Ottawa Senators: Goalie Prospect Power Rankings (Part 1)
For the first time in a long while, the Ottawa Senators can boast that they have one of the best prospect pools in the National Hockey League. Among those prospects are five goalies, who are ranked here:
Number Five: Filip Gustavsson
Filip Gustavsson is the fifth-best goalie prospect in the Ottawa Senators organization. The last few seasons have been complete disasters for the Swedish goaltender. While still young at only 22-years-old, Gustavsson put up mediocre numbers at best in the 2019-20 season. His GAA was 3.23 and his SV% an abysmal 0.889, not exactly good numbers for the former number one goalie in the Senators organization.
He made minor gains since last season in all categories including a surprising record of 15-6-3, which is pretty remarkable considering his goalie stats. He had the starter job taken away from him in Belleville partway through the 2019-20 season by fellow Senators prospect Joey Daccord.
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Earlier in the year when he was struggling mightily, it might have been said that a good playoff run would bring out the best in the young goalie. With the COVID-19 situation and the remainder of the AHL season cancelled, that opportunity is no longer there. He would have had an extremely hard getting any ice-time in the playoffs either way.
Belleville Senators Head Coach Trent Mann probably would have gone with the stronger goalie in Joey Daccord. There would’ve also been a chance the Ottawa Senators would send Marcus Hogberg down to Belleville to finish the season there and the playoff run. That would’ve left no room for Gustavsson to make a difference.
Number Four: Mads Sogaard
The Ottawa Senators second-round pick (37th overall) in the 2019 NHL draft, Mads Sogaard comes in at number four on the Senators goalie prospect ranking.
The Aalborg, Denmark native’s play regressed from 2018-19 to 2019-20. In 2018-19, he put up a GAA of 2.64 and a SV% of 0.921, earning him the starter job on the Medicine Hat Tigers. Through the same number of games as 2018-19, in 2019-20 Sogaard improved in his GAA with a 2.53 average. However, it was his SV% that got worse this year, sitting at an unimpressive 0.908.
The Ottawa Senators had high hopes for him as they traded up in the draft before selecting him in the second round.
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He has an advantage over other goalies trying to make the NHL, as he is 6-foot-7 and can practically cover the entire net. His unusually large frame gives him the ability to slide quickly across the crease, which is very helpful when playing in the NHL.
It will be at least a few years before we see Sogaard playing pro hockey, but when he does arrive he could take over the starter reigns in Ottawa sooner than expected.