Five years after being selected 26th-overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, Jacob Bernard-Docker can call himself a full-time NHL defenseman. A good one? That is less certain.
Is Jacob Bernard-Docker playing well enough and show in the stats to warrant moving someone else? The time will come when Mark Kastelic and Ridly Greig are back from injury.
This recall will serve as a major opportunity for Bernard-Docker to showcase his skills in front of an NHL audience.
The NHL’s waiver wire has led to some harrowing moments for Sens fans this week. A couple days after losing 2019 first-round pick Lassi Thomson to the Anaheim Ducks, we now had to sweat it out a bit with both Jacob Bernard-Docker and Egor Sokolov on waivers.
Welcome back to the 2023 edition of our Top 25 Under 25 feature. You can check out the full list so far here. It's hard to know exactly what to make of Jacob Bernard-Docker.
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After signing RFAs Erik Brännström and Jacob Bernard-Docker, the Ottawa Senators have bolstered their goaltending with a fairly big name, signing Joonas Korpisalo to a five-year contract worth $4M annually.
The Ottawa Senators have made a second defenseman signing after extending Erik Brannstrom on Saturday. They’ve locked in Jacob Bernard-Docker to a two-year, $1.61M contract carrying an average annual value of $850K.
Connor Hellebuyck is going to listen to Winnipeg Jets’ GM Kevin Cheveldayoff when he outlines the plans for the team and where the goaltender fits into them.
The Ottawa Senators have recalled defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker from their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators, per a team announcement. The 2018 first-round pick last played in the NHL in January, and in total, has played in 13 games for Ottawa this season.
An up-and-down season for Ottawa Senators defenseman and former first-round pick Jacob Bernard-Docker continued Sunday morning, as the team announced he has been re-assigned to the AHL’s Belleville Senators.
That’s more like it. Twenty-four hours after a disappointing loss in Detroit, the Ottawa Senators rolled up their sleeves and got back to work against the Buffalo Sabres.
Bernard-Docker joins Josh Norris and Thomas Chabot on the list of injured Senators. Artem Zub was injured but returned Saturday to play in the 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils.
When Jacob Bernard-Docker got the call-up to the Ottawa Senators, many wondered who he would replace in the lineup. While the easy answer was Nikita Zaitsev, it was veteran Nick Holden who watched from the press box.
One defenceman leaves, while another was recalled from Belleville Thursday. Lassi Thomson returned to the Senators’ American League affiliate Wednesday after what was a surprising auspicious start to his NHL career.
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