Posts About "Erik Brannstrom"
Senators' Loaned Prospects Doing Well in Europe
October 29th, 2020 The NHL has yet to determine when the 2020-21 season will start. As of now, they are hoping for Jan 1, 2021, but even that, according to NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, is a fluid date. “We also recognize, depending on a host of different things, that it could take a different form and we might not be playing a full season, we...
Prospects News & Rumors: Brännström, Lundeström & Borgström
October 6th, 2020 It's a battle of the 'ström's' in today's prospect news and rumors update. The Ottawa Senators loan one of their top prospect to Switzerland, the Anaheim Ducks loan a former first-round pick to Sweden, and a former Florida Panthers' draft pick signs a one-year contract in Finland. Senators Loan Brännström to Switzerland The...
Senators 2020-21 Defense: Who’s In & Who’s Out?
July 16th, 2020 On Monday, training camp 2.0 kicked off for 24 teams across the National Hockey League. The Ottawa Senators were not one of those teams. Despite being eliminated from postseason contention, the Senators and their passionate fanbase have a lot to look forward to. Related: Ottawa Senators' Coaching History One area of growth has...
A Look at the Senators' Young Defensemen
July 10th, 2020 My last article focused on the Ottawa Senators' young group of goalies. Now, it's time for the defensemen. Senators fans know by now that young defensemen are difficult to project. At one point, the franchise thought they had a future top-four locked and loaded. It was a group that included Erik Karlsson, David Rundblad, Jared Cowen and...
Ottawa Senators News & Rumors: Tkachuk, Brannstrom & Batherson
April 25th, 2020 During this time while the NHL’s season is suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, obviously there isn’t any on-ice news. Still, news continues to emerge from different teams and NHL organizations. Related: Senators News & Rumors: Chabot, Nilsson, Brown, Duclair & Prospects In this post, I want to keep up with...
Revisiting the Golden Knights' Inaugural Draft - 2017
April 10th, 2020 We are coming up on the third anniversary of the Vegas Golden Knights first draft. The expansion and entry drafts of that year paved the way for the tremendous success the franchise has experienced early in its history. Then-general manager George McPhee made a number of moves to acquire multiple draft picks in that 2017 draft and build...
Senators Prospect Report - First Quarter
December 5th, 2019 The Ottawa Senators' rebuild is in full swing in 2019-20. The team sits bottom-five in the NHL and only just above the Detroit Red Wings in the Metropolitan Division. While that's good news for their odds in the Alexis Lafreniere sweepstakes, it's no doubt difficult for the players who have to suffer the losing streaks, especially when...
Senators Top 10 Prospects: #1 Erik Brännström
September 16th, 2019 Last but certainly not least, we have Erik Brännström claiming the number one spot in our top 10 Ottawa Senators prospects series. After much debate, Brännström just edged out Drake Batherson to earn himself the top spot. The defenseman is the lone player on this list to come via trade when the Senators traded Mark Stone to the...
Ottawa Senators' Prospect Pyramid
August 22nd, 2019 As the Ottawa Senators rebuild is in full swing, most fans turn to look at the future of the organization. Teams’ prospects are scrutinized as much, if not more than the players already in the NHL lineups. Introducing a prospect pyramid can further categorize a team’s prospects, placing them into tiers to evaluate what to expect...
Where Do the Senators' Brännström and Batherson Fit in 2019-20?
July 13th, 2019 It’s no surprise that Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion has been able to amass a wealth of young and talented prospects. With the departures of fan favorites like Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone, Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel over the past year, the Senators seem to be set for the future with all the assets they’ve acquired....
Senators Weekly: Veronneau, Chabot & Brannstrom
March 18th, 2019 Welcome to Senators’ Weekly, where you can catch up on the past week of the Ottawa Senators throughout the 2018-19 season. From trending topics to surging prospects to news and notes, this is your weekly roundup on all things Sens. Related - Senators Weekly: Bettman, Gibbons, Gustavsson, Coaching & More The Senators have just...
Monday's Mark Stone Trade: What We Didn't Know
February 26th, 2019 The biggest deal to go down during Monday's NHL Trade Deadline was probably the Mark Stone trade that sent the two-way forward to the Vegas Golden Knights for defenseman Erik Brannstrom, forward Oscar Lindberg and a 2020 second-round draft selection. But, before that trade finally happened, a whole lot more took place than most...
Senators Trade Stone to Golden Knights
February 25th, 2019 The Ottawa Senators have traded Mark Stone to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Erik Brannstrom, Oscar Lindberg and a second-round pick in 2020 (originally owned by the Dallas Stars). https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1100121363719864321 The 26-year-old Stone was one of the biggest fish on the trade market this...
