Meet Nathan Horton

You may have recognized the name Nathan Horton when the Bruins announced that he would be joining the black and gold for the '10-'11 season. Maybe you have an extensive knowledge of every player in the National Hockey League, or maybe you spent too many hours of your childhood playing NHL on XBox. Either way, you may have known that Horton started his career as a Florida Panther, but is now looking at a very productive season with Boston.

After only one season with the Panthers, the NHL lockout forced Horton to play for their AHL affiliate, but only for 21 games. In his second season with Florida (71 games), Horton accumulated 28 goals and 19 assists for 47 total points. In the following two years, he proved himself a valuable goal-scorer with 31 and 27 goals, respectively. Horton played only 67 games in '08-'09 due to a deep leg cut, and only played 65 games last year due to a fractured leg. Despite these setbacks, Horton amassed 57 points in 65 games, proving himself to be a valuable playmaker with 37 assists.

Horton has definitely shown the NHL that he can be both a playmaker and goal-scorer and he's already netted 4 points in two games for the B's. Horton's coming off his best season yet with Florida, and, provided he stays healthy, is poised to outdo himself this season with the B's.