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We don’t know Horvat’s ceiling in the NHL because he has blown through every false one so far to become a leader in every sense for the Canucks.

At age 21, he will be the youngest Canuck all-star since boy wonder Trevor Linden, now the team president, played in the NHL showcase when he was 20 and, like Horvat, in his third season.

“For me, any role that the coaching staff puts me in, I want to succeed at that role,” Horvat said before facing the Nashville Predators here Tuesday. “In junior, they put me in a shutdown role and I wanted to be the best I can be at that. This year and last year, they want me to be kind of the two-way guy that can play great at both ends of the rink. And you want to be the best you can be at that. Just wanting to be the best at everything I’m doing has just pushed me to be better.”

Only last week, Canuck coach Willie Desjardins said that being good enough will never be good enough for Horvat.

So, let’s watch and see where he goes, to L.A. and beyond.

For me, any role that the coaching staff puts me in, I want to succeed at that role

“I’m excited for him,” Canuck captain Henrik Sedin said of the all-star acknowledgment for Horvat. “And he should be really excited. I know he’s nervous. He already asked us a few questions about it — about the skills competition and what he thinks he should do and what we think he should do. I told him I’d rather have him in the fastest-skater competition at age 21 than when we were 21.”

Sedin, the franchise’s all-time scoring leader with 996 points, played his first of three NHL All-Star Games when he was 27. His brother, Daniel, was 28 in his debut.