will skate against the Washington Capitals with his fifth different combination of wingers this season – one for each goal he scored during his team’s first nine games.But both Horvat and coach Travis Green were looking forward to less churn this season than last, when the Canucks’ workhorse centre was dared to play with 30 different sets of wingers and finished with 27 goals and 61 games despite the turnstiles on his flanks.
"It doesn’t really surprise me; it happened last year," Horvat said after Thursday’s workout at Rogers Arena. "Obviously, is still trying to feel guys out early in the season. I think once we get rolling and guys get playing to their potential everywhere around the room, things will stick. Pearson has been the one constant, Horvat’s winger since his trade to the Canucks from the Pittsburgh Penguins last February.
Virtanen’s bank-shot goal against Detroit was his first of the season, and Ferland also has only one goal in nine games and logged a team-low 16:20 of total ice time the last two. Yes, but wasn’t the idea to stop the insanity on Horvat’s wings? Green said at training camp: "I would love to have a little bit more of a set look for him."
But the fact that Horvat could be on his fifth set of wingers in Game 10 may be proof, despite an impressive October, that the overhauled roster is not finished. The team could use another winger who can score.
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