{"id":139237,"date":"2023-07-09T15:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139237"},"modified":"2023-07-09T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:38:50","slug":"canucks-re-sign-nils-hoglander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/09\/canucks-re-sign-nils-hoglander\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks re-sign Nils Hoglander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks announced they have re-signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoglani01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nils H\u00f6glander<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a>\u00a0have agreed to terms with forward Nils H\u00f6glander on a two-year contract with a $1.1M AAV. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jcHGYHkaJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jcHGYHkaJA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/1678071640549376000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nils H\u00f6glander Signs<\/h2>\n<p>The Canucks may have a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/23\/spreading-vancouvers-wings\/\" target=\"_self\">surplus of wingers<\/a>, but that isn&#8217;t stopping them from keeping their youth. The 22-year-old winger was taken 40th overall in the 2019 entry draft and has had an up-and-down start to his career.<\/p>\n<p>He had a strong rookie season, making the team in time for the 2020-21 season. His early linemates were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/horvabo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Horvat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pearsta01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Pearson<\/a>, the three forming an effective second line. He scored 13 goals and 27 points in just 56 games that year and looked well on his way.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s upheaval through the next two seasons hasn&#8217;t helped him as much. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boudrbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruce Boudreau<\/a> prefers veterans who can find their own spaces, and without having a strong system to add his chaos to, H\u00f6glander&#8217;s effectiveness drops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tocchri01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rick Tocchet<\/a> made the decision to keep him in Abbotsford for the rest of the season &#8211; H\u00f6glander&#8217;s last game in Vancouver was December 17th. He has rediscovered his scoring touch, scoring 14 times with 32 points in 45 AHL games last year.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>Nils H\u00f6glander is no longer waiver exempt, so the team needs to find him a home, either in Vancouver or elsewhere. It&#8217;s fitting that his new contract is one way, paid in salary with no bonus clauses.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is for $1 million the first season, $1.2 million the second. If he doesn&#8217;t make the team &#8211; which would be a surprise, but possible &#8211; that amount can be buried in Abbotsford.<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks are currently far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/teams\/canucks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over the cap<\/a> limit for the 2022-23 season, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CapFriendly.<\/a> With the possibility of Pearson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sekeresandprice\/status\/1675241235504828416\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coming back<\/a>, the team needs to move approximately $4.5 million before opening day.<\/p>\n<p>That is putting more pressure on the possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Myers<\/a> move or one of their many wingers. Right now, H\u00f6glander is primed to be in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks. At least in the short term.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks announced they have re-signed Nils H\u00f6glander today. General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks\u00a0have agreed to terms with forward Nils H\u00f6glander on a two-year contract with a $1.1M AAV. pic.twitter.com\/jcHGYHkaJA &mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) July 9, 2023 Nils H\u00f6glander Signs The Canucks may have a surplus of wingers, but that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":139240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4547,4548],"tags":[4037],"class_list":["post-139237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-nils-hoglander"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}