Ottawa Senators Top 25 Under 25, #22: Egor Sokolov

Photo by Peter Kovalev\\TASS via Getty Images22. Egor Sokolov (Reader Rank: 24, Last Year: NR)

It was a busy draft week for the Senators in early October, and Egor Sokolov is the first player of the bunch to make his debut on our Top 25 Under 25 list. He’s already etched in Sens history as their first Russian drafted in over a decade, going back to Ruslan Bashkirov in 2008. But while a second round pick might’ve been too rich of a draft slot in the eyes of most analysts, there’s still a lot to dissect with the Russian giant.

The Sens seem to love their player connections, and Sokolov already has familiarity with the organization. He’s the second member in a row on our list to come from the…