Prospect Info: 2024-2025 Ottawa Senators In the system

[mianjo]

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2024-2025 Ottawa Senators In the system​

Regular Season

1		Blake Montgomery (LW)		totals	36	21	24	45	1.25	21	32
			Lincoln Stars	USHL	10	3	7	10	1.00	17	4
			London Knights	OHL	26	18	17	35	1.35	4	28
2		Vitaly Abramov (LW/RW)	CSKA Moskva	KHL	44	19	16	35	0.80	33	10
3		Carter Yakemchuk (D)	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	31	14	20	34	1.10	46	-4
4		Tomas Hamara (D)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	35	5	29	34	0.97	27	7
5		Lucas Ellinas (C/LW)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	41	18	14	32	0.78	36	10
6		Stephen Halliday (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	8	16	24	0.73	21	-14
7		Garrett Pilon (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	31	3	21	24	0.77	21	-1
8		Jérémy Davies (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	4	19	23	0.70	22	4
9		Angus Crookshank (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	14	5	19	0.58	18	3
10		Lassi Thomson (D)	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	34	10	9	19	0.56	14	-1
11		Javon Moore (LW)	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	30	7	12	19	0.63	10	10
12		Eerik Wallenius (D)		totals	35	4	15	19	0.54	40	-6
			HPK	Liiga	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
			HPK U20	U20 SM-sarja	30	4	15	19	0.63	40	-6
13		Wyatt Bongiovanni (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	23	13	4	17	0.74	9	-4
14		Cole Reinhardt (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	13	6	10	16	1.23	4	8
15		Owen Beckner (C)	Colorado College	NCAA	22	3	10	13	0.59	2	1
16		Donovan Sebrango (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	28	3	10	13	0.46	42	3
17		Xavier Bourgault (RW/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	5	7	12	0.36	6	0
18		Matthew Andonovski (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	44	4	8	12	0.27	92	2
19		Matthew Highmore (C/W)	Belleville Senators	AHL	23	2	8	10	0.43	0	-4
20		Djibril Touré (D)		totals	30	1	9	10	0.33	43	11
			Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	24	1	7	8	0.33	41	8
			Belleville Senators	AHL	6	0	2	2	0.33	2	3
21		Zack MacEwen (C/RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	15	5	4	9	0.60	23	-5
22		Jan Jeník (W/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	17	5	4	9	0.53	38	2
23		Maxence Guénette (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	29	3	6	9	0.31	24	12
24		Nikolas Matinpalo (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	24	2	6	8	0.33	10	-4
25		Zack Ostapchuk (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	9	1	7	8	0.89	10	5
26		Filip Nordberg (D)	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	27	3	4	7	0.26	64	14
27		Oskar Pettersson (RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	3	4	7	0.21	20	-6
28		Philippe Daoust (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	2	5	7	0.33	8	-8
29		Tyson Dyck (C)	Univ. of Wisconsin	NCAA	24	2	5	7	0.29	2	-2
30		Oliver Johansson (LW/C)	Timrå IK	SHL	32	2	5	7	0.22	8	-3
31		Filip Roos (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	0	6	6	0.18	14	-6
32		Tyler Boucher (RW/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	28	3	2	5	0.18	14	-3
33		Gabriel Eliasson (D)	Barrie Colts	OHL	39	2	3	5	0.13	80	9
34		Hayden Hodgson (RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	16	2	2	4	0.25	48	-3
35		Jamieson Rees (LW/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	14	1	3	4	0.29	0	-2
36		Theo Wallberg (D)	Ohio State Univ.	NCAA	15	0	4	4	0.27	8	9
37		Hoyt Stanley (D)	Cornell Univ.	NCAA	17	0	4	4	0.24	10	4
38		Nicholas Van Tassell (C)	UMass	NCAA	20	2	1	3	0.15	9	-2
39		Cameron O'Neill (RW)	UMass	NCAA	14	2	0	2	0.14	0	-1
40		Jorian Donovan (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	27	0	2	2	0.07	31	-16
41		Jake Chiasson (C/RW)		totals	20	0	0	0	0.00	4	-8
			Belleville Senators	AHL	15	0	0	0	0.00	4	-5
			Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	-3
1		Leevi Meriläinen (G)	Belleville Senators	AHL	13	2.43	.901	1	7-2-4	690:17
2		Vladimir Nikitin (G)		totals	12	4.61	.884	0	4-8-0	702:04
			Barys Astana	KHL	0	-	-	-	-	-
			Snezhnye Barsy Astana	MHL	12	4.61	.884	0	4-8-0	702:04
			Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL	-	-	-	-	-	-
LESS THAN 10 GAMES
1		Kevin Reidler (G)	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	NCAA	5	2.08	.934	0	3-1-0	259:54
2		Mads Søgaard (G)	Belleville Senators	AHL	8	3.69	.858	0	0-5-2	358:0

 

[DrEasy]

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[mianjo]

Montgomery 1a last night

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk is back tonight for Calgary

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk is back tonight for Calgary

For his 1st game back

D26Yakemchuk, Carter 0 0 0 1 6 0/0

6 mins in penalties one for roughing and 2 for high sticking. Calgary won 3-2

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

For his 1st game back

D26Yakemchuk, Carter 0 0 0 1 6 0/0

6 mins in penalties one for roughing and 2 for high sticking. Calgary won 3-2

damn he's not been that good this year eh?

 

[Dan Patrick]

damn he's not been that good this year eh?

It was his first game back from injury. Probably need to cut him some slack. His season has been much of the same of what got him drafted. He has been better in his own end and is putting up close to the exact same number of points to last year.

 

[BoardsofCanada]

Yakemchuk is exactly what the Ottawa Senators need; a scoring threat from the back end. He's our Chychrun replacement, hopefully with a bit better defensive awareness. I think he'll make the team next season.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

It was his first game back from injury. Probably need to cut him some slack. His season has been much of the same of what got him drafted. He has been better in his own end and is putting up close to the exact same number of points to last year.

His team is also doing much, much better than anticipated, with Yak as their top D. That cant be overlooked.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

His team is also doing much, much better than anticipated, with Yak as their top D. That cant be overlooked.

I have realized that the entire roster outside of the top 2 forwards and yakemchuk are well below ppg and every other dman has non existent offense.

 

[aragorn]

Ottawa has five promising prospects in their system at the moment.

Ostapchuk C/LW IMO has already made the team & should be a permanent player next season.

Merilainen G is on the cusp of becoming the Sens backup. I expect in the off season that Staois will either find a cheap vet backup or maybe he lets Merilainen be the backup. Should be interesting how that plays out, but my guess is he signs a cheap backup & have Merilainen & Sogaard in Belleville for another yr.

Halliday C/LW (22 yrs old) is an interesting prospect, he seems to have the skillset to be a decent NHL player. He certainly has the size & I expect he could get some time in Ott later in the yr if they are in a position to dress a prospect or two. He's 27 pts in 35 games & 10 goals, not great, but not terrible either & leads Belleville in scoring. Is scoring down in the AHL too as it is in the NHL?

Yakemchuk RD will most likely start his career in Belleville next season & depending on how he does down there could be one of the first callups next season.

Montgomery LW is having a great yr in junior with London & I expect he too should most likely start his pro career in Belleville next yr too & be a callup depending on how his season goes in Belleville.

 

[mianjo]

Montgomery 1g 1a today

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk scores a PP after 7 mins of tonights game

 

[armani]

Yakemchuk scores a PP after 7 mins of tonights game

For some reason I first read this as “Yakemchuk scored with his PP” lol. Good for him to get back into the groove after missing games.

BMO is a force to be reckoned with, all he does is score points.

Very excited to see their progress.

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk adds a assist on another PP currently 4-1 after 2

 

[mianjo]

and a 2nd assist

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk ended up with 1g 2a in a 6-1 win

 

[Sun God Nika]

Ottawa has five promising prospects in their system at the moment.

Ostapchuk C/LW IMO has already made the team & should be a permanent player next season.

Merilainen G is on the cusp of becoming the Sens backup. I expect in the off season that Staois will either find a cheap vet backup or maybe he lets Merilainen be the backup. Should be interesting how that plays out, but my guess is he signs a cheap backup & have Merilainen & Sogaard in Belleville for another yr.

I can see them signing a goalie for league minimum this offseason maybe even Forsberg if he agrees to it and give Leevi the backup job. Have that third goalie there for insurance in case the workload of the NHL becomes to much for Leevi and you need to send him back down.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Yakemchuk ended up with 1g 2a in a 6-1 win

f***ing loser, why didn't he do this in his first game back.

 

[Sens in Process]

I watched most of both games; his skating looked significantly better compared to the games leading up to the injury. He appeared lighter and less heavy-footed, although it's definitely still a work in progress.

The Calgary Hitmen's power play (PP), when Yakemchuk was either absent or injured, operated at about 14% early in the season (over 5 games) and about 15% during his recent injury (over 7 games). I think this is a large enough sample to suggest that Calgary struggles without Yakemchuk on the power play. Overall it is 20.9%.

For the first time this year, he is back in his proper role as PPQB. Yakemchuk is good in the Ovechkin role, but I prefer him up top. They have Mynio and Kindle playing the half-wall, and it looks to be working, with them going 3 for 5 last night.

Yakemchuk has been paired with Mynio, and I think they will be awesome together.

Yakemchuk made some high-level stretch passes in both games, but there was no finish.

He also made some unforced errors and weird mistakes that need to be cleaned up.

He needs to go on an offensive run or this season will look like a bit of a disappointment. He is extremely talented, but his production could be better and should be now that he is surrounded with some better talent.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I watched most of both games; his skating looked significantly better compared to the games leading up to the injury. He appeared lighter and less heavy-footed, although it's definitely still a work in progress.

The Calgary Hitmen's power play (PP), when Yakemchuk was either absent or injured, operated at about 14% early in the season (over 5 games) and about 15% during his recent injury (over 7 games). I think this is a large enough sample to suggest that Calgary struggles without Yakemchuk on the power play. Overall it is 20.9%.

For the first time this year, he is back in his proper role as PPQB. Yakemchuk is good in the Ovechkin role, but I prefer him up top. They have Mynio and Kindle playing the half-wall, and it looks to be working, with them going 3 for 5 last night.

Yakemchuk has been paired with Mynio, and I think they will be awesome together.

Yakemchuk made some high-level stretch passes in both games, but there was no finish.

He also made some unforced errors and weird mistakes that need to be cleaned up.

He needs to go on an offensive run or this season will look like a bit of a disappointment. He is extremely talented, but his production could be better and should be now that he is surrounded with some better talent.

he's still 3rd in PPG funny enough and it seems like every other Hitmen Dman cannot produce to save their lives.

 

[Sens in Process]

he's still 3rd in PPG funny enough and it seems like every other Hitmen Dman cannot produce to save their lives.

This is very true. Calgary is a weird team and their management took a mediocre team at best and tried to transform it into a contender by adding major pieces: Howe, Mynio, Parker and Hauser. I have never followed a CHL team as closely, but it seems like a rather forced attempt to build a contender on the fly - in the middle of a season. . The team is so top heavy with the Howe, Kindl and Tuck on line 1 that, if you are not the ice with them as D-man, you are probably not getting points. Their line 2 is just a bunch forecheckers who generate offense primarily through effort and being hard on puck, not by making skill plays and using the points.

Even with Mynio, Howe, Tulk, and Kindl, the PP looks lost without Yakemchuk. Mynio was less than a point a game before Yakemchuk returned from injury and had a big 3 point game last night. Mynio's numbers will surely increase being paired Yakemchuk and Yakemchuk will benefit from having a high-end partner.

A lot of Yakemchuk's issues are self-inflicted or skating related, but he has also been paired with sub-par partners the entire year. Now that has changed.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

This is very true. Calgary is a weird team and their management took a mediocre team at best and tried to transform it into a contender by adding major pieces: Howe, Mynio, Parker and Hauser. I have never followed a CHL team as closely, but it seems like a rather forced attempt to build a contender on the fly - in the middle of a season. . The team is so top heavy with the Howe, Kindl and Tuck on line 1 that, if you are not the ice with them as D-man, you are probably not getting points. Their line 2 is just a bunch forecheckers who generate offense primarily through effort and being hard on puck, not by making skill plays and using the points.

Even with Mynio, Howe, Tulk, and Kindl, the PP looks lost without Yakemchuk. Mynio was less than a point a game before Yakemchuk returned from injury and had a big 3 point game last night. Mynio's numbers will surely increase being paired Yakemchuk and Yakemchuk will benefit from having a high-end partner.

A lot of Yakemchuk's issues are self-inflicted or skating related, but he has also been paired with sub-par partners the entire year. Now that has changed.

Do you think Yakemchuk has improved overall and still on the trajectory to be an NHLer and with more development/structure could be a 1st pairing RHD?

 

[Sens in Process]

Do you think Yakemchuk has improved overall and still on the trajectory to be an NHLer and with more development/structure could be a 1st pairing RHD?

He is definitely an NHLer, and his trajectory is that of a top 4 RHD-man with an extremely rare combination of size, skill, and physicality. He will be a very coveted piece. His skating has improved and he is more risk adverse this season. You couldn't make a "Yakemchuk dangles everybody" video for 2024-2025 season.

I think he can become a #1, but it will depend on improvements to his skating. If his skating can be more in-line with someone like Mantipalo, he could be special. He needs to improve his strength and balance - speed is generally okay.

My opinion is that he is still growing. He looks about 6'4". I have compared him with numerous players in various contexts. There are always mitigating factors like angles and footwear (like when Yakemchuk is standing next to Brady Tkachuk in the locker-room, is Brady wearing sandals?, etc.). As he grows into his body, I believe he will reach another level.

He has a certain "it" factor and fairly high-end offensive instincts. For a point of comparison, Jake Sanderson has really good hockey sense, but I don't think he has high-end offensive instincts. Yakemchuk is a little bit of the opposite; he doesn't always make the most polished and efficient play in his end. But when he's running a PP, it feels dangerous, like he's going to make something happen and usually does. Despite Tulk and Kindl having godly numbers, the Calgary PP is near the bottom of the league when Yakemchuk is absent.

One of the criticisms of Yakemchuk was his lack of hockey sense - I always thought this was overblown. And when Sens fans had a chance to watch him in pre-season, I heard rave reviews about his poise and smarts. The moment was not too big! He makes his mistakes, and there are plenty of "WTF" moments, but I think the more structured game of the NHL will be to his advantage. I also think he will run a PP better than Sanderson or, at the very least, give Sanderson a run for his money in securing PP duties.

If his skating issues are mostly attributable to his rawness and will be ironed out by growing into his body, I believe he can be a #1. If his skating doesn't improve, he is a #4.

Last point, I thought the WHL D-men in the WJC were significantly better than their OHLer counterparts. It wasn't even close. I thought the Dickisnon-Bonk pairing was awful, I thought it was hilarious when the TSN pundits were yelling for Dickinson to run the PP. Dickinson has never even ran an OHL power play. My point is don't feel bad when people put up insane point totals in the OHL, Molendyk was Canada's best d-man and he is not even a point a game guy in the WHL.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

He is definitely an NHLer, and his trajectory is that of a top 4 RHD-man with an extremely rare combination of size, skill, and physicality. He will be a very coveted piece. His skating has improved and he is more risk adverse this season. You couldn't make a "Yakemchuk dangles everybody" video for 2024-2025 season.

I think he can become a #1, but it will depend on improvements to his skating. If his skating can be more in-line with someone like Mantipalo, he could be special. He needs to improve his strength and balance - speed is generally okay.

My opinion is that he is still growing. He looks about 6'4". I have compared him with numerous players in various contexts. There are always mitigating factors like angles and footwear (like when Yakemchuk is standing next to Brady Tkachuk in the locker-room, is Brady wearing sandals?, etc.). As he grows into his body, I believe he will reach another level.

He has a certain "it" factor and fairly high-end offensive instincts. For a point of comparison, Jake Sanderson has really good hockey sense, but I don't think he has high-end offensive instincts. Yakemchuk is a little bit of the opposite; he doesn't always make the most polished and efficient play in his end. But when he's running a PP, it feels dangerous, like he's going to make something happen and usually does. Despite Tulk and Kindl having godly numbers, the Calgary PP is near the bottom of the league when Yakemchuk is absent.

One of the criticisms of Yakemchuk was his lack of hockey sense - I always thought this was overblown. And when Sens fans had a chance to watch him in pre-season, I heard rave reviews about his poise and smarts. The moment was not too big! He makes his mistakes, and there are plenty of "WTF" moments, but I think the more structured game of the NHL will be to his advantage. I also think he will run a PP better than Sanderson or, at the very least, give Sanderson a run for his money in securing PP duties.

If his skating issues are mostly attributable to his rawness and will be ironed out by growing into his body, I believe he can be a #1. If his skating doesn't improve, he is a #4.

Last point, I thought the WHL D-men in the WJC were significantly better than their OHLer counterparts. It wasn't even close. I thought the Dickisnon-Bonk pairing was awful, I thought it was hilarious when the TSN pundits were yelling for Dickinson to run the PP. Dickinson has never even ran an OHL power play. My point is don't feel bad when people put up insane point totals in the OHL, Molendyk was Canada's best d-man and he is not even a point a game in the WHL.

Yeah, Mynio is also a very heavily underrated prospect imho. Yak's weaknesses in the pre-season imho were definitely not hockey IQ related. I've heard Dickinson despite his point totals doesn't look like he actually really did much in producing those points? Like I believe he had a 5 or 6 point game, and most scouts said it looks like he was only actually involved in 1 point, and the others felt like he might have just touched the puck and that's it.