COMMENTARY
At first glance, Bo Horvat and the Bruins seemed like a perfect fit.
For all of the firepower that Boston currently boasts up front, Horvat (31 goals in 49 games) would put a win-now roster over the top.
The 6-foot, 215-pound pivot would ingratiate himself to the TD Garden crowd thanks to a propensity for scratching and clawing his way into Grade-A ice.
And with both Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci’s futures uncertain beyond this spring, Horvat represented a tangible contingency plan down the middle if either franchise stalwart decided to hang up his skates.