Vancouver Canucks forward turns down 'final offer' expected to be traded by the Trade Deadline

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Matt Garland
December 12, 2022 (4:45 PM)

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Contract talks between the Vancouver Canucks and captain Bo Horvat have hit a road block.

The 27 year old is a pending unrestricted free agent, as he plays out the final year of a six-year contract that has a $5.5 million AAV.

Horvat is having his best statistical season in the NHL. He has 20 goals and 29 points in 28 games this season. His highest point total ever was 61 points achieved during the 2018-2019 season.

The latest report on the situation from CHEK's Rick Dhaliwal is bleak. On today's edition of Donnie and Dhali, Dhaliwal indicated that Horvat has rejected the Canucks' best offer and that the team will look to trade him.

The Canucks made an offer to Bo Horvat recently. "It was rejected,» said Dhaliwal.

«The Canucks have stretched it to as far as they could go, as of right now, I believe they have gone as far as they can go. Even with the number the Canucks were willing to go to, they would have been over the cap at the end of the season The Canucks will now take the best offer for Bo.»

Dhaliwal believes the Canucks' offer was below $8 million per season, which is the number that J.T. Miller got on the contract extension he signed in September. It's also less than the $8.45 million per season extension that Roope Hintz signed with the Dallas Stars two weeks ago.

«People are going to ask, what was the Canucks' offer? Knowing what I know about everything that's gone on in the last few months, I'm gonna guess it was under [$8 million per season],»

Dhaliwal said.

"It has played a factor. Those comparables affected the Horvat contract,»

Dhaliwal added, referencing the Hintz contract, as well as the matching eight-year extensions the Blues signed with Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas, which will pay them $8.125 million per season.

$8 million a year seems like a fair offer for Horvat's production. It's hard to justify him making more than JT Miller and also trying to stay in the salary structure of the team. The teams best player Elias Pettersson's contract is up at the end of 2024-2025 season, when he becomes an RFA with arbitration rights. I think he will be signed before then becoming the teams highest paid player.

The Canucks' captain appears to have his days numbered in Vancouver. The Cancuks will not want to lose Horvat for nothing with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

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