JE14 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Horvat will make the team full time only because another season of the OHL won't help his development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Horvat will make the team full time only because another season of the OHL won't help his development. he honestly seems bored. motivated by memorial cup. goal was another nice one.. obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 The London Knights ‏@GoLondonKnights 3m BOOOOOOOO! An unbelievable shift from @ryanrupert64 leaves @BoHorvat with a goal as he launched from his feet to make it 3-0! #KnightsTalk Can't wait to see this one haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Am I reading this right? 4 minutes into the 3rd and a TOTAL of 15 shots in the game. 12 by London, 3 by Owen Sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Am I reading this right? 4 minutes into the 3rd and a TOTAL of 15 shots in the game. 12 by London, 3 by Owen Sound. probably just that period. shots were 34-29 for london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Am I reading this right? 4 minutes into the 3rd and a TOTAL of 15 shots in the game. 12 by London, 3 by Owen Sound. That would be Van/Cal tonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Horvat will make the team full time only because another season of the OHL won't help his development. Your in for a surprise then my friend..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) D Sedin - H Sedin - Burrows Higgins - Kesler - Kassian Jensen - Matthias - Hansen Sestito - Richardson - Dalpe Schroeder If we keep Ryan Kesler, there is no room for Horvat to slot in next season because he sure isn't knocking Matthias off the 3rd line, and he's not playing on Tort's "5-minute" 4th line. IF we trade Kesler, I would like to see us get a legitimate scoring winger which we have none of, now that D Sedin can't seem to score. So even if we do trade Kesler, we'll have a hard roster to crack. And don't forget we have Shinkaruk also who can take a roster spot. Look! Plenty of room Sedin, Sedin, Burrows/Kassian Higgins, Kesler, UFA/prospect Horvat, Mathias, Burrows/Kassian Sestito, Richardson, Hansen/UFA/prospect etc Schroeder. Edited March 10, 2014 by J.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihatetomatoes Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Really don't understand why Higgins is always a staple on the 2nd line with Kesler. Any proper championship team would never have Higgins as a 2nd line player, it's not like him and kesler have done that well together at all. IMO Hansen and Higgins need to be used for a good 3rd line with Horvat and the top lines need to be revamped with some actual skill not filled with grinders that can pot a few goals Edited March 10, 2014 by Ihatetomatoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Jones Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did anybody read the Canucks army article? They seem to think BoHo won't be around for another 3-4 seasons and will top out at round 40 points being a 3rd line center. If you take any weight into what they say, We shouldn't be expecting him to be the next Kesler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did anybody read the Canucks army article? They seem to think BoHo won't be around for another 3-4 seasons and will top out at round 40 points being a 3rd line center. If you take any weight into what they say, We shouldn't be expecting him to be the next Kesler... Knuckleheads in the army, air force has the menza's... Patrice Bergeron wasn't highly thought of right out of the draft, now he is one of the best and a possible Seilke this year. That is what Bo will be in a year or two. There I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did anybody read the Canucks army article? They seem to think BoHo won't be around for another 3-4 seasons and will top out at round 40 points being a 3rd line center. If you take any weight into what they say, We shouldn't be expecting him to be the next Kesler... tl;dr ... but according to the comments the author hasn't even watched many (or any) games. That's just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did anybody read the Canucks army article? They seem to think BoHo won't be around for another 3-4 seasons and will top out at round 40 points being a 3rd line center. If you take any weight into what they say, We shouldn't be expecting him to be the next Kesler... You didn't really read that correctly. They're talking about a reasonable expectation which he could achieve more than (or also less). I'd like to think he has a reasonable ceiling as a 60+ point 2nd line center who can fill in as a 1st line center. I don't think we have anyone so dynamic on the wings that having someone like him on our 1st line is good enough, and if he doesn't hit that mark then he's definitely more of an ok 2nd line/very good 3rd line center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Really don't understand why Higgins is always a staple on the 2nd line with Kesler. Any proper championship team would never have Higgins as a 2nd line player, it's not like him and kesler have done that well together at all. IMO Hansen and Higgins need to be used for a good 3rd line with Horvat and the top lines need to be revamped with some actual skill not filled with grinders that can pot a few goals They have good chemistry and Higgins has arguably been one of our best and most consistent forwards this year? Also if you look at most of the top teams (look at Chicago for an example) they spread their best players around and usually have 2 players on the top 2 lines of "top 6" quality and fill the third spots with complimentary 2nd/3rd line "tweeners". (Burrows with the Sedins, Higgins with Kesler and...?) That "?" is what MG needs to adress this summer and eventually with guys like Jensen, Shinkaruks, Kassian etc when they're ready. THAT is what the team is missing up front (and some fracking injury luck). Edited March 10, 2014 by J.R. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Legend Killer Posted March 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Knuckleheads in the army, air force has the menza's... Patrice Bergeron wasn't highly thought of right out of the draft, now he is one of the best and a possible Seilke this year. That is what Bo will be in a year or two. There I said it. If you ask fans of other teams, Bo is THE guy that they wanted on their team. Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and San Jose were very high on him. Everybody said he was the safest pick in the draft outside of the top 4. His ceiling might not have been as high, but how many players with high ceilings for potential never reach them? There's a reason why all those teams wanted him, they know what he is capable of, but its the intangibles he possesses that will force him to be even better than he projects. What he's gonna bring to the canucks is leadership, on and off the ice. I just came from an autograph signing, and i got him to sign both my Knights and Canucks jersey, but there were many people who were getting him to sign Canucks stuff, because everybody here gets the feeling he won't be back. Everybody around London knows how special he is as a player, and is mature beyond his years. In some cases, the maturity is what slows down development, much like Kadri in Toronto, and Seguin in Boston. Just.. trust me. We have our future captain. I know this is all irrelevant, but character players with skill will do what it takes to win. Every time. He had a line of almost 400 people to get his autograph, and it was growing. My son wanted a pic with him, but the PR guy said no pics cause the line was too long, but he said to come get him after they were done.. and he waited. can't stress enough, but it's not often that a player is "beloved" by their fans, especially in junior. Someone asked him about the Luongo trade, and he just said he's glad to be part of the future. Honoured that they gave up what they did to pick him. I made sure he knew who "Stork" was. Edited March 10, 2014 by Legend Killer 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 You didn't really read that correctly. They're talking about a reasonable expectation which he could achieve more than (or also less). I'd like to think he has a reasonable ceiling as a 60+ point 2nd line center who can fill in as a 1st line center. I don't think we have anyone so dynamic on the wings that having someone like him on our 1st line is good enough, and if he doesn't hit that mark then he's definitely more of an ok 2nd line/very good 3rd line center. I'd say that's reasonable as a "ceiling". That's pretty much what Patrice Bergeron is for the Boston Bruins. For the Nichushkin fans out there the point projections may be discouraging, but we can still get a terrific centre if Bo pans out as a Bergeron 2.0. For anyone curious these are Bergeron's stats from his rookie season (as an 18 year old): 71GP | 16G | 23A | 39PTS | 22PIM | +5 Solid numbers for a rookie, I'd say. I'd think most reasonable people would be happy if Bo hits 15 goals in his rookie season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'd say that's reasonable as a "ceiling". That's pretty much what Patrice Bergeron is for the Boston Bruins. For the Nichushkin fans out there the point projections may be discouraging, but we can still get a terrific centre if Bo pans out as a Bergeron 2.0. For anyone curious these are Bergeron's stats from his rookie season (as an 18 year old): 71GP | 16G | 23A | 39PTS | 22PIM | +5 Solid numbers for a rookie, I'd say. I'd think most reasonable people would be happy if Bo hits 15 goals in his rookie season. I would be ecstatic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Kesler Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Did anybody read the Canucks army article? They seem to think BoHo won't be around for another 3-4 seasons and will top out at round 40 points being a 3rd line center. If you take any weight into what they say, We shouldn't be expecting him to be the next Kesler... I read it, and the guy who wrote it clearly doesn't watch him play, and had some piss in his cheerios the morning he wrote it. He may not have dazzling skill, but he has more than enough to be a solid 50-60 point center while playing top opposition. His ceiling is somewhere between Bergeron and Couture, both players that I want on my team if I'm trying to win a Stanley Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 lol, canucks army... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 lol, canucks army... i read that blog and it was obvious that he's never seen a single game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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