The Vancouver Canucks' general manager, Patrik Allvin, clearly does not believe in taking Sundays off.
The Vancouver Canucks' general manager, Patrik Allvin, clearly does not believe in taking Sundays off.
Höglander is coming off a career year where he scored 24 goals, all of them at 5-on-5. Given his limited ice time, that meant Höglander was scoring at an elite rate: only two players had a higher rate of goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5: Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman. It seems like a solid bet. Höglander averaged just over 12 minutes per game last season, with negligible time on the power play. He started the season on the fourth line and even when he got elevated to skate with Elias Pettersson, he still played limited minutes.
On the other hand, when Joshua returns to the lineup, Höglander could instead be bumped to the fourth line once more. It will be a better-than-average fourth line but it will still be tough for him to score in that kind of depth role. Therein lies the risk.
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