’s fair to say that he was never really primarily a defensively responsible Patrice Berseron like center. He was more so of a north south sniper when he was at his absolute peak. He could win faceoffs in the defensive zone and he can score goals on the rush like crazy. Either dangling by guys or just finding an open spot and sniping it through. That was Bo Horvat’s game when it was at his best. It was the game that he had in his last season with Vancouver where he was way over a point per game and he was at one point on pace for 50 goals on this season. I mean, let’s go over to 2022 2023. Bo Horvat was so incredible as a goalcorer in this season. I mean, just look at all the ones and the twos and the I mean, six goals in three games. You got eight goals in five games. This guy was on a heater for most of the year. And it’s why Vancouver ultimately decided to trade him away and keep JT. That doesn’t make any sense, right? Well, it makes a little bit more sense when you remember that JT Miller was a 100 point caliber center at this time and that he ended up getting to that mark a little bit afterwards. I mean, JT was consistently over a point per game. Bo Horvat only really got to that spot when his contract was expiring and that’s when Vancouver made the choice to trade away Bo. It was a decision that I think a lot of Canucks fans were on board with, even though they knew that Bo was younger than JT. That Bo probably has a little bit more history in Vancouver than JT ever would. But ideally, if JT would become a Vancouver Canuck for life and he’d consistently get 80, 90, 100 points, he’d have his number in the rafters. That’s the idea, right? But hindsight is 2020 because nowadays we’re taking a look at Bo Horvat doing all these crazy things in New York and saying, “Wow, this guy’s more valuable than Elias Person and JT Miller. He was the right guy that Vancouver should have kept in hindsight with everything else that happened.” And in fact, you can say that if Bo Horvette was still in Vancouver versus JT, who knows if Elas Person loses his swag like he had in this timeline. Who knows if Vancouver can still ice together a team that is competitive and potential contention fodder? I mean, yeah, JT works so well in the Vancouver Conucks organization. He was the number one point guy two seasons ago. You look at that 23-24 year at the beginning of the season. Pety Miller and Hughes were number one 123 tied for first in the NHL in points. Would Bo Horvat have been in that race instead if he was in Vancouver versus JT? I don’t know. But thinking about how things went afterwards, how Bo is doing well, how JT’s struggling, how Pety is not getting the production that we need out of him, it’s hard to take a look at Bo in New York and say that man, Vancouver made the right decision to trade him away, right? Let’s go out there and read some other tweets that I thought were interesting. This is what was posted about by Stfan Rosner. Barzal spoke out about Bo Horvat. He might be the best shooter in the world right now. And that’s not just because he’s getting lucky. His shot is truly world class. And I’ll absolutely agree with that. Bo Horvat and his shooting capability is unmatched. It was something that Vancouver fans hadn’t really seen in a long time. And it’s not like they expected it either because Bo was advertised as this Ryan O’Reilly like two-way center with faceoff winning capabilities. So when he just started potting goals in from everywhere, it was like, “Oh, he’s got a really good wrist shot.” And then inevitably he got traded. We also had ourselves this post made by Mimar a day. He went out there and quote tweeted the Stefon Rosner post. It’s the old Wolverine meme with Bo Horvad in a Conucks jersey with that C on him. Man, that is a throwback and that hurts so bad. H. Was it really worth it to make this video? I don’t know. Now I’m sad. What even is the angle here? Bo Horvat is doing amazing with the New York Islanders. What could have been for the Vancouver Conucks? I don’t know. We’ll try to title and um what’s the word? Thumbnail. Thumbnail. That’s what it is. this video appropriately, but I wanted to have a conversation about how well this guy’s doing in the NHL because I think this is the best he’s been since that last season he had in Vancouver. Please trade him back. I’d like that a lot. Or send him over to Montreal. That’d be cool, too. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below about Bo Horvat and his run with the New York Islanders. How do you feel about his career going forward? And do you think Vancouver could be regretting this trade at this point? I know Philipronic is good. He’s a solid player. He adds value to the back end. But Bo Horvat man thoughts in the comment section below. I hope you enjoyed this finish rolls 99 and bye.

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We’re going over how the Vancouver Canucks may have traded the wrong guy, as Bo Horvat is tearing it up for the New York Islanders.

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Bo Horvat was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2013 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:

1st – Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
2nd – Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov
3rd – Tampa Bay Lightning, Jonathan Drouin
4th – Nashville Predators, Seth Jones
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Elias Lindholm
6th – Calgary Flames, Sean Monahan
7th – Edmonton Oilers, Darnell Nurse
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen
9th – Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils), Bo Horvat
10th – Dallas Stars, Valeri Nichushkin
11th – Philadelphia flyers, Samuel Morin
12th – Phoenix Coyotes, Max Domi
13th – Winnipeg Jets, Josh Morrissey
14th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Alexander Wennberg
15th – New York Islanders, Ryan Pulock
16th – Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild), Nikita Zadorov
17th – Ottawa Senators, Curtis Lazar
18th – San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings), Mirco Mueller
19th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers), Kerby Rychel
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks), Anthony Mantha
21st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Frederik Gauthier
22nd – Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues), Emile Poirier
23rd – Washington Capitals, Andre Burakovsky
24th – Vancouver Canucks, Hunter Shinkaruk
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Michael McCarron
26th – Anaheim Ducks, Shea Theodore
27th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings), Marko Dano
28th – Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Morgan Klimchuk
29th – Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins), Jason Dickinson
30th – Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Hartman

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