Bo Horvat Named as the 14th Captain of the Vancouver Canucks

[Oilers Propagandist]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks-bo-horvat-captain-1.5315766

While this was indeed the worst kept secret, congrats to the 24 year old and as my old friend borat would say “veddy niiiise”.

The trade was also 1 for 1.

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[koyvoo]

Solid choice. Probably an obvious choice as well.

 

[Puckluck13]

Very underrated player. I take him over any Canuck.

 

[POVERTY]

Very underrated player. I take him over any Canuck.

This is how GMs get fired

 

[izzy]

Solid choice. Probably an obvious choice as well.

yeah i thought maybe theyd wait a couple years and just put it on edlers jersey til then

but this does make sense and was really the obvious option going forward

 

[Langdon Alger]

Ho Borvat

 

[Ezekial]

The pageantry that went into the announcement

Could've just announced it. Everyone knew it'd be him, and rightfully so.

 

[CanadienShark]

No surprise. Well deserved.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Mixed feeling.

I would've prefered Pettersson, but Horvat is a good heart and soul guy, but considering my answer is still EP40 I think they should've given it to Edler or Tanev.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

Mixed feeling.

I would've prefered Pettersson, but Horvat is a good heart and soul guy, but considering my answer is still EP40 I think they should've given it to Edler or Tanev.

Quoting myself here but I would have been upset if it was Elias. While quite the talent, he doesn't handle his emotions very well and it is way too much responsibility to shoulder on a kid.

Horvat was brought onto this ship when it was going under and has seen it rise out of the depths with a full head of steam. He's played on every line in every role and exceeded expectations the whole way through. He's the only young homegrown talent to have tasted the playoffs so far and he is the bridge between the Sedin era and the Pettersson era.

There's no other candidate in my eyes. Going with Pettersson would be a cop out PR move in my opinion.

 

[SI90]

Great choice. Congrats Bo and the Canucks

 

[TSN Jdog]

When will NHL teams stop putting the "C" on middle 6 grinders. You have a pretty good super star in EP40 and you just over looked him.

Cupless franchise and it shows

 

[thefutures]

When will NHL teams stop putting the "C" on middle 6 grinders. You have a pretty good super star in EP40 and you just over looked him.

Cupless franchise and it shows

If only we had a Dion Phaneuf type to make the choice so easy for us

 

[bukwas]

Excellent choice.

 

[Ace of Hades]

When will NHL teams stop putting the "C" on middle 6 grinders. You have a pretty good super star in EP40 and you just over looked him.

Cupless franchise and it shows

Your shtick is awful but not quite IPS/HolyMakinaw level yet.

 

[Tavares91Stamkos91]

Disappointed that Eriksson wasn't named captain

In all seriousness though, well deserved by Bo.

 

[hockeyguru]

now the canucks have a captain to lead them to the basement

 

[jetsforever]

No surprises here but good for him

 

[MikeK]

The obvious and right choice.

 

[shello]

Horvat was the right choice. I don't think anyone who follows the Canucks would say otherwise. Horvat's been there since the Sedin's and is much more qualified than a guy like Elias. Edler would've been fine but just delaying the inevitable.

I love Pettersson but your star player doesn't always have to be your team's captain especially when it's only his 2nd season in the league. Most importantly none of us are in the room with these guys