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Let’s talk about the New York Islanders Bo Horvat contract, and the notion that this is one of the worst in the NHL.
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Bo Horvat was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2013 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
2nd – Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov
3rd – Tampa Bay Lightning, Jonathan Drouin
4th – Nashville Predators, Seth Jones
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Elias Lindholm
6th – Calgary Flames, Sean Monahan
7th – Edmonton Oilers, Darnell Nurse
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen
9th – Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils), Bo Horvat
10th – Dallas Stars, Valeri Nichushkin
11th – Philadelphia flyers, Samuel Morin
12th – Phoenix Coyotes, Max Domi
13th – Winnipeg Jets, Josh Morrissey
14th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Alexander Wennberg
15th – New York Islanders, Ryan Pulock
16th – Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild), Nikita Zadorov
17th – Ottawa Senators, Curtis Lazar
18th – San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings), Mirco Mueller
19th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers), Kerby Rychel
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks), Anthony Mantha
21st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Frederik Gauthier
22nd – Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues), Emile Poirier
23rd – Washington Capitals, Andre Burakovsky
24th – Vancouver Canucks, Hunter Shinkaruk
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Michael McCarron
26th – Anaheim Ducks, Shea Theodore
27th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings), Marko Dano
28th – Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Morgan Klimchuk
29th – Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins), Jason Dickinson
30th – Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Hartman
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39 Comments
I wouldn’t put it in that category. No shouldn’t be judged by goals and assists alone. But he’s a guy you want when you’re in a tough playoff series. Miller’s contract is an anchor. Once he stops scoring, he’ll be less than useless. He won’t learn to play defense.
First comment!
Eighty point season incoming?
He'll get slower and become number one on the list lol
Premature video considering he's only played 30 games for NYI , lol
Huberdeau could be #1 after this season
Horvats us baaad
Nurse ugh
So hard to pick
Bo is a good 5.5 mil player. But I'm a guy who thinks that players are way over paid. Teams make mistakes with player above 6.5 mil to 8.0 mil ouch to the team who is stupid enough to tack on extra dollars.
Huh? Judging someone based off of 31 games and saying their overpaid is beyond ignorant
After bob played this playoffs, he might be worth the 10
I think the sample size of him under performing on a new team at the end of the season was too short to classify it as a bad contract, especially when other around the league have been proven mistakes and are time tested.
Vlasic has been the worst contract for years and will be three more
Barzal had 85 points in his rookie season. He hasn't even hit 60 since then. How do Islanders fans think putting him with Horvat will somehow magically turn both of them into scoring machines? Horvat has played with Pettersson, Miller, and Hughes, maybe not all the time, but sometimes, and up until last season he had never put up big numbers. Barzal is not an improvement on those players. 61 points was Horvat's career high before last season. If those fans are ok with him being paid $8.5 million for his leadership, fine, but he's not going to tear up the league points wise.
Jeez how did it get to this point 🙄. Literally EVERY player is overpaid
To me Leon Draisatl is a far superior player and with 128 points on the season last year, Horvat's contract is like a free agent signing comparable NYI got fleeced with that contract. I see him as a 6-7 mil player because although he was playing phenomonal that kind of pace isn't sustainable for him. He scored 70 Points on the Season. JT Miller got 82 Points and is only getting paid 8 million. After the next 2 years Horvat's production is going to fall and that contract will look terrible at that point.
Send Scheifele play with Bo
Love the guy but love that we actually got a good deal for him. I fear this deal will not age well for the Islanders. Raty is now our best prospect, Hronek is immediately one of our best D and Beauvillier hasn't looked bad.
Boeser contract worse than Campbell
Seguins contract has been pretty bad
Sorokin's deal expires in 2032. Barzal and Horvat in 2031. Mayfield, Pulock, and Engvall in 2030. Pelech in 2029.
Is that to say Horvat's deal, specifically, is a bad contract? Nah. The jury's still out on that. But it should illustrate a much larger problem for the Isles. Lamarillo has handcuffed the Isles to seven players, for long term, with almost all of them making a ton of cash. That's a little over $36m tied up for the foreseeable future, or 43.1% of the current cap. That cap isn't going up that much in the 6-8 seasons remaining on those deals. I'd argue a good GM would've signed some of those guys to shorter contracts.
As a Wings fan, I wish the Isles luck, but this is eventually gonna bite them hard, and it's gonna really suck for their fans.
Bo had 54 points in 49 games when he was traded to NYI (1.1 ppg) and signed the $8.5M x 8 contract extension.
He then proceeded to rack up 16 points in 30 games for the Islanders (0.53 ppg).
He is a 50-60 point per season guy as the #1 center. He will be #2 behind Barzal on the Island. Expect 40-50 points per season.
This would suck so much more if aatu raty becomes a solid nhl player
Yes
The petterson effect
Horvat, Skinner and Huberdeau top 3 worst
mbon hockey made the list(mbon is an isles fan)
@7:56 : Andersen must feel sore in the neck region! xD
We'll have to wait until next season if the trade was one sided or worked for both teams.
JT Miller should be on this list lol
Me thinks Bo was a Canadian player, playing in a Canadian market (the holy grail), Loved by his fans, then gutted (traded) by the management. No wonder he isn't as productive. Inking Miller before Bo sent a message. Correct me if I'm wrong but having one of the league's best face off guys, is a good thing. It's hard to score if you don't have the puck……(Just a thought)
8.5m for the next 8 years is a lot of money for a guy with one 60 point and one 70 point season. He's not a bad defensive player, but he's definitely no Danault or Bergeron. Maybe things will work out and he'll post many more 30 goal, 60+ point seasons, I'm just not sure how much I'd personally bet on it.
The contract has to be played out. Then you can judge it. Nylander is what 8? and had 3-4 sub 60 point seasons, jumped to 80 for two seasons and was a -9 for one of those. He rarely defends. Bo plays a better all around game? probably.
If bo didn't say what he said people would shut up
Happy for Horvat that he got his money, but to be honest, I'm glad it's the Islanders who are rolling to dice on Horvat earning that crazy contract.
Dont normally comment but this is baseless click bate try harder lego
I am not worry about Harvard he will adapt, the entire Vancouver upstairs needs to go and kick rocks they sucks, let's hope Boeser get out of there too he does not deserve the treatment …
Horvat brings with him some intangibles that cannot be easily measured by stats alone – he can win key faceoffs, and in the very limited sample size of bubble playoffs, appeared to have the ability to bring his game up an notch and carry the team/will the team to a victory. Still, I feel he got a deal while he was at his highest value; he would be considered overpaid for what he would do for the Islanders, in my opinion.
There should only be one name for this topic. Ken Holland and the destruction that is his deal making that destroy a team. My condolences Edmonton..
Maybe he can get drunk, threaten cops w/ mayhem via Russki contacts, and hey presto no more contract.
ALL deals are bad, unless they’re whatever the latest SC winners are earning. 🤔
Finally we rinse somebody