thesauce Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Positively noticeable even when he isn't scoring. Playdriver of his line on offense and goes to all the hard areas and win puck battles along the board. Gotta love a player that doesn't give up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 If you think about it; This is an awesome stat; Hard to believe the kid spent co much time in and out between The Canucks and Abbotsford. I think he's in the bigs to stay now 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nergish Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Trading this guy right now would be a mistake. Obviously every team we deal with between now and deadline will ask for him, but we just can't do it. Hoggy's style of play, his particular skillset, and his cap hit are all essential to our team's success in this year's playoffs. Without considering potential or value in the future, I would trade Lekkerimaki or Podkolzin before Nils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertime Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, nergish said: Trading this guy right now would be a mistake. Obviously every team we deal with between now and deadline will ask for him, but we just can't do it. Hoggy's style of play, his particular skillset, and his cap hit are all essential to our team's success in this year's playoffs. Without considering potential or value in the future, I would trade Lekkerimaki or Podkolzin before Nils. It depends what we are trading for. I love Hog and have followed him since well before he was drafted. But realistically if there's a good 2 way 2/3c available with intangibles on the table we may have to consider hogs as part of the package. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 10 minutes ago, Hammertime said: It depends what we are trading for. I love Hog and have followed him since well before he was drafted. But realistically if there's a good 2 way 2/3c available with intangibles on the table we may have to consider hogs as part of the package. Hogs is no centre, but he's already arguably shown the potential to be a great middle six forward, so I'd be wary of including him as part of the package, unless we're talking about a potentially elite 2C like Lindholm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kettlevalley Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 17 hours ago, -AJ- said: Hogs is no centre, but he's already arguably shown the potential to be a great middle six forward, so I'd be wary of including him as part of the package, unless we're talking about a potentially elite 2C like Lindholm. I disagree as said elite 2C is probably a rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 and some folks thought he would either be moved or remain in the farm system forever or be traded for something or other.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kettlevalley Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 What some guys are hoping Lekkerimaki becomes IS what Hoggy is right now. We need to get him more ice time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Hoglander slides into 116th in all-time Canuck scoring with his goal this morning. 115 Jiri Slegr D 154 12 65 77 116 Nils Hoglander RW 191 41 34 75 117 Troy Stecher D 286 11 64 75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 We will we will rock you, rock you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Truly happy for this guy and where he is now on the team. He's earned it. 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Hogs is still producing a bit less than his rookie season (in terms of points), but he's close to that level and his goal total is way up. Obviously a shooting percentage over 20% won't last, but it is probably indicative of both some luck and some great shooting and hand-eye profficiency by tipping pucks in. His sneaky unknown skill might be his incredible hand-eye coordination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 43 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Hogs is still producing a bit less than his rookie season (in terms of points), but he's close to that level and his goal total is way up. Obviously a shooting percentage over 20% won't last, but it is probably indicative of both some luck and some great shooting and hand-eye profficiency by tipping pucks in. His sneaky unknown skill might be his incredible hand-eye coordination. His TOI was much higher than this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 10 minutes ago, Boudrias said: His TOI was much higher than this season. I don't have access to those numbers here at work, but his lengthy 4th line time leads me to believe you to be correct. I do recall him playing a lot on the 2nd and 3rd line in his rookie year. That definitely would impact his production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeneedLumme Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, -AJ- said: Hogs is still producing a bit less than his rookie season (in terms of points), but he's close to that level and his goal total is way up. Obviously a shooting percentage over 20% won't last, but it is probably indicative of both some luck and some great shooting and hand-eye profficiency by tipping pucks in. His sneaky unknown skill might be his incredible hand-eye coordination. He sees and thinks the game extremely quickly, and his hands and feet are able to keep up. Always some luck involved, but given his skill level and the way he plays, I don't really expect his shooting percentage to drop off that much. It's not entirely luck that he leads the NHL in even strength goals per 60, a whisker ahead of Matthews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 2 minutes ago, WeneedLumme said: He sees and thinks the game extremely quickly, and his hands and feet are able to keep up. Always some luck involved, but given his skill level and the way he plays, I don't really expect his shooting percentage to drop off that much. It's not entirely luck that he leads the NHL in even strength goals per 60, a whisker ahead of Matthews. It will certainly drop off, but yes, he may remain at the higher end. Most top coverters in the long run are around 18% shooting percentage, so we could maybe expect that he'll come to rest around that level if he's elite at finishing like he looks to be a times. Per 60 stats can unfortunatley be misleading and lead to silly conclusions due to both small sample sizes and quality of competition considerations. It's quite common for third liners to show up amongst the elite in points or goals per 60, though obviously no one would consider them to be on the same level as the elite 1st line forwards up there. It does, however, indicate that these players may have untapped potential and should be given a larger role to see if they can suceed with more ice time against better opposition. Hoglander seems to have finally gotten another chance in the top six and I wouldn't be surprised to see him stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 He's become my favorite player on the team this year and that's with some fantastic company to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 5 hours ago, -AJ- said: I don't have access to those numbers here at work, but his lengthy 4th line time leads me to believe you to be correct. I do recall him playing a lot on the 2nd and 3rd line in his rookie year. That definitely would impact his production. His rookie season Hoglander averaged 15:25/game. This season he's averaging 11:08/game which is the second lowest on the team (Aman is the lowest). It's actually pretty incredible how much he's producing considering his limited ice time. I think he's certainly earned more ice time and a look in the top 6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 15 hours ago, DeltaSwede said: He's become my favorite player on the team this year and that's with some fantastic company to choose from. Again last night Hogs got about 11 minutes of TOI. When is RT going to release this hound? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngould21 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 That entire year in Abby did wonders for this kid. Hopefully, Podkolzin will turn out the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Artemus Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Hoglander played a whale of a game last night. He did it all. He played a nice puck control game and contributed to his line's dominance. He played physical and was driving his opposite number on the wings to distraction. If he keeps on improving his play as he has done so far this year, who knows how good he will be. Edited February 27 by Artemus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DownUndaCanuck Posted February 29 Popular Post Share Posted February 29 Best player on his line and one of the most noticeable Canucks. He's single handedly dragging his linemates up. Mikheyev was trash before and now on Hoglander's line you notice him. Petey has his moments but again, Hoglander's hard forecheck gives him the puck and makes him much more noticeable. Honestly he's been one of our most impactful and best players all season. On pace for 25 goals despite averaging 11 minutes of ice-time is unreal. I know he's playing more now, closer to 15 minutes, but he deserves more. Good to see him on the 2nd PP unit at times now too, I think he'd be a great PKer as well so we've got to roll him in more. Maybe they want to keep him fresh and not burn him out? Credit where credit's due, he's one of the cheapest, best defensive 20 goal scorers in the league and makes everyone around him better including slumping stars. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hoglander now 113th in all-time Canuck scoring with his goal tonight. 112 Dan Quinn C 101 34 49 83 113 Nils Hoglander RW 202 45 36 81 114 Michel Petit D 226 24 57 81 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Hoglander's apple moves him into 112th in all-time Canuck scoring tonight. 111 Steve Tambellini LW 161 42 45 87 112 Nils Hoglander RW 204 45 38 83 113 Dan Quinn C 101 34 49 83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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