Time for Edmonton Oilers to rethink Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ role in light of faceoff woes - News Summed Up

Time for Edmonton Oilers to rethink Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ role in light of faceoff woes


If the Edmonton Oilers want to play Leon Draisaitl in the No. Unfortunately, Nugent-Hopkins, who took the 32nd most draws this past season, won just 43.7 per cent of his 1,268. Nugent-Hopkins is one of the Oilers’ top four penalty-killers and dogged as a checker. 4 slot and in a first power-play triggerman role, while also continuing to be their top right-shot faceoff guy. Nick Bonino (Pittsburgh) has the best offensive chops, plus a Cup ring, but he’s only a 48 per cent faceoff man.


Source: National Post May 15, 2017 15:00 UTC



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