{"id":530481,"date":"2026-03-30T03:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530481\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:41:20","slug":"rookie-watch-sennecke-savoie-among-top-5-in-pacific-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530481\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Watch: Sennecke, Savoie among top 5 in Pacific Division"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yaroslav Askarov<\/a>, G, San Jose Sharks: Askarov (6-foot-3, 180 pounds) was picked No. 11 by the Nashville Predators in the 2020 NHL Draft and acquired in a trade by the Sharks on Aug. 23, 2024. He’s second among rookie goalies in wins (19-17-3) and first in games played (41; all starts). The 23-year-old, who catches with his right hand, has a 3.52 goals-against average and .888 save percentage this season. In November, he went 8-2-0 with a 1.88 GAA and .947 save percentage in 10 games.<\/p>\n

Askarov sustained a lower-body injury during a morning skate on March 12, prior to a 4-2 win at the Boston Bruins. He missed seven games with a lower-body injury before returning on March 26, making 11 saves on 11 shots but was forced to leave in the second period due to an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n

He’s coming off a season where he dominated in the American Hockey League (2.45 GAA, .923 save percentage in 22 games) with the San Jose Barracuda. Askarov went 4-6-2 with 3.10 GAA and .896 save percentage in 13 NHL games (12 starts) last season before going 3-2 with an AHL-best 1.68 GAA and .935 save percentage in the Calder Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Zeev Buium<\/a>, D, Vancouver\u00a0Canucks: Buium was traded by the Minnesota Wild to the Canucks, along with forwards Marco Rossi<\/a>, Liam Ohgren<\/a>\u00a0and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, for defenseman Quinn Hughes<\/a>\u00a0on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

In 35 games with the Canucks, the 20-year-old from San Diego, California, has nine points (two goals, seven assists) and averages 20:07 of ice time. He ranks fourth among rookie defensemen with 23 points (five goals, 18 assists) in 66 games, and second with 12 power-play points (three goals, nine assists).<\/p>\n

Buium played a big role in back-to-back gold-medal winning efforts by the United States at the 2024 and 2025 IIHF World Junior Championships; he had 11 points (five goals, six assists) and was plus-21 in 14 games. Buium had six points (two goals, four assists) and was plus-10 in seven games at the 2025 WJC, averaging 25:13 of ice time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yaroslav Askarov, G, San Jose Sharks: Askarov (6-foot-3, 180 pounds) was picked No. 11 by the Nashville Predators…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-530481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-ducks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116316057550489037","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}