Aatu Raty

NY Islanders have acquired Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Räty, and a 2023 protected first-round pick.

At the moment, it is unknown if there is an extension in place for Horvat with the Islanders. The Islanders' power play was pretty dreadful in the month of January only converting twice on 36 attempts. [NY Islanders have acquired center Bo Horvat](https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/islanders-acquire-horvat/c-340602024) from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for forwards Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Räty, and a 2023 protected first-round draft pick.

The Vancouver Canucks traded captain Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders on Monday for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty and a protected first-round selection in ...

On the flip side, though, while he’s more of a B or B-plus prospect, his absence will be felt in an Islanders pool that was already among the thinnest in the NHL. 27 in 2023 NHL prospect pool rankings](https://theathletic.com/3971817/2023/01/14/islanders-nhl-prospect-pool-rankings-2023/) This is also the kind of move that Lamoriello probably doesn’t make unless he had some sort of assurance that Horvat, a pending free agent, would sign a contract extension. They took a chance on him in the second round at the draft after his stock plummeted. Aatu Raty was arguably their top prospect, and although his ceiling may be something along the lines of a third-line center, he made a good account of himself with two goals in his first 12 games this season. Horvat is one of the [NHL](https://theathletic.com/nhl/)’s leading scorers this season, Vancouver’s captain and has been a tremendous player through some of the leanest years in franchise history. The knock on Raty is that he’s seen as a safe bet to be an impactful NHL player, but with only a marginal chance of developing into a star player. This trade also signifies that Lamoriello still believes this core group can compete for a Stanley Cup this season despite their 10th-place standing in the Eastern Conference. That’s precisely the sort of chip the club should’ve prioritized landing in a Horvat trade. The writing was on the wall for good once the club came to terms with [Andrei Kuzmenko on a two-year, $11 million contract](https://theathletic.com/4128789/2023/01/26/andrei-kuzmenko-canucks-contract-extension/) this past week. Miller](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/jt-miller-BwD0o26Ad5GDYMKQ/) instead, from that point on, a split has been inevitable. The 25-year-old Beauvellier, a forward, has 20 points in 49 games this season for the Islanders.

The New York Islanders have pulled off one of its largest trades in years, acquiring Vancouver Canucks star Bo Horvat for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, ...

He scored just 12 goals in 75 games last season and has nine with 11 assists so far in 2022-23. It’s a considerable price to pay for Horvat, who is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2022-23 season. As a team, they have scored two or fewer goals 12 times in their last 13 games before the All-Star break with their leading goal scorers in Brock Nelson and Anders Lee tied with 19 goals apiece.

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Raty is in the first year of a three-year, $2.8 million entry-level deal. A native of Oulu, Finland, Raty was taken in the second round (No. 28 overall in the 2015 NHL Draft and has spent his entire seven-year career on Long Island. Beauvillier, 25, has nine goals and 11 assists in 49 games played this season. The Canucks retained 25-percent of Horvat's cap hit/salary. TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports that the pick heading to Vancouver is top-12 protected for 2023.