Canucks re-assign Hoglander to Abbotsford

Hoglander, 21, came on to many hockey fans radars during the 2020 World Junior Championships, a tournament in which he scored several highlight reel goals for Team Sweden. He made his NHL debut with the Canucks that very next season, and showed some promise with 13 goals and 27 points in 56 outings. Since then, however, things have gone downhill.

The 2021-22 season was a major struggle for Hoglander, who struggled to get in the good graces of now head coach Bruce Boudreau. He was healthy scratched on numerous occasions, and when he did play made very little impact, scoring just 10 goals and 18 points in 60 games. Through four games this season, he had just a lone assist. Due to those struggles, he will head to the AHL for the first time in his career in hopes of re-discovering his scoring touch.

In a corresponding move, the Canucks announced that Noah Juulsen has been recalled from the AHL. The 2015 first-round pick has struggled to establish himself at the NHL level, appearing in just 57 games over his six-year professional career.