{"id":86303,"date":"2020-12-27T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=86303"},"modified":"2020-12-27T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T00:00:48","slug":"mike-hoffman-signs-st-louis-blues-pto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/12\/27\/mike-hoffman-signs-st-louis-blues-pto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Hoffman Signs With St. Louis Blues on PTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> have signed left winger<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hoffmmi02,hoffmmi01&amp;search=Mike+Hoffman&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mike Hoffman<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to a professional tryout contract<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. He will participate in the Blues&#8217; training camp, which starts January 3rd. This is remarkable considering Hoffman&#8217;s market value.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Hoffman has signed a professional tryout contract with the Blues and will be in Training Camp when it begins on Jan. 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ScFoQcbUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ScFoQcbUx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlblues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stlblues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StLouisBlues\/status\/1343344735495352321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Blues Sign Mike Hoffman to PTO<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over Hoffman&#8217;s nine-year career, he has scored 172 goals along with 187 assists. This puts him at 359 points in 493 games, around 0.73 points per game. Mike Hoffman began his NHL career with the <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ottawa Senators<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, where he played the first seven seasons of his career. After bouncing back and forth between the NHL and AHL the first three seasons of his career, he eventually found a role in the Senators&#8217; lineup and was a nightly producer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Although he was already 25 during his first real season, he put up a solid 48 points in 79 games. After his time with the Senators, Ottawa traded Mike Hoffman to the <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Florida Panthers<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Hoffman improved offensively when he got to the Panthers and scored 70 points in his first season with Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Hoffman has always posted positive possession numbers, this can be attributed to his usage rather than two-way ability. Hoffman has started 58 percent of his career shifts in the offensive zone, which will help anybody&#8217;s possession numbers. Because of his generous usage, Hoffman consistently posts better Corsi numbers than his teammates. Hoffman&#8217;s career Corsi Relative to his teammates is a positive 2.9 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mike Hoffman is a remarkable goalscorer and will bring more shots to the top-six, potentially to the Blues.\u00a0The Canadian scored a career-high 36 goals in the 2018-19 season, just missing the elite 40-goal mark. On November 15th, 2018, Hoffman broke the Florida Panthers&#8217; point-streak record previously held by <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/burepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pavel Bure<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Hoffman scored points in 14 straight games, which remains the record for the Panthers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"t5kPr9LKRrd1QUKtsd-JwQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1187847437\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'t5kPr9LKRrd1QUKtsd-JwQ',sig:'1je0nr_TbpOHCWDID5SyVE6trlKZw8mlddKSAbU-zoY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1187847437',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues have signed left winger\u00a0Mike Hoffman to a professional tryout contract. He will participate in the Blues&#8217; training camp, which starts January 3rd. This is remarkable considering Hoffman&#8217;s market value. Mike Hoffman has signed a professional tryout contract with the Blues and will be in Training Camp when it begins on Jan. 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