C Bo Horvat (2013, 9th overall, Vancouver)

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

This is a guy you win with, even if he won't put up as many points as a Nichushkin or a Domi.

 

[YogiCanucks]

Ryan Kesler minus the willingness to fight has better hands but will do everything else the same.

Maybe less willingness to fight but probably a far superior fighter than Kesler anyways.

 

[JMcLeaf]

Please leave him with the Knights next season

 

[Robongo01]

Please leave him with the Knights next season

Ideally, but judging by our cap situation and Gillis saying that we're gonna use a couple rookies next year , I think it's a real possibility he plays with the big club. At least for the 9 games anyways.

 

[Frank the Tank]

His comparables are Bergeron, Richards, Kesler, I'd say Bergeron is probably the closest as I think he's smarter than both Richards and Kesler

That is interesting projection as Richards was cited in 2003 as being a prospect who was a smart, crafty player.

 

[ZKass The Bass]

Cody Hodgson. He did well in Vancouver, right?

im going to stain your carpet if you dont have hardwood

 

[Superpest]

Ideally, but judging by our cap situation and Gillis saying that we're gonna use a couple rookies next year , I think it's a real possibility he plays with the big club. At least for the 9 games anyways.

He and Gaunce are gonna be given a chance of making the team.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Please leave him with the Knights next season

He probably will be.

Ideally, but judging by our cap situation and Gillis saying that we're gonna use a couple rookies next year , I think it's a real possibility he plays with the big club. At least for the 9 games anyways.

Yeah I think we have Schroeder & Gaunce in line for the 3rd line center spot ahead of him though, I think Schroeder will end up with it.

 

[B A T M A N*]

He wasn't even PPG last year, he's DEFINITELY not NHL ready, unless you want to groom him into a 3rd liner.

 

[member 105785]

That is interesting projection as Richards was cited in 2003 as being a prospect who was a smart, crafty player.

While he is, I think Horvat will peak as a more cerebral player than Richards, maybe not as good in other areas but I've seen him be able to think the game at a very high level, he knows where to be and where to put the puck.

 

[Rendole]

He wasn't even PPG last year, he's DEFINITELY not NHL ready, unless you want to groom him into a 3rd liner.

He was in the playoffs.

 

[DJB]

Pierre McGuire said that he spoke with one assistant GM who had Horvat ranked #4 ahead of Barkov.

 

[B A T M A N*]

Pierre McGuire said that he spoke with one assistant GM who had Horvat ranked #4 ahead of Barkov.

That GM should be fired. Feaster had Poirier as a top 10 player and Jankowski as the best player in the draft. One (assistant) GMs deluded opinion means nothing.

IMO Horvat needs at least 2 seasons in the OHL. I'd say 1 OHL and 1 AHL, but the NHL is dumb for not allowing that.

 

[polarbearcub]

That GM should be fired. Feaster had Poirier as a top 10 player and Jankowski as the best player in the draft. One (assistant) GMs deluded opinion means nothing.

IMO Horvat needs at least 2 seasons in the OHL. I'd say 1 OHL and 1 AHL, but the NHL is dumb for not allowing that.

Multiple Teams had him ranked 5-6. GIllis said he had Gm's coming up to him on the draft floor saying the pick was a steal.

 

[herashak]

That GM should be fired. Feaster had Poirier as a top 10 player and Jankowski as the best player in the draft. One (assistant) GMs deluded opinion means nothing.

IMO Horvat needs at least 2 seasons in the OHL. I'd say 1 OHL and 1 AHL, but the NHL is dumb for not allowing that.

calgary had galchenyuk as the best player in the draft stop spreading bs rumors

 

[B A T M A N*]

Multiple Teams had him ranked 5-6. GIllis said he had Gm's coming up to him on the draft floor saying the pick was a steal.

A steal at 10? How is that even possible, especially when he was ranked 12-15 by most major scouting services.

 

[Superpest]

A steal at 10? How is that even possible, especially when he was ranked 12-15 by most major scouting services.

He was picked 9th, what are you talking about?

 

[Superpest]

He was in the playoffs.

In fact he was almost scoring at a GPG pace. 16 goals in 21 playoff games.

 

[NHL Fanatic]

He wasn't even PPG last year, he's DEFINITELY not NHL ready, unless you want to groom him into a 3rd liner.

To be honest have you even watched him play. Stats don't tell the whole story with Horvat. At 17 he was London's first shutdown centre playing against every OHL team's best lines. He does everything, which is why coaches love him. He should be playing in the NHL by the 2014-2015 season.

 

[GranvilleIsland]

A steal at 10? How is that even possible, especially when he was ranked 12-15 by most major scouting services.

Someone's butt hurt that we didn't take Nichuskin or traded Schneider.

 

[leftwinglockdown]

No. I would prefer Hodgson over Horvat any day. I think Horvat is majorly overrated.

Some would say Hodgson has been majorly overrated at this point.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Someone's butt hurt that we didn't take Nichuskin or traded Schneider.

No, I think the point is that how was a player ranked between 12th and 15th by certain major scouting organizations considered a steal when said player was drafted 9th. I imagine for Canuck fans it is great to think that you nabbed the next Kesler, Bergeron, Backes, Richards, etc... with your pick, but if the kid was guaranteed to reach that level (elite NHL star center) he probably would not have been ranked or picked so low. Horvat probably has just as good of chance of being the next Brassard, Brule, Sutter, Wilson, etc... as he does the players above.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

No, I think the point is that how was a player ranked between 12th and 15th by certain major scouting organizations considered a steal when said player was drafted 9th. I imagine for Canuck fans it is great to think that you nabbed the next Kesler, Bergeron, Backes, Richards, etc... with your pick, but if the kid was guaranteed to reach that level (elite NHL star center) he probably would not have been ranked or picked so low. Horvat probably has just as good of chance of being the next Brassard, Brule, Sutter, Wilson, etc... as he does the players above.

No many think he is more a sure thing.

Even if he isn't one of those guys he won't bust out like that he will just be a mid lineup two-way guy.

 

[DJB]

That GM should be fired. Feaster had Poirier as a top 10 player and Jankowski as the best player in the draft. One (assistant) GMs deluded opinion means nothing.

IMO Horvat needs at least 2 seasons in the OHL. I'd say 1 OHL and 1 AHL, but the NHL is dumb for not allowing that.

We talkin' crazy old cout Feaster or about Horvat?

To me Horvat is a fine pick at 9. I know the Sens loved him and wanted to move up into the top 10 to take him.

Poirier at 10 really?

 

[B A T M A N*]

We talkin' crazy old cout Feaster or about Horvat?

To me Horvat is a fine pick at 9. I know the Sens loved him and wanted to move up into the top 10 to take him.

Poirier at 10 really?

Yeah, Feaster said that they nabbed two players that were in their top 10 after they drafted Poirier.