{"id":135112,"date":"2023-02-05T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135112"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:17:14","slug":"new-york-islanders-sign-centre-to-long-term-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/05\/new-york-islanders-sign-centre-to-long-term-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Islanders Sign Centre To Long Term Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nine years later, and Lou Lamoriello has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/horvabo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Horvat<\/a> as one of his own. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/30\/bo-horvat-traded-islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">After being traded<\/a> by the Vancouver Canucks before the trade deadline, Bo Horvat has a new contract. Horvat has signed a deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a> for the next eight years. Elliotte Friedman was the first to report the AAV being $8.5 million. Now that the deal has been signed, hockey is now the main focus.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Isles<\/a> News: The New York Islanders have agreed to terms with forward Bo Horvat on an eight-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1622321318434586625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bo Horvat Signs New Contract<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The hottest name at the trade deadline not only has been moved, but signed. Bo Horvat has a new contract in place. This is a great day for Bo Horvat and the Islanders. Horvat is having a career year and is playing some of his best hockey. He has already matched his career high in goals (31) from last year and has already surpassed last season&#8217;s point totals. In addition, Horvat will set a career-high in points as he will hit the 60-point marker. He is playing his best hockey, and he has cashed in. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How This Benefits The Islanders <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the first time in a long time, the Islanders have depth down the middle. A three-headed monster formed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barzama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathew Barzal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pageaje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jean-Gabriel Pageau<\/a>, and now Horvat makes the team deep. Horvat is perfect for the team&#8217;s top six and his net-front presence will be great for the power play. In fact, Horvat himself has 12 power-play goals individually, <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/teams.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whereas the Islanders<\/a> have 20 on the season. The Islanders are getting a high-impact player as well as a leader, as he previously served as the captain for the Canucks. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How This Benefits Horvat<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bo Horvat signed his new contract and can now focus on playing hockey. After not being able to secure a long-term deal in Vancouver, he is staying put on Long Island. He is joining a team with a solid core in place of Barzal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sorokil01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilya Sorokin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pelecad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Pelech<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nelsobr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Nelson<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dobsono01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-05_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Dobson<\/a>. If they add the right pieces in place, this is a team that can grow to become a legit contender in the stacked Metropolitan Division. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"bCTTTLfdS_RRPDVgWtYl1g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246774450\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'bCTTTLfdS_RRPDVgWtYl1g',sig:'J6_fSd_f8Mj389yYJORz0a5s38KU8j35xsPyWsLHOks=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1246774450',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years later, and Lou Lamoriello has Bo Horvat as one of his own. After being traded by the Vancouver Canucks before the trade deadline, Bo Horvat has a new contract. Horvat has signed a deal with the New York Islanders for the next eight years. Elliotte Friedman was the first to report the AAV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":135286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,17,34,4548],"tags":[6154],"class_list":["post-135112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-islanders","category-news","category-nhl","tag-new-york-islanders-analysis"],"modified_by":"Joshua Grom","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}