In a noteworthy ECHL transaction, the Florida Everblades announced today they had signed forward Joshua Ho-Sang to a contract. It will mark the first time since the 2021-22 season that Ho-Sang has suited up professionally in North America.
The former 28th overall selection of the 2014 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, Ho-Sang was never able to put it all together at the NHL level. In 53 games with the New York Islanders, Ho-Sang was hardly used by the team, scoring seven goals and 24 points while averaging just over 15 minutes of ice time per night.
At the AHL level, Ho-Sang’s professional career has been a completely different story altogether. Playing for the Bridgeport Islanders, San Antonio Rampage, and the Toronto Marlies, Ho-Sang is a veteran of 225 AHL games over five years, scoring 46 goals and 158 points overall.
Other snapshots:
- Before the puck dropped in the team’s game tonight against the Nashville Predators, the Winnipeg Jets announced that center Mark Scheifele would be absent from the game due to an illness. In Scheifele’s stead, utility forward Vladislav Namestnikov slid into the center role on the team’s top line. Since his return from injury on February 6th, Scheifele has been the heart and soul of the Jets’ offense, scoring five goals and 16 points in his last 17 games.
- Turning to the east coast of the United States, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports forward Aliaksei Protas of the Washington Capitals will miss tonight’s game with a lower-body injury. Signing a shiny new five-year, $16.875MM extension with the team back in January, Protas has come into his own as a playmaker, tallying 23 assists in 62 games for Washington this season.
I hope Ho-Sang remembers to pack his alarm clock.
Just in case anyone was wondering about Ho-Sang.
This scrub thought he was worthy of wearing 66.
Enjoy the karma and bus rides.
” In 53 games with the New York Islanders, Ho-Sang was hardly used by the team, scoring seven goals and 24 points while averaging just over 15 minutes of ice time per night.”
… Huh? These are pretty good numbers though. This is exactly the kind of production you’d expect from a third liner who can step up to L2 in event of injury.
Clearly Ho-Sang is past his prime and should just give up on an NHL career. He’s proven he can’t play there with his near .5ppg career average. It’s so below average that he shouldn’t attempt a career in the bigs and not use any attempt at the bigs to leverage that to a better contract in the AHL right Wilf? Ho-sang shouldn’t try for the top to maximize a better contract from another team be it a pro try out or amateur?