Ottawa Senators Top 25 Under 25 #15: Egor Sokolov

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images15. Egor Sokolov (Reader Rank: 15, Last Year: 22)

The story of Egor Sokolov is an absolutely wild ride. Since being selected in the second round of the 2020 draft, Sokolov has gone from “reach” to “intriguing prospect” to “he might be really good?” The best part is that, even with the benefit of hindsight, you would have been totally justified in believing all of those things at their respective moments in time.

Sokolov was drafted as a double overager, meaning he was a full two years older than many of his fellow 2020 draftees. When you look at his numbers from his draft year, playing for Cape Breton in the QMJHL, he was obviously dominant. In a…