"At the beginning, you think you're going to be a Canuck for life – especially being the captain there," Horvat said. "I grew my family there and we loved it there. To not get something done stung a little bit."
He added, "I knew anything could happen at that point when things weren't going well with Vancouver and the talks weren't continuing at all. When I got traded to the Island, I saw the facilities, the people, the organization, and everyone spoke so highly of it. When they offered me that contract it was kind of a no-brainer, and thankfully we couldn't be more happy to be there."
