Prospect Info: 2024-2025 Ottawa Senators In the system

[Sens in Process]

Yeah, Mynio is also a very heavily underrated prospect imho. Yak's weaknesses in the pre-season imho were definitely not hockey IQ related.

Mynio is a keeper. I love watching him play.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Mynio is a keeper. I love watching him play.

Canucks lowkey had a very strong 2023 draft.

 

[mianjo]

.Nikitin played his first game for Nanaimo and won

1		Leevi Meriläinen (G)	Belleville Senators	AHL	13	2.43	.901	1	7-2-4	690:17
2		Vladimir Nikitin (G)		totals	13	4.38	.885	0	5-8-0	767:38
			Barys Astana	KHL	0	-	-	-	-	-
			Snezhnye Barsy Astana	MHL	12	4.61	.884	0	4-8-0	702:04
			Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL	1	1.83	.920	0	1-0-0	65:34
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	358:01

1		Blake Montgomery (LW)		totals	39	22	26	48	1.23	21	33
			Lincoln Stars	USHL	10	3	7	10	1.00	17	4
			London Knights	OHL	29	19	19	38	1.31	4	29
2		Carter Yakemchuk (D)	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	33	15	22	37	1.12	52	-5
3		Vitaly Abramov (LW/RW)	CSKA Moskva	KHL	44	19	16	35	0.80	33	10
4		Tomas Hamara (D)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	37	5	29	34	0.92	29	6
5		Lucas Ellinas (C/LW)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	41	18	14	32	0.78	36	10
6		Stephen Halliday (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	10	17	27	0.77	21	-14
7		Angus Crookshank (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	15	9	24	0.69	20	5
8		Jérémy Davies (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	4	20	24	0.69	22	1
9		Garrett Pilon (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	33	3	21	24	0.73	23	-3
10		Lassi Thomson (D)	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	35	12	9	21	0.60	16	0
11		Javon Moore (LW)	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	32	7	12	19	0.59	10	9
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	25	14	4	18	0.72	9	-6
14		Cole Reinhardt (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	13	6	10	16	1.23	4	8
15		Owen Beckner (C)	Colorado College	NCAA	24	4	11	15	0.63	2	3
16		Xavier Bourgault (RW/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	5	8	13	0.37	6	0
17		Matthew Andonovski (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	46	4	9	13	0.28	96	2
18		Donovan Sebrango (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	29	3	10	13	0.45	42	2
19		Maxence Guénette (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	31	4	6	10	0.32	24	12
20		Tyson Dyck (C)	Univ. of Wisconsin	NCAA	26	3	7	10	0.38	2	0
21		Matthew Highmore (C/W)	Belleville Senators	AH	23	2	8	10	0.43	0	-4
22		Djibril Touré (D)		totals	31	1	9	10	0.32	43	10
			Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	24	1	7	8	0.33	41	8
			Belleville Senators	AHL	7	0	2	2	0.29	2	2
23		Zack MacEwen (C/RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	15	5	4	9	0.60	23	-5
24		Jan Jeník (W/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	19	5	4	9	0.47	40	1
25		Oskar Pettersson (RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	4	5	9	0.26	20	-5
26		Nikolas Matinpalo (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	24	2	6	8	0.33	10	-4
27		Zack Ostapchuk (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	9	1	7	8	0.89	10	5
28		Filip Nordberg (D)	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	29	3	4	7	0.24	66	15
29		Philippe Daoust (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	23	2	5	7	0.30	12	-7
30		Oliver Johansson (LW/C)	Timrå IK	SHL	33	2	5	7	0.21	10	-4
31		Filip Roos (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	35	0	7	7	0.20	14	-6
32		Jamieson Rees (LW/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	16	2	4	6	0.38	0	-2
33		Tyler Boucher (RW/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	28	3	2	5	0.18	14	-3
34		Gabriel Eliasson (D)	Barrie Colts	OHL	40	2	3	5	0.13	82	10
35		Theo Wallberg (D)	Ohio State Univ.	NCAA	17	0	5	5	0.29	8	9
36		Hayden Hodgson (RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	18	2	2	4	0.22	65	-4
37		Nicholas Van Tassell (C)	UMass	NCAA	22	2	2	4	0.18	9	-1
38		Hoyt Stanley (D)	Cornell Univ.	NCAA	19	0	4	4	0.21	29	2
39		Jorian Donovan (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	29	0	3	3	0.10	35	-17
40		Cameron O'Neill (RW)	UMass	NCA	14	2	0	2	0.14	0	-1
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

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[mianjo]

. Penalty #26Carter Yakemchuk RoughingMinor 2:00 1st 19:09 Penalty #26Carter Yakemchuk Major-FightingMajor 5:00

 

[mianjo]

Yakemchuk 1a

 

[Ouroboros]

Injured again.

 

[Sens in Process]

It was a knee-on-knee hit behind the net. He continued playing for a bit, though visibly hobbled, before making his way to the bench.

 

[aragorn]

It was a knee-on-knee hit behind the net. He continued playing for a bit, though visibly hobbled, before making his way to the bench.

OUCH ...

 

[BondraTime]

Real rough year for Yak, not the kind of developmental year you’d hope for.

Still incredibly skilled. Hopefully it’s not a long term thing, needs to play amd work in some areas as much as possible in this developmental year.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Carter Yakemchuk has given the Senators’ pool the high-end prospect it has lacked since Tim Stützle and Jake Sanderson’s graduations, but they’ve got very little in the cupboards behind him (without Yakemchuk, this might be the thinnest, weakest group in the league).

I debated slotting the Senators lower here, but Yakemchuk — the best prospect in the countdown so far — props them up. There’s work to do for Steve Staios, though.

Ottawa Senators are No. 27 in 2025 NHL prospect pool rankings

Ottawa has got very little in the cupboards behind its top prospect, 2024 first-round pick Carter Yakemchuk.

www.nytimes.com

Edit: I hope the work goes a few strides beyond handing the drafting reigns over to Don Boyd and company again... We should not expect much different from that group.

 

[Sens in Process]

Real rough year for Yak, not the kind of developmental year you’d hope for.

Still incredibly skilled. Hopefully it’s not a long term thing, needs to play amd work in some areas as much as possible in this developmental year.

He needs to have a strong finish to the year, and it looks like he will still get the opportunity.





I've been talking about how impressive Yakemchuk's stretch passes have been recently. Here's an example from last night that resulted in a point for him. It's not the best example, but it does demonstrate the kind of passer he is.



People have been posting some good clips from the last game, and I think they are generally representative and put things in context. The WHL is a far tougher league than its counterparts in the CHL, and Yakemchuk is constantly having to deal with the other team's shift disturbers. Yakemchuk plays a physical game and gets embroiled in these back-and-forths. Like Brady, he won't back down and can be guilty of having a short fuse. I wish, at times, he was a little more disciplined, but I can't be too harsh on him when dealing with the following:

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

He needs to have a strong finish to the year, and it looks like he will still get the opportunity.





I've been talking about how impressive Yakemchuk's stretch passes have been recently. Here's an example from last night that resulted in a point for him. It's not the best example, but it does demonstrate the kind of passer he is.



People have been posting some good clips from the last game, and I think they are generally representative and put things in context. The WHL is a far tougher league than its counterparts in the CHL, and Yakemchuk is constantly having to deal with the other team's shift disturbers. Yakemchuk plays a physical game and gets embroiled in these back-and-forths. Like Brady, he won't back down and can be guilty of having a short fuse. I wish, at times, he was a little more disciplined, but I can't be too harsh on him when dealing with the following:

Isn't WHL the hardest league to score and the most defensive orientated? Yak could definitely improve, but I do feel if he was given the same team as Dickinson or Parekh in the OHL, he'd have produced a lot more as well. But he does have the best style for a professional game out of the three.

 

[Sens in Process]

Isn't WHL the hardest league to score and the most defensive orientated? Yak could definitely improve, but I do feel if he was given the same team as Dickinson or Parekh in the OHL, he'd have produced a lot more as well. But he does have the best style for a professional game out of the three.

I totally agree, but I would like to see a bit more from him. I was really encouraged by his skating after returning from injury and believed he was primed for a breakout. I think the OHL numbers should be taken with a massive grain of salt. The OHL is basically the fast-paced, high-scoring league - similar to the QMJHL of years past. The difference between the WHL and OHL are quite staggering in the terms of physicality and contested space . And on the whole, I though the WHL guys outperformed the OHL guys, especially on D, by a large margin in the WJC and this speaks to the quality of the leagues. You could also make the case that Yager was Canada's best forward. Or look at Montgomery, he was a point a game player in the USHL and has reached another level playing in the OHL. How to interpret that? Is he good or is he getting that OHL bounce?

I believe Yakemchuk could absolutely be a homerun.

 

[DrEasy]

When can this guy be expected to play in the AHL? Next year?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

When can this guy be expected to play in the AHL? Next year?

eligible to play next year

 

[BondraTime]

Isn't WHL the hardest league to score and the most defensive orientated? Yak could definitely improve, but I do feel if he was given the same team as Dickinson or Parekh in the OHL, he'd have produced a lot more as well. But he does have the best style for a professional game out of the three.

W has been the higher scoring league for a while, always guys in the 110-130 range, since 2010 there have been 9 guys from the WHL that has won top scorer in the CHL. This year it's just a shade below the OHL thus far. It's the more offensive of the 3 leagues for sure on a general basis, as it's had the better players the past while.

2024-25

OHL -459 gp - 7.17 gpg
WHL - 505 gp - 7.14 gpg
Q - 404 gp - 6.63 gpg

There was a period in the mid 2000's where the W was a defensive, low scoring league filled with tough guys, that last from maybe 2000-2008 or so. I think it was 05 or 06 where they had ~5.5 goals per game or so, about 2 less than the O and Q. It's not like that anymore, on the contrary it's been the higher scoring league the past 15 or so years, but that low scoring, tough, defensive moniker it gained in those uears still gets brought up today.