Ottawa Senators Top 25 Under 25, #8: Erik Brännström

Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images#8: Erik Brännström (Last Year: 6 // Reader Rank: 9)

I feel for Erik Brännström. His entire career with the Senators organization has been mired in thoughts about all that he isn’t, following a textbook example of bad PR 101 from his new general manager.

So today, let’s focus on all that he is — our eighth-ranked player in the organization under the age of 25, and the ninth ranked player among readers who voted in our pre-series poll.

What changed... and didn’t change for Brännström this season?

We started the season with high hopes for Brännström. After all, the young defender was coming off of his best stretch of hockey in his 63 game NHL career —…