{"id":9561,"date":"2024-10-01T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9561"},"modified":"2024-10-01T05:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T05:28:00","slug":"edmonton-oilers-win-against-the-vancouver-canucks-after-releasing-mike-hoffman-from-pto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/edmonton-oilers-win-against-the-vancouver-canucks-after-releasing-mike-hoffman-from-pto","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Win Against Canucks After Releasing Hoffman from PTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/mike-hoffman.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Hoffman\" class=\"wp-image-9562\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Edmonton Oilers Win Against the Vancouver Canucks After Releasing Mike Hoffman from PTO\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edmonton Oilers have released Mike Hoffman from his professional tryout contract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The former QMJHL has scored a total of 228 goals and tallied 487 points.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Monday, the Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 marking their second straight pre-season game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Edmonton Oilers have announced that they have released veteran forward <strong>Mike Hoffman<\/strong> from his professional tryout (PTO) contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman, a seasoned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/nhl\">National Hockey League<\/a> player with 745 regular-season games in his record of achievements, was competing for a prestigious spot on the Oilers\u2019 roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the team won its second straight pre-season game <em>3-2<\/em> against the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"impressive-career-with-228-goals-and-487-tallied-points\">Impressive Career with 228 Goals and 487 Tallied Points&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman\u2019s NHL career has seen him play for several teams, including the Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, and San Jose Sharks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over his career, <strong>the forward has scored 228 goals and tallied 487 points<\/strong>. His postseason record is, however, just as impressive, consisting of 11 goals and 20 points in 33 total playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman\u2019s journey to the NHL was not, however, an easy one. After he was cut from the Kitchener Rangers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/odds\">Ontario Hockey League<\/a>, he made his way into the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and eventually joined the Drummondville Voltigeurs after a few brief stints with the Gatineau Olympiques.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Drummondville, Hoffman started to show just how bright he could shine, finishing third in team scoring in his second year and leading them to a QMJHL postseason championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his success in Drummondville, Hoffman joined the Saint John Sea Dogs, further solidifying his place as a standout in the QMJHL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, the Kitchener, ONT-born accumulated no less than 122 goals and a whopping 227 points in 180 regular-season games in the league, to which he added 32 goals and 58 points in the 40 postseason appearances that he made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman was selected 130th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2009 NHL Draft.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calder_Cup\">Calder Cup<\/a> in 2011 as part of the Binghamton Senators, Ottawa\u2019s American Hockey League affiliate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"oilers-wish-hoffman-the-best-win-second-straight-pre-season-game\">Oilers Wish Hoffman the Best, Win Second Straight Pre-Season Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Though released from the Oilers, Hoffman\u2019s proven ability as a consistent goal scorer, with six seasons of 22 or more goals, makes it likely that he will find a new opportunity, whether in the NHL or overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oilers have wished Hoffman the best in his future endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the team, who is still a work in progress, came out with flying colors out of their second straight pre-season game, defeating the visiting Vancouver Canucks 3-2 with help from Leon Draisaitl who scored the shootout winner on a slapshot, alongside Corey Perry and Ben Gleason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/oilers-retain-their-captain-connor-mcdavid-with-105m-deal\">Connor McDavid<\/a> commented on the result, explaining they wanted to get their \u201c<em>battle level up a little bit<\/em>\u201d while explaining the importance of getting \u201c<em>some rhythm and some camaraderie<\/em>\u201d in the context of them not having played much with their group.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>They are just getting used to each other right now<\/em>\u201d, added head coach <strong>Kris Knoblauch<\/strong>, who also called the victory \u201c<em>a good first step<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Edmonton Oilers have announced that they have released veteran forward Mike Hoffman from his professional tryout (PTO) contract.\u00a0 Hoffman, a seasoned National Hockey League player with 745 regular-season games in his record of achievements, was competing for a prestigious spot on the Oilers\u2019 roster.\u00a0 On Monday, the team won its second straight pre-season [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oilers Release Forward Hoffman from PTO, Win Against Vancouver Canucks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Edmonton Oilers have released former Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League forward Mike Hoffman from his professional tryout contract; 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