Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat is emerging as the team’s new top player. Now 57 games into the season, Horvat holds the team lead in goals (17) and points (38). And with his work ethic and character, there is little doubt that captaincy is next.
Back in July, I talked about Jeff Paterson’s column on giving Horvat the ‘A’. At the time, I argued Horvat was carrying too much pressure already, and that it might be too early for any kind of captaincy. But, I also said he should get the ‘A’ at the end of the 2016-17 season.