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If Seattle was open to moving him in the first place, and if he was willing to waive his NTC to come here, maybe? I love Larsson and think a top, shutdown pairing of him and OEL would be fantastic but I don't see swapping Myers for him is in any way realistic or fits Seattle's needs at all.

It would be ideal but no way Seattle does that.

No lol. Lazar isn't anywhere close to peak Malhotra. He's a RW for Lammiko who could maybe fill in Lammiko's spot if he gets injured.

This!

Who was calling him that? Wasn't that before JT Miller was even acquired? When I watch them play seems like Miller is the guy leading the troops into the fray...Horvat is often pretty invisible. Not sure why everyone thinks he's such an amazing leader when the guy has led his team to one playoff victory lol.

This is insane. We are watching the season being flushed down the toilet with no accountability or changes. It's bizarre, no idea wtf the organization is doing.

Horvat can't lead his way out of a wet paper bag. Trade this player when his value is still high.

Well said and great comparisons.

People think Horvat is as good of a captain as Linden or Smyl? Give your head a shake, those captains led our Canucks to the finals. Horvat will go down as one of the most bland, boring & forgettable Canucks captains in team history.

If Horvat is a leader he doesn't need verbal support, he needs to actually lead. He's way too much of a nice guy to do that though, and instead such repeats bland, meaningless platitudes. Giving him the captaincy seems like a mistake at this point, dude can't sort out these locker-room issues and reportedly made a big stink about re-signing Pearson and Green which is why the team is in this mess. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Bo.

It's a mix of a few things: Ownership, Benning, Green and his assistants, and Horvat. Before folks jump down my throat on how could anyone criticize their beloved Horvat - this guy is the supposed to be the leader of the players. Team captain definitely bears some responsibility for the team's performance and any reported locker-room issues.

The Sedins were an exception to the rule, pretty silly to think Horvat won't decline as just about every NHL'er does based on an extreme outlier.

Yes, he did rise to the occasion for one year however it's such a limited sample size. I just don't think this guy is a very good leader - he's bland, boring and repeats the usual platitudes but if there are locker room issues we need someone to take the bull by the horns and sort that out. Unfortunately Horvat is too much of a "nice guy" to do that. The team's record under his captaincy speaks for itself sadly. I would wish him all the best but would not shed any tears if the organization traded him for a great haul (a la Linden back in the day).

I've thought this for a while myself actually, it's a very unpopular opinion but Horvat seems more focused on family these days. I don't think he's a particularly good leader and his play seems to have significantly deteriorated this season. I'd much rather move him for Miller - and now would be the time do so imo.

You'd think. Yet the guy has the 2nd longest tenure of any Canuck GM with one of the worst records to show for it - all the while spending to the cap. I think Aquilini values his yes men puppets and he knows that another, more experienced GM will argue with him or give him sass. Benning may very well end up the longest Canuck GM of all time if Aquilini is still the owner in 3 years.