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Ottawa Senators Prospect Update - March 14th

Thomson Comes Alive!

NHL: JAN 29 Ducks at Senators Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Prospect Team on the Week

Forwards

In a season when things have largely gone awry for the Belleville Senators, Angus Crookshank potentially winning the team goal-scoring title as a rookie certainly feels like just a little bit of redemption. Considering Crookshank missed all of last season and considering we all would have penciled in Egor Sokolov to take the crown, none of us will complain about such a pleasant plot twist (especially with Sokolov surprisingly leading the BSens in assists this season). After going four games without a point, Crookshank has six in his last five. Despite losing a couple of crucial games this past weekend, several Sens prospects went off offensively (not that I needed to remind you of the ripples cast by Ottawa’s goaltending injuries and woes).

In eleven fewer games, Zack Ostapchuk has already matched his goal total from last season and nearly doubled his assist total. Ostapchuk had an uncharacteristically quiet night offensively against Medicine Hat last week before delivering back-to-back multi-point performances over the weekend as Winnipeg clinched their division and conference with an absurd 52 wins through 62 games. In a world with any semblance of justice, WHL fans could get to enjoy a barnburner of a final between Winnipeg and Seattle (50 wins through 62) who haven’t lost in regulation in their last 16 games.

Continuing the redemption arc established by Crookshank, Roby Järventie has stormed back from injury and started to resemble the offensive force we had all hoped for when the Sens selected him early in the second round of the 2020 draft. He still has his cold streaks, but they’re grown shorter and less frequent as the season has progressed and Järventie has gotten back to full speed. He has always had the tools but we’ve had to wait longer than expected to see everything come together. I still like to believe that the results will justify the process.

Defence

If Tyler Kleven truly does intend to sign his entry level contract in the coming weeks, then he’ll leave UND on a rather high note. North Dakota knocked off Jonny Tychonick and his Omaha squad en route to the NCHC semifinal where they’ll face off against St. Cloud. Despite demonstrating much more focus on defence than offence for much of this season, Kleven scored in back-to-back wins over Omaha, including the eventual game-winner on Saturday. I still have no idea what to expect from Kleven at the professional level but colour me very curious.

I had a lot of Belleville Senators to pick from this week (for a nice change) and a lot of defenders who put up good numbers but Lassi Thomson found himself in a class of his own with three goals, two assists, and seven shots through three games for the BSens. Also coming out of a mini drought (three games without a point) Thomson regained his confidence and he once again looks like the offensive dynamo that keeps Belleville’s machine running from the blue line.

Goalie

While none of Ottawa’s goaltending prospects had an especially poor week, none of them really stole the show either. Mads Søgaard won an NHL contest for your Ottawa Senators so I have to give him the distinction by default, but his overall line (eight goals on 62 shots) technically falls short of Kevin Manolese (5/39) and Leevi Meriläinen (7/63) who lost all of their respective decisions since the last update. Even Kevin Reidler who has looked superhuman in 2023 had an off week (8/49) albeit with a winning record. Did somebody say playoff push?!

Stats

Pro

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PLAYER POS AGE LEAGUE GP G A P PIM SOG SH% | GP G A P PIM SOG SH%
Jonathan Aspirot LD 23 AHL 2 0 1 1 12 0 0% | 31 4 9 13 44 47 9%
Jacob Bernard-Docker RD 22 AHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 33 1 2 3 27 31 3%
Jacob Bernard-Docker RD 22 NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 13 0 1 1 9 15 0%
Angus Crookshank LW/C 23 AHL 3 1 2 3 4 5 20% | 58 22 16 38 25 155 14%
Philippe Daoust C 21 AHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 9 2 5 7 0 10 20%
Ridly Greig C/LW 20 AHL 3 1 2 3 2 5 20% | 35 13 14 27 40 69 19%
Ridly Greig C/LW 20 NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 11 1 3 4 2 15 7%
Maxence Guénette RD 21 AHL 3 0 2 2 2 5 0% | 59 2 27 29 21 102 2%
Roby Järventie C/LW 20 AHL 3 2 1 3 2 8 25% | 27 11 7 18 18 64 17%
Viktor Lodin LW 23 AHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 28 6 9 15 34 43 14%
Cole Reinhardt LW 23 AHL 3 1 0 1 6 5 20% | 59 9 20 29 79 115 8%
Egor Sokolov RW/LW 22 AHL 3 1 1 2 8 7 14% | 59 18 32 50 52 132 14%
Lassi Thomson RD 22 AHL 3 3 2 5 0 7 43% | 43 6 22 28 20 81 7%
Lassi Thomson RD 22 NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 2 0 0 0 4 1 0%

USA

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PLAYER POS AGE TEAM GP G A P PIM SOG SH% | GP G A P PIM SOG SH%
Tyson Dyck C/LW 19 UMass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 28 5 4 9 8 25 20%
Stephen Halliday C 20 Ohio State Univ. 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% | 38 9 31 40 17 98 9%
Tyler Kleven LD 21 Univ. of North Dakota 3 2 0 2 2 10 20% | 34 8 9 17 84 82 10%
Luke Loheit RW 22 Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth 3 1 1 2 0 2 50% | 35 8 11 19 53 64 13%
Jakov Novak LW/C 24 Northeastern Univ. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0% | 35 8 4 12 26 38 21%
Cameron O'Neill RW 19 Tri-City (USHL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 41 6 16 22 18 75 8%
Jonny Tychonick LD 23 Univ. of Omaha 3 0 0 0 4 2 0% | 35 8 18 26 24 69 12%
Theo Wallberg LD 19 Dubuque (USHL) 2 0 2 2 0 4 0% | 47 4 13 17 18 49 8%

CHL

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PLAYER POS AGE TEAM LEAGUE GP G A P PIM SOG SH% | GP G A P PIM SOG SH%
Tyler Boucher RW 20 Ottawa OHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 21 10 8 18 32 87 11%
Jorian Donovan LD 19 Hamilton OHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 55 12 33 45 51 126 10%
Tomas Hamara LD 19 Kitchener OHL 4 0 1 1 0 3 0% | 50 2 14 16 31 70 3%
Carson Latimer RW 20 Prince Albert/Winnipeg WHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 53 14 26 40 28 107 13%
Zach Ostapchuk C 19 Vancouver/Winnipeg WHL 3 3 2 5 0 12 25% | 49 26 33 59 44 158 16%
Ben Roger RD 20 Kingston OHL 3 0 2 2 0 5 0% | 47 2 11 13 28 76 3%
Chandler Romeo LD 19 Sarnia/Guelph OHL 2 0 0 0 0 4 0% | 48 7 7 14 47 52 13%

Europe

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PLAYER POS AGE TEAM LEAGUE GP G A P PIM SOG SH% | GP G A P PIM SOG SH%
Oliver Johansson C/LW 19 Timrå IK J20 Nationell 2 2 1 3 0 4 0% | 6 4 4 8 0 17 24%
Oliver Johansson C/LW 19 IF Björklöven Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 27 6 3 9 6 40 15%
Oliver Johansson C/LW 19 Timrå IK SHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 6 0 0 0 0 3 0%
Filip Nordberg LD 18 Södertälje SK J20 Nationell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 18 3 8 11 14 46 7%
Filip Nordberg LD 19 Södertälje SK/Tingsyrds AIF Allsvenskan 2 0 1 1 2 3 0% | 33 2 4 6 10 20 10%
Filip Nordberg LD 18 Växjö HC SHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 9 0 1 1 2 1 0%
Oskar Pettersson RW 19 Rögle BK J20 Nationell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 23 23 10 33 33 97 24%
Oskar Pettersson RE 19 Kristianstad Allsvenskan 2 0 1 1 2 6 100% | 2 0 1 1 2 6 0%
Oskar Pettersson RW 18 Rögle BK SHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% | 29 1 1 2 33 17 6%

Goalies

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PLAYER AGE TEAM LEAGUE GP W L OTL SOL SA GA SV% | GP W L OTL SOL SA GA SV%
Kevin Mandolese 22 Belleville AHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% | 15 6 7 2 0 440 49 88.9%
Kevin Mandolese 22 Allen ECHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% | 6 4 2 0 0 188 14 92.6%
Kevin Mandolese 22 Ottawa NHL 1 0 1 0 0 39 5 87.2% | 3 1 2 0 0 119 10 91.6%
Leevi Meriläinen 20 Kärpät Liiga 2 0 1 1 0 63 7 88.9% | 42 19 16 9 0 919 75 91.8%
Kevin Reidler 18 AIK J20 Nationell 2 1 0 0 0 49 8 83.7% | 31 13 16 0 0 959 86 91.0%
Mads Søgaard 22 Belleville AHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% | 21 6 9 2 0 571 58 89.8%
Mads Søgaard 22 Ottawa NHL 2 1 1 0 0 62 8 87.1% | 9 5 2 1 0 236 25 89.4%