Silver Seven The Era of Marcus Hogberg Has Begun

[TheDebater]

Looking good so far. Seems to be improving as he gets more starts.

But a bit tricky to really gauge as we're not in any meaningful games this year.

I feel the same way, I hope I eat a ton of crow about him though. Still think he is at the very least going to be a very reliable back-up/1B goalie.

 

[Sensinitis]

I don’t like giving my opinion on goalies but he looks very promising.

 

[Sweatred]

I'd bet my bottom dollar that either Daccord or Gustavsson winds up in Seattle.

We are not the only team with a goalie prospect(s). We have so many pics - we should be able to bribe Seattle if needed.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

He’s a battler. That’s what makes him stand out from other goalies who are also great fundamentally and have good skills.

Similar to Daccord. I expect to see these two duke it out in a couple years.

 

[toxic poster]

Interesting. I can't get my head around quite what "inherent noise" would mean. It has to be a flaw in the model; of course there are going to be some things missing.

Inherent noise just means statistical randomness. Hockey itself is a game with large variation. In addition to us not being able to fully quantify all elements of the game (think pre-shot movement, positioning of players pre-shot) there's elements of randomness intertwined with every data entry we are able to accumulate. It's an unfortunate reality. The model's themself are not flawed by design (well, there are some very flawed models out there but that's another discusison, most follow the same pattern and are generally good).

 

[tigerman67]

I really never thought of Hogberg as a definite future NHL goalie when he was playing in SHL. Sure he put up some good numbers one year but overall didn't look like a complete stud doing that. As a junior he was always one step behind Oscar Dansk. I'd definitely not put him among top 5 Swedish goalie prospects born in the 90's, more likely within 6-8. Both Nilsson and Gus would be a much better fit on a top 5 list (with Markstrom, Lehner and Dansk being the other ones). Kind of odd that the three now are within the same organization, and that Lehner also has passed through!

All in all, if Hogberg becomes a regular NHL'er, I'd say it's a result of good coaching staff within the Sens. However, I'd not be surprised if Gus would replace him in a few years time, his potential when comparing them at the same age is definitely higher.

 

[DJB]

Can we send him down already? Hes too good this year.... go help Belleville Hoggy lol

 

[OgieO]

He's headed home for family reasons. Something was clearly emotional about the shootout win, I hope the news isn't that bad for him (though clearly it is something significant). All the best to him as he deals with whatever family issue.

He was dynamite for us imo. A very solid goalie and it looks sustainable to me (just observation).

This also helps the tank imo.

 

[Matsens15]

Hope everything is good with Hog. He is definitely a surprise this year. The Sens have call Gustavsson up. I think this can be good for him.

 

[TheDebater]

He's headed home for family reasons. Something was clearly emotional about the shootout win, I hope the news isn't that bad for him (though clearly it is something significant). All the best to him as he deals with whatever family issue.

He was dynamite for us imo. A very solid goalie and it looks sustainable to me (just observation).

This also helps the tank imo.

I did not know that it was not injury related, thank you for the update.

 

[5ive4Fighting]

He's headed home for family reasons. Something was clearly emotional about the shootout win, I hope the news isn't that bad for him (though clearly it is something significant). All the best to him as he deals with whatever family issue.

He was dynamite for us imo. A very solid goalie and it looks sustainable to me (just observation).

This also helps the tank imo.

I thought the SO win was emotional just because it was a win. We didn't win a SO all year, and Hogberg had a bunch of combined SO and OT losses.

 

[guyzeur]

I thought the SO win was emotional just because it was a win. We didn't win a SO all year, and Hogberg had a bunch of combined SO and OT losses.

I was under the impression he was either crying or really emotional with the win, it seems a couple times he put his head on shoulders of teammates.

 

[Hutz]

Maybe someone can clear something up for me... the expansion draft is for 2+ year pros, not just NHLers, but AHL pros too, right? So all our goalies will be subject to it? That's what I seem to recall from the last one.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Maybe someone can clear something up for me... the expansion draft is for 2+ year pros, not just NHLers, but AHL pros too, right? So all our goalies will be subject to it? That's what I seem to recall from the last one.

according to Cap Friendly. I think one exposed goalie has to be under contract for the 21-22 season. fine print
Seattle Expansion Draft Simulator - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Maybe someone can clear something up for me... the expansion draft is for 2+ year pros, not just NHLers, but AHL pros too, right? So all our goalies will be subject to it? That's what I seem to recall from the last one.

None of our current NHL/AHL goalies will be exempt. They can select any of the following goalies who go unproteccted; Hogberg, Daccord, Gustavsson, Nilsson, or Anderson. That is assuming we re-sign Nilsson or Anderson and they aren't free agents or with other teams.

according to Cap Friendly. I think one exposed goalie has to be under contract for the 21-22 season. fine print
Seattle Expansion Draft Simulator - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Teams are allowed to expose an RFA to meet the requirements for goalies. They don't need term, they just can't be a UFA. The only hitch is that we need to qualify the goalie we expose prior to submitting our list. It seems like whoever is the best of Hogberg/Gustavsson/Daccord will be protected, and at least one of them will then be exposed to meet the exposure requirements.

We shouldn't have an issue with meeting the exposure requirements in goal. I could see us maybe trading one of the three to hedge against the draft, but not two of the three.

 

[aragorn]

Always liked Hogberg, wrote about him a few times during development & rookie tournaments, nice to see him having such a good season, but it's still too early to know what his future will be like. I imagine next season will be a better indicator if this is the goalie of the future for this team or not. I like Daccord too, he looks like he could be an interesting player & potential future backup. But the best way to assure a future #1 goalie is to draft one & one of the best in yrs is available this draft in Askarov. Ottawa seems to have a decent number of good goalies in their system & have an opportunity to add another potential #1.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]