Vancouver Canucks General Manager (GM) Patrik Allvin announced that attacker on Monday evening Nils Hoglander will be out for 8-10 weeks After a successful operation in the lower body. He suffered the injury in the third period of a previous season match against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday and was Initially from week to week out.
Hoglander had a strong preseason before the injury and played his usual energetic, strong pre-check style that earned him a career-high 24 goals and 36 points in 2023-24. He struggled last season and finished with only eight goals and 25 points, and wanted to jump back this season. Now he will have to start from scratch after the injury and hopefully go back in the swing quickly when he returns at the end of November or early December.
The absence of Hoglander, although a pity, means an extra chance for a prospect or bubble player to make the schedule out of the training camp. There is now a lock open on the third line – or possibly the second – for someone like Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Linus Karlsson, Arshdep Bains, Vitali Kravtsov or Max Sasson to crochet. At the moment, based on the performance of Lekkerimaki in the last two preseason games, it is its place to lose. It could also mean that Braeden Cootes is much closer to making the schedule after he surprised everyone with his maturity at just 18 years old. If nothing else, it makes the next two pre -season games much more interesting to watch.
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