Nils Åman | #88 | C

[CRAZY_4_NAZZY]

 

He has some really good vision and playmaking skills. 

 

Just needs to clean up that faceoff ability and he may very well be our future 4C for a longtime.

[AK_19]

Doesn't look like he's got a regular spot with Suter/Blueger signings. He's still waiver exempt and would make a great 1-2 punch at centre with Aatu Raty in Abbotsford. 

[-AJ-]

Would love to see if he can grab a top 6 spot in Abbotsford and be a key player.

[Diamonds]

3 hours ago, AK_19 said:

Doesn't look like he's got a regular spot with Suter/Blueger signings. He's still waiver exempt and would make a great 1-2 punch at centre with Aatu Raty in Abbotsford. 

It's definitely going to be interesting to see what they do with Aman. He certainly could play wing on the 4th line or start the season as the 13th forward until someone inevitably gets injured. However, it does seem like there's still some untapped offensive potential there and maybe a larger role in the AHL would give him more benefit. 

[-AJ-]

It's worth of note that Blueger's contract is only one year. The plan may be to give Aman a year to stew in Abby to see if he takes a big step in a big role there, especially in face-offs and other defensive metrics. Doing so may earn him the 4C spot behind Suter for 2024-25.

[Putgolzin]

4 hours ago, -AJ- said:

It's worth of note that Blueger's contract is only one year. The plan may be to give Aman a year to stew in Abby to see if he takes a big step in a big role there, especially in face-offs and other defensive metrics. Doing so may earn him the 4C spot behind Suter for 2024-25.

Despite Bleuger only being one year it’s nice to have some C depth.

We have four legit nhl centres as well as a couple tweeners in case of injury (dries, aman)

And even a couple prospects that may push for top 6, middle 6, bottom 6 spots within a couple years (Raty, Sasson)

[kloubek]

He will probably see some time as an injury fill-in this season and carried as an extra, but I also feel he'd benefit more from playing in the AHL, or even back in the SHL (if that's even contractually possible).

Truthfully, for a 6th round draft pick and limited ice time and who had to adjust to the NHL game, his 16 points in 68 games shows quite a bit of promise. That said, it looked to me at times like he was a bit overmatched at this level and could use some high-competition seasoning to put it all together.