Sorry, I don't want to intrude on you guys. But would you consider a Bergeron, Toews, Kopitar as a 1st line center, or the kind of center you want to build/structure your team around?
All 3 are technically 1st line centers, all own cup rings; only Kopitar has broken the 80 point plateau though but has never won a selke where as Toews, bergeron are/were perennial selke nominees.
If Horvat's comparable was bergeron, and his point projections this year pre injury were in fact 60+ points than I dare say he's exactly the kind of top 6 center this team needs and if we had another just like him I'd kind of feel sorry for the rest of the league once they hit the 25-30 range
Again that's all if's, comparisons and opinion only.
Sorry to intrude