Prospect Info: Nils Höglander
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Love watching this kid play. His first few games he kept going into battles and suddenly emerging with the puck. The other team would check him yet he still maintained possession. I thought he was some kind of magician or something cause it looked like he was getting run over but suddenly he still had the puck on his stick.
Hoglander is close to a break-out game, you can just feel it. He's been the best, most consistent Canuck forward since the start of the season.
He's getting three or four glorious chances every game now, and setting up his line-mates for three or four others. I can see a 2-2 night on the horizon....he might be the best story on what is otherwise shaping up as a dismal season.
He's getting three or four glorious chances every game now, and setting up his line-mates for three or four others. I can see a 2-2 night on the horizon....he might be the best story on what is otherwise shaping up as a dismal season.
There's been a few times this season where he's been knocked down and he just maintains control and gets to his feet. It's pretty impressive. I'd love Pettersson to have this kid's low center of gravity
logan5
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Yeah I really like his last game, where it looked like he has gained even more confidence getting himself open and skating with authority towards the net.
Maybe tonight’s the night Green puts him on pp 1. Canucks are not scoring a lot of goals, so we need to try him there. Once he’s there, he is Probly there to stay.
Maybe tonight’s the night Green puts him on pp 1. Canucks are not scoring a lot of goals, so we need to try him there. Once he’s there, he is Probly there to stay.
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He’s a hard to check fireplug of a player. He’s only going to get better too. Sky is the limit for him.
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Wildcarder
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Way, WAY too early to say. A lot of the draft picks that year still played in the WJHC this year. Let's just be happy we got a steal with him at pick 40.
lawrence
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way too early but him not looking out of place as a 20 year old is surprising. No many 20 year olds have played for the Canucks over the years.
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December5th
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Give him a shot on the first line. Miller can work his funk out further down the lineup.
logan5
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You gotta think he will start putting away some of his glorious chances. 3 shots on goal, and one post. He's so crafty with the puck, with the ability to make a good pass, the ice just opens up for him. He gets his passes off really fast too. Defenders simply can't anticipate what he is going to do. Decent velocity on his shots too.
Top 5 in redraft? It's too early but it certainly is possible, because this guy is extremely talented. Did he just suddenly improve since his draft, because if this guy was picked top 10 in the draft, we would still be very pleased with his play, but a huge steal at 40.
Top 5 in redraft? It's too early but it certainly is possible, because this guy is extremely talented. Did he just suddenly improve since his draft, because if this guy was picked top 10 in the draft, we would still be very pleased with his play, but a huge steal at 40.
What continues to astonish me is the amount of punishment he takes along wall...but bounces off and spins out with the puck. Must be his low center of gravity at only 5'9" but close to 190. But the number of one-on-one puck battles he wins in both zones is beyond impressive.
I really wish they'd leave him with a creative center like Pettersson on the first line. Hoglander continues to set up Pearson and Horvat, but to no avail.
But what an impressive rookie. And he's just getting started.
I really wish they'd leave him with a creative center like Pettersson on the first line. Hoglander continues to set up Pearson and Horvat, but to no avail.
But what an impressive rookie. And he's just getting started.
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Nona Di Giuseppe
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Go ahead and list that re-draft. You're wrong, and being intentionally hyperbolic is just a discredit to yourself and Hoglander. Not to mention this fanbase. Yikes.
Nona Di Giuseppe
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how can you even begin to believe this when these players are still 19 and 20. not an opinion i'd share without some research on nhl player development.
PuckMunchkin
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Too soon to tell. He is like half the age of Olli Juolevi and the jury is still out on him.
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| Round | Num. | Drafted By | Player | Pos | Drafted From | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Last Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Jersey | Jack Hughes | C | U.S. National Development Team [USHL] | 70 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 2 | NY Rangers | Kaapo Kakko | R | TPS Turku [SM-liiga] | 78 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 3 | Chicago | Kirby Dach | C | Saskatoon Blades [WHL] | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 2019-20 |
| 1 | 4 | Colorado | Bowen Byram | D | Vancouver Giants [WHL] | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 5 | Los Angeles | Alex Turcotte | C | U.S. National Development Team [USHL] | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | Detroit | Moritz Seider | D | Mannheim Eagles [DEL] | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | Buffalo | Dylan Cozens | C | Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL] | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 8 | Edmonton | Philip Broberg | D | AIK [Swe-1] | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | Anaheim | Trevor Zegras | C | U.S. National Development Team [USHL] | ||||||
| 1 | 10 | Vancouver | Vasili Podkolzin | R | St. Petersburg [Russia Jr.] |
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| 1 | 1 | New Jersey | Jack Hughes | C | U.S. National Development Team [USHL] | 70 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 2 | NY Rangers | Kaapo Kakko | R | TPS Turku [SM-liiga] | 78 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 3 | Chicago | Kirby Dach | C | Saskatoon Blades [WHL] | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 2019-20 |
| 2 | 40 | Vancouver | Nils Hoglander | L | Rogle BK Angelholm [SweHL] | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 20 | Winnipeg | Ville Heinola | D | Lukko Rauma [SM-liiga] | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 7 | Buffalo | Dylan Cozens | C | Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL] | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2020-21 |
| 2 | 33 | Los Angeles | Arthur Kaliyev | R | Hamilton Bulldogs [OHL] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 22 | Los Angeles | Tobias Bjornfot | D | Djurgarden (Sweden Jrs.) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2020-21 |
| 1 | 4 | Colorado | Bowen Byram | D | Vancouver Giants [WHL] | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2020-21 |
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My top two in a 2019 re-draft would be Jack Hughes and Moritz Seider. After that there would be several guys in the running for the next spots and Hoglander would be among that group.
PuckMunchkin
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Rangers managed to destroy the confidence of a guy coming of one of the best 17yr old season in Finnish League history and two World Championships in one year.
Now Lafreniere has 1 point in 13 games there...
I think they have no clue how to develop players, but who can blame them, they've never tried before.
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