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    Jake Virtanen | #18 | RW

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    Posted

    I don't really see Horvat and Virtanen working as teammates now and maybe in their NHL careers. Virtanen is a different player than Horvat, he crashes and bangs and plays high-pace while Horvat is more of a puck possession player, who plays the game at a slower-pace.

    horvat being more like naslund and virtanen being more like betuzzi....

    yup, they'd never work together.

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    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    Wait wait wait wait.

    So you don't see Bo as anything better than a 3C, and you STILL don't want him to ever play on the 4th line? Are you intentionally being contrary to everyone else?

    i think he just wants to call him a bust.

    Jake Virtanen | #18 | RW

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    The question was whether or not these guys ever see this kind of stuff and I'd imagine they do at least see or hear about it from someone. I'm not saying these guys actively visit online forums to see what people think of them.

    some guys have big enough egos to do it at least for a little while.

    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    avelanch looked it up earlier. A player can be loaned to the wjhc and returned to his nhl club after the tournament.

    yup, just like brett connolly did in 2012. Matt Dumba was returned to his CHL team last year because the wild felt he wasn't ready to continue in the NHL (only 2 points in 13 games) and the rebels traded him to the winterhawks, which was a better environment.

    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    I completely agree. Posters who are obsessed with Horvat playing on line #1 or line #4 need to realize that if Bo is ready to play in the NHL, then playing in the NHL will help him develop. Even if he plays against other teams so-called 4th line at some points.

    If Bo is not quite ready to play in the NHL? Then you send him back to junior, and allow him to start his pro career in Utica or Vancouver the following season.

    Why does a player's path have to be so defined so early? I'm certain Linden, Benning, Smyl, and Willy D will all come together and decide what is best for Horvat's development and what is best for the Vancouver Canucks. And I very much doubt they concern themselves with what Player X, Y and Z did for their clubs in previous years and in varying situations.

    if anything playing against the other team's 4th would make it easier on Bo, and he'd have better success giving him more confidence. If we were to play our 4th 10 min a night, give or take, it would force any team that is line matching to play their own 4th line 10 min a game, which should bode well for us if we ice a good 4th line vs a plug 4th line.

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    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    People are undervaluing playing in the nhl regardless of being on the 4th line.

    NHL coaching

    NHL practices

    NHL trainers and nutritionists

    Learning a teams systems

    Developing player bonds

    If he sat in the press box for half the season and only practiced with the team he would be better off then being in juniors

    that last bit is not even remotely true. he still needs to play.

    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    Posted · Edited by avelanch

    you do realize that if he is sent to the wjhc that he will be returned to London right?

    Maybe...

    NNow im second guessing myself.

    Can someone look into that?

    that's not true, a player loaned to TC for the WJC is returned back to their NHL team upon completion of the tourney, unless the NHL team determines that they should return to their junior club at that time..

    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    guys....

    where a player is placed at the beginning of his rookie season is where that player will spend THEIR ENTIRE CAREER. There is NO MOVEMENT, EVER. also, All coaches use their lines EXACTLY THE SAME, there is no variability in ice time dispersal between coaches.

    Everyone knows this.

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