This feels like a deal where everyone loses. Lou makes an odd trade to give up some futures to acquire a guy that you're going to have to overpay to keep, for a position they weren't lacking. Vancouver was probably hoping for a slightly bigger return, but more importantly, definitely letting everyone in the locker room know that anyone that backed Horvat chose the wrong horse. Horvat's pace and production overall are probably going to drop with the Islanders.
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