Borvat Horseman

And the goal was also a total fluke. Sure, he gave the puck away but the miscommunication was as much the d-man's fault as his. He's been totally solid otherwise.

It sounds like Ottawa is nothing but impressed by the way Lazar has been playing this far and he's played his way up their line-up. It's a bit of a different situation than the Canucks with Bo because Ottawa doesn't have a whole lot of additional depth. Also, I could see McCann beating out Gauthier. Button completely ignores McCann and left him off his list of contenders.

He's with Ottawa and they made a statement today saying they're keeping him.

These are my two ideal scenarios for Bo which I believe would be the best for his development: 1) Bo plays the full 6 games of his conditioning stint in Utica. When he arrives back in Vancouver they give him his 9 games and he plays his way into a role on the team (whatever that role may be). Come time for the World Juniors Vancouver loans him to Canada where he plays in a much larger role before returning to Vancouver for the rest of the year. 2) Bo plays his 6 games with Utica and 9 with Vancouver before being assigned back to London. This gives him 15 games of professional experience and allows him to build on the lessons he learned in a professional setting and apply them in a larger role. He then goes on to do the same at the World Juniors. Then hopefully either the Knights miss the playoffs (not likely) or they lose in the first round and Bo can be recalled for hopefully a lengthy playoff run with Utica.