Bo is his own person and player and I'm thrilled to have him. He isn't and doesn't need to be Linden as a player or as a person. If anything he'll be a Horvat type leader, each of our captains have their own individual legacies.
I loved Linden while he was here, but I was 3 when they went to the final in 94. I saw Linden later. I loved Naslund and I loved Hank. This being said, I've seen people fetishize what Linden did as a captain and I don't think it's fair. I get that a lot of older Canucks fans have fond memories of what Linden was like at his best and how close that team got to bring Vancouver a cup but come on. Linden's a huge piece of Canucks history but folks often put him on a pedestal in regards to what a captain "should be". Maybe it's just what I've seen, but when people bring up Nazzy or Henrik as captains they're often slagging them whereas Linden's the golden boy. It's tiresome. "The Sedin's pack all the motivational punch of a Maroon 5 CD", "Nazzy's too quiet", "Henrik's too quiet", "I want a warrior as a captain". That sort of $&!#.
Bo's great, he's doing his best out there with some big defensive pieces out of the lineup. No, he'll never be Linden but we're very fortunate to have the player and person he is. He's less than three months into his captaincy, we're a young team on the rise. There's lots of time left for him to lead us to glory.