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27-05-2025
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NHL Draft Watch: Ottawa Senators Hope To Deal Themselves Another Winner At 21
So far, here in the roaring 20s, the Ottawa Senators' first-round picks at the NHL Draft have been all or nothing. They've either landed in the top 10 or haven't had a first-round pick at all. In 2020, the Senators had three first-rounders, including two in the top five, where they landed franchise pillars, Tim Stützle and Jake Sanderson. The following year, they picked 10th overall and selected Tyler Boucher, who had 10 points in 47 AHL games this season. Sens Headlines: Carter Yakemchuk Ranked 26th Overall In Magazine's New NHL Prospect RankingsOttawa Senators Make More Front Office ChangesOttawa Senators Prospect Parts Ways With Organization And Signs Back Home In Sweden Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more. In 2022 and 2023, Ottawa didn't have a first-rounder, having traded those picks in separate deals to acquire Alex DeBrincat and Jakob Chychrun. Then in 2024, they returned to the top 10, drafting defenseman Carter Yakemchuk at 7th overall. This year, it's a happy medium, with the Senators holding the 21st pick. It won't be the first time Ottawa has picked at No. 21. This will actually be the fourth time, and in each previous instance, the Senators ended up with an NHL player. Anton Volchenkov – 2000 We're nearing the 25th anniversary of the Senators drafting Russian defenseman Anton Volchenkov at No. 21 in 2000. Known for his fearless shot-blocking and physical play, Volchenkov debuted with Ottawa two years later and spent seven seasons with the team in its glory years. In 2010, he signed a six-year, $25 million deal with the New Jersey Devils. But with a lot of wear and tear on his body, the Devils bought him out four years in. He wrapped up his NHL career with the Nashville Predators in 2014–15. Stefan Noesen – 2011 Just like in 2020, the Senators had three first-round picks in 2011. They took Mika Zibanejad at No. 6, Matt Puempel at No. 24, and in between, they selected Plymouth Whalers forward Stefan Noesen at No. 21. Two years later, Noesen was part of a trade package sent to Anaheim—along with Jakob Silfverberg and a first-round pick—for Bobby Ryan. Noesen developed slowly, not becoming a full-time NHL player until 2017–18 with the New Jersey Devils, where he scored 27 points in 72 games. After bouncing around as a depth player for a few more years after that, he found his stride with the Carolina Hurricanes for two years, and just had a career-best season back with New Jersey at age 32, scoring 22 goals and 41 points in 78 games. Colin White – 2015 Three picks after selecting Thomas Chabot, the Senators drafted center Colin White at No. 21. The two quickly became close—roommates and friends—with identical birthdays (January 30, 1997). Seen as part of Ottawa's core, both signed long-term contracts in the offseason in 2019. While Chabot's deal is too pricey at $8 million, White's six-year, $28.5 million deal became a much bigger issue. Just three years into the deal, the Senators bought him out. Under the terms of the buyout, Ottawa will be paying him $875,000 annually for each of the next three seasons. In the meantime, he's a half-decent AHL scorer who wasn't able to crack the lineup of the San Jose Sharks, the NHL's worst team. White will be a UFA on July 1st. Sharks To Sign Former First-Round Pick To NHL Deal The San Jose Sharks are in the process of converting forward Colin White's contract to an NHL deal. The general managers of the past – the Twenty One Pilots – were Marshall Johnston (Volchenkov) and Bryan Murray (Noesen and White). This year, it's Steve Staios. Staios and the Senators still have work to do on the roster, both among their top-six forwards and on the blue line. Since so many teams tend to prioritize forwards early in the draft, and considering that Volchenkov remains their best historical pick at No. 21, perhaps it's a sign that it might be a good point in the draft to look to the blue line again. Steve WarneThe Hockey News/Ottawa Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more.
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13-05-2025
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Why 2024-25 Was The Best Season Yet For Senators Centre Tim Stützle
Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stützle just enjoyed the best season of his NHL career. It might not look that way on the surface if you look at the back of his hockey card and compare his traditional statistics in 2024-25 against previous seasons. It is not that Timmy's 24 goals and 79 points in 82 games are modest. They represent the second-highest totals in his career, but Stützle's strides in his all-around game made him one of the most valuable forwards in the entire NHL last season. Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more. Evolving-Hockey's 'wins above replacement' (WAR) metric attempts to quantify a player's total contribution as a single value, measured in wins, compared to what a replacement-level player would bring to a team. According to their proprietary WAR data, only three forwards this season posted a higher WAR than Tim Stützle's 3.8. These players are Leon Draisaitl (4.7), Connor McDavid (4.1), and David Pastrnak (3.9). WAR is obviously not an infallible metric. It is a calculated statistic that estimates how much more valuable a player is than a league-average player. In light of that, considering how elite those aforementioned players are, it is pretty good company that Stützle is keeping. HockeyViz's data corroborates Evolving-Hockey's data about Stützle's on-ice impacts, both offensively and defensively. When Juice is on the ice, great things happen for the Senators. The Senators struggled to produce results at five-on-five, but when Stützle was on the ice, the team did a significantly better job generating offensive chances and expected goals with him on the ice than off. Conversely, the same is true regarding the team's ability to suppress the opposition's offence when Stützle is on the ice. In speaking to reporters at his end-of-the-season availability, Stützle believed he made significant defensive improvements this season. "I think my two-way game and trying to be able to play better defensively," the Senators first line centre said. "There are still lots of improvements to be made. There are still lots of errors I can (improve), but I think the most improvements were in my defence game and decision-making." Using Evolving-Hockey's 'total defence' (DEF) metric that combines a player's contributions at five-on-five and while shorthanded into one encapsulating value, the 2024-25 campaign was far and away Stützle's best defensive season. In terms of defensive value created, the only other positive season he had was his sophomore 2021-22 season (0.8 DEF). During the 2024-25 season, he amassed a 4.1 DEF value, more than five times the value of that sophomore campaign. In fact, it was one of the best defensive seasons by a Senators forward in the modern analytics era - ranking amongst staunch defenders like Chris Kelly, Mark Stone, and Erik Condra. For the Senators to ascend the Eastern Conference standings and put themselves into the Stanley Cup contender discussion, they will need their young core's growth to continue. Stützle's ongoing evolution is an integral piece of that puzzle. One of the more impactful lessons of the Senators' first round is how important faceoffs can be. The Next Big Thing? A Glance At How Top Senators Prospect Carter Yakemchuk Fared This Season For Ottawa Senators fans, the sting of their team's first-round elimination is starting to fade. Soon, that disappointment will give way to excitement for the future, and much of that excitement centers around young NHL prospects. Across large sample sizes, there is no significant correlation between winning and losing draws. However, as the Leafs' success in the dot showed, they can be essential situationally. The Maple Leafs scored four goals in just 38 seconds of power-play ice time early in the series because of their ability to win draws cleanly and quickly gain puck possession. In the postseason, Stützle was the only centre on the Senators with a faceoff success rate higher than 50 percent. The Leafs dominance in this facet of the game, however, reinforced how it is an area that Stützle wants to improve upon. "Every single part of my game, I still want to improve, but I think faceoffs was a big point," the Senators centre acknowledged. "I don't even know what my percentage was years before, but it couldn't be too high. "Obviously, the coaching staff didn't trust me taking those responsible faceoffs. I want to be a guy who can take those faceoffs and be on the ice in those moments. (The coaches) showed me what I've got to do to (improve) and win more faceoffs. Obviously, you can't trust a guy whose faceoff percentage is 35 percent, and you have another guy whose faceoff percentage is 57. You're obviously taking the guy with 57. We have a lot of good faceoff guys on the team, so that motivates me to get better." Interestingly, another area where Stützle wanted to improve was on the offensive side of the puck. Given his skill set and near point-per-game production, it would be easy to believe that component would be the one he would be most comfortable with. That is not the case, as Tim explained. "In the offensive zone, knowing when to shoot and when to pass, I've struggled a little bit with that this year," he admitted. "I had a lot of scoring chances throughout games where I couldn't really capitalize. "Sometimes it's bounces, and sometimes it's just picking a better spot. I'm going to try and get better at that - just knowing when to shoot and picking my spots. That's really important, and it's going to help me continue to get better." The numbers corroborate Stützle's indecision. Although his five-on-five goals per 60 rate (G/60) was the third-highest of his career per NaturalStatTrick, many of Stützle's underlying rates plummeted. Stützle's Individual Five-on-five per 60 minutes of ice time rates: Shots on goal: 5.43 (lowest of career) Shots (iCF/60): 9.99 (lowest of career) Scoring chances (iSCF/60): 6.12 (lowest of career) High-danger chances (iHDCF/60): 2.64 (second-lowest of career) An emphasis on playing responsible defensive hockey without cheating for offence could certainly hamper those numbers, but it is fair to point out that in many instances this season, the Senators prioritized shot quality over quantity. After scoring 39 goals during the 2022-23 season, assuming he can flirt with that benchmark every year is unreasonable. That season, he combined his highest volume of shots (228) with his career-best shooting percentage (17.1) to produce his best offensive season. Stützle acknowledged dealing with some wrist injuries over the past few seasons when discussing faceoffs, so they probably negatively impacted his ability, or willingness, to shoot the puck. Despite the injuries, he is still a career 13.2 percent shooter, including a 14.8 percent success rate in 2024-25, so he can still fire it. Even if his future shooting percentages stay closer to his career norm, he can be more productive by playing more selfishly and shooting the puck more. Graeme NicholsThe Hockey News - Ottawa Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more.
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10-05-2025
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Fashionably Late: Senators Star Adds More Ottawa Content To World Hockey Championships
After leading the Ottawa Senators in scoring this season, Tim Stützle is shifting his focus to the international stage as he prepares to represent Germany at the 2025 IIHF World Hockey Championship. Team Germany's sports director, Christian Künast, says Stützle shared the good news with them right after the Senators' season ended last week. Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more. "We are pleased that we have now calmly resolved all the formalities and that (Tim) will be joining us," Künast said in a release yesterday on the German national team's website. "We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ottawa Senators, from whom we have already received approval for his participation, and we look forward to Tim's arrival here in Herning." Stützle's arrival wasn't in time for Germany's first game against Hungary on Saturday, but the hope is to have him in the lineup as soon as possible. Their next game is on Sunday against Kazakhstan, but The Hockey News' international site editor, Derek O'Brien, says Stützle won't play until at least game three on Tuesday. The 22-year-old centre stayed fully healthy this season, appearing in all 82 games. That wasn't the case last year when he ended the season with an injury, knocking him out of all consideration for Germany's 2024 World Championship squad. Stutzle closed his NHL campaign with 24 goals and 79 points in 82 games, then put up five more points in the team's six playoff appearances. This will be Stützle's second time competing at the senior World Championship level, having previously played for Germany in 2022. He also made a name for himself at the World Juniors in 2020 and 2021, serving as team captain in the second year and being named the tournament's best forward after a 10-point performance. 'We are, of course, delighted that Tim, a very high-quality player, is joining us and will further strengthen our team for the tournament,' German coach Harold Kreis said. 'He demonstrated his strengths in the past NHL season and delivered a great season with the Senators. We had a very good and detailed conversation during our NHL trip, during which he reiterated his intention to join us. It's all the more pleasing that his participation in the World Championship is now working out.' Stützle won't be the only Senator at the tournament. Fellow Sens centre Shane Pinto (USA) and defenceman Nikolas Matinpalo (Finland) are both on the rosters for their respective countries. Linus Ullmark wanted to play, but with the Sens in the playoffs, Sweden made other plans. Pinto didn't play in America's 5-0 opening win over the co-host Danes on Friday. But Matinpalo played over 15 minutes in Finland's tight 2-1 win over Austria. That might seem like a surprisingly close game, but Austria seems to have some Finnish kryptonite, actually beating Finland last year for the first time in an IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Canada opened the tournament with a 4-0 win over Slovenia on Saturday morning, outshooting them 44-11. Nathan MacKinnon led the way with three points. The tournament runs until May 25th in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, featuring 16 nations. Steve WarneThe Hockey News-Ottawa Bookmark The Hockey News Ottawa and never miss the latest Senators news, interviews, columns, features and more.
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10-05-2025
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Tim Stützle Joins Germany At World Championship
Tim Stützle playing for the Ottawa Senators in the 2024-25 season. © Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images Tim Stützle is joining the German team at the IIHF World Championship, the German Ice Hockey Association announced on Friday night. 'Immediately after the end of his NHL season, Tim publicly stated that he would like to join us,' said Christian Künast, manager of the German team. 'We are pleased that we have now calmly resolved all the formalities and that he will be joining us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ottawa Senators, from whom we have already received approval for his participation, and we look forward to Tim's arrival here in Herning.' Advertisement 'We are, of course, delighted that Tim, a very high-quality player, is joining us and will further strengthen our team for the tournament,' said German coach Harold Kreis. 'He demonstrated his strengths in the past NHL season and delivered a great season with the Senators. We had a very good and detailed conversation during our NHL trip, during which he reiterated his intention to join us. It's all the more pleasing that his participation in the World Championship is now working out.' Stützle becomes the fourth active NHLer on this year's German team (see roster below). To make room for Stützle, Marcel Noebels, a former Philadelphia Flyers prospect who is a veteran of eight World Championships and a silver medalist from the 2018 Winter Olympics, was cut from the team. That reduces the contingent on the team from DEL champion Eisbären Berlin to six. Moritz Seider To Captain Germany At Worlds Moritz Seider To Captain Germany At Worlds Germany's initial 25-man roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship includes three players who played in the NHL this season and three others who are currently under contract to NHL teams. Advertisement Germany's first game is on Saturday afternoon against Hungary, although Stützle probably won't play until at least Germany's third game on Tuesday against Norway. Goaltenders: Mathias Niederberger (Red Bull Munich), Arno Tiefensee (Adler Mannheim / Dallas Stars), Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken). Defensemen: Korbinian Geibel, Eric Mik, Jonas Müller (all Eisbären Berlin), Leon Hüttl, Fabio Wagner (both ERC Ingolstadt), Lukas Kälble (Adler Mannheim), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), Maksymilian Szuber (Tucson Roadrunners, AHL / Utah HC). Forwards: Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators), Leo Pföderl, Frederik Tiffels, Manuel Wiederer (all Eisbären Berlin), Yasin Ehliz, Patrick Hager, Maximilian Kastner (all Red Bull Munich), Alexander Ehl (Düsseldorfer EG), Marc Michaelis (Adler Mannheim), Joshua Samanski (Straubing Tigers / Edmonton Oilers), Justin Schütz (Kölner Haie), Wojciech Stachowiak (ERC Ingolstadt), Dominik Kahun (Lausanne HC, SUI), Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks). Canada Ready To Start Worlds With All-NHL Lineup Canada Ready To Start Worlds With All-NHL Lineup Canada is set to begin the IIHF World Championship on Saturday against Slovenia with an all-NHL lineup.
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10-05-2025
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Tim Stützle Joins Germany At World Championship
Tim Stützle is joining the German team at the IIHF World Championship, the German Ice Hockey Association announced on Friday night. 'Immediately after the end of his NHL season, Tim publicly stated that he would like to join us,' said Christian Künast, manager of the German team. 'We are pleased that we have now calmly resolved all the formalities and that he will be joining us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ottawa Senators, from whom we have already received approval for his participation, and we look forward to Tim's arrival here in Herning.' 'We are, of course, delighted that Tim, a very high-quality player, is joining us and will further strengthen our team for the tournament,' said German coach Harold Kreis. 'He demonstrated his strengths in the past NHL season and delivered a great season with the Senators. We had a very good and detailed conversation during our NHL trip, during which he reiterated his intention to join us. It's all the more pleasing that his participation in the World Championship is now working out.' Stützle becomes the fourth active NHLer on this year's German team (see roster below). To make room for Stützle, Marcel Noebels, a former Philadelphia Flyers prospect who is a veteran of eight World Championships and a silver medalist from the 2018 Winter Olympics, was cut from the team. That reduces the contingent on the team from DEL champion Eisbären Berlin to six. Moritz Seider To Captain Germany At Worlds Germany's initial 25-man roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship includes three players who played in the NHL this season and three others who are currently under contract to NHL teams. Germany's first game is on Saturday afternoon against Hungary, although Stützle probably won't play until at least Germany's third game on Tuesday against Norway. Goaltenders: Mathias Niederberger (Red Bull Munich), Arno Tiefensee (Adler Mannheim / Dallas Stars), Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken). Defensemen: Korbinian Geibel, Eric Mik, Jonas Müller (all Eisbären Berlin), Leon Hüttl, Fabio Wagner (both ERC Ingolstadt), Lukas Kälble (Adler Mannheim), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), Maksymilian Szuber (Tucson Roadrunners, AHL / Utah HC). Forwards: Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators), Leo Pföderl, Frederik Tiffels, Manuel Wiederer (all Eisbären Berlin), Yasin Ehliz, Patrick Hager, Maximilian Kastner (all Red Bull Munich), Alexander Ehl (Düsseldorfer EG), Marc Michaelis (Adler Mannheim), Joshua Samanski (Straubing Tigers / Edmonton Oilers), Justin Schütz (Kölner Haie), Wojciech Stachowiak (ERC Ingolstadt), Dominik Kahun (Lausanne HC, SUI), Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks). Canada Ready To Start Worlds With All-NHL Lineup Canada is set to begin the IIHF World Championship on Saturday against Slovenia with an all-NHL lineup.
