Player Discussion Nils Hoglander PART III

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Can we please get back to discussing Hoggy Boy Lander (HBL)?

^^^^^^^ you said it bub.

Man I love this player.

 

[RobertKron]

How does this guy have so many goals and points playing 10 minutes a game? Must be some kind of record?

Just really good at landing them hogs.

 

[oceanchild]

How can his nickname not be Hog Rider?

Because he doesn’t ride the Hog, he is the hog, and he is coming to ride you!

 

[Mudshark50]

Welcome to Miller time, young man. Now run with it!

 

[Dessloch]

Nils Höglander - 8 goals / average ice time per game 10 minutes

Alexander Ovechkin - 5 goals / average ice time per game 20 minutes

Hogs <3

 

[Jay26]

Love this guy! So glad he's turned it around. Important for the organization to get players like this from within too. Now hopefully Podkolzin follows suit.

 

[CanucksSayEh]

Luv watching this guy score.

 

[Regal]

Missed most of the game only to turn it on and see Hoglander’s crazy forechecking on the dump in that led to possession around the 6:50 mark. I know he has his defensive lapses but he can do all the puck retrieval things PDG was doing for that line earlier in the year while actually providing some offense himself.

 

[Grub]

I think this guy has the potential to be a star.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Like Wellwood, Hoglander "Was a Man possessed":

 

[LemonSauceD]

I’m hoping last nights game is the turning point for him to really solidify himself as a top 6 player and a mainstay on Miller’s line. He was a beast.

 

[Dessloch]

Is it Höggy now?

 

[PG Canuck]

Give this guy 15mins a game bare minimum.

 

[VanJack]

That pirouette along the end wall last night had two Blues players crashing into each other as they tried to stop him.

Hard to remember a Canuck player who spins off contact better than Hoglander. Watching a couple of undersized wingers like Hoglander and Garland work their magic along the walls, has been one of the most underrated pleasures of watching the Canucks this season.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Give this guy 15mins a game bare minimum.

Put him in net!

60 mins per game!

 

[Play]

Put him in net!

60 mins per game!

They did in practice during his rookie season

 

[LiveeviL]

He is playing an entertaining style of hockey for sure. If for not any other reason that is enough to hope for his success.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

I want this player to be a long time Canuck.

 

[MS]

Give this guy 15mins a game bare minimum.

They should keep doing exactly what they're doing with him.

They bumped him up to Miller's line earlier this season and he was crap. Didn't work well with other skill players, didn't bring the same energy in bigger minutes, was exposed defensively in higher leverage.

 

[Icebreakers]

Hes that kind of player who will put up 45 points on the 3rd line and 45 points on the first line

 

[Vector]

They should keep doing exactly what they're doing with him.

They bumped him up to Miller's line earlier this season and he was crap. Didn't work well with other skill players, didn't bring the same energy in bigger minutes, was exposed defensively in higher leverage.

I think it works for short periods of time as a reward. Same with some 2nd unit PP minutes. He gets them as a treat for doing well in the trenches. Sam Lafferty got the same treatment.

 

[MS]

I think it works for short periods of time as a reward. Same with some 2nd unit PP minutes. He gets them as a treat for doing well in the trenches. Sam Lafferty got the same treatment.

For sure. Getting him an extra minute or two by spotting him up the lineup for a shift or a period when a line is lacking energy is great.

Bumping him up to 16 high-leverage minutes, not so much.

 

[Vector]

For sure. Getting him an extra minute or two by spotting him up the lineup for a shift or a period when a line is lacking energy is great.

Bumping him up to 16 high-leverage minutes, not so much.

Also with young high-energy smaller players, they usually can’t maintain that play style with elevated minutes. Usually takes a while, if they ever figure it out, to learn out how to do it.

 

[canuckking1]

They should keep doing exactly what they're doing with him.

They bumped him up to Miller's line earlier this season and he was crap. Didn't work well with other skill players, didn't bring the same energy in bigger minutes, was exposed defensively in higher leverage.

He’s kinda like Garland. Needs to be the driver of his own line

 

[beachcomber]

Perfect bottom six pest.