This year’s Mann of the Year (awarded to the Ottawa Senators draft pick from the third round or later who had the strongest campaign) is brought to you by the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. For a class that was heavily maligned at the time, things seem to be progressing well enough three years later.
The three highest finishers in voting this year all hail from the 2019 class, and it was fifth-rounder Mark Kastelic who handily beat fourth-rounder Viktor Lodin and seventh-rounder Maxence Guenette. Kastelic, 23, split his second pro season between Ottawa and Belleville, strengthening his case to become a long-term bottom-six center for the organization.