{"id":96182,"date":"2020-12-27T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=96182"},"modified":"2020-12-27T20:34:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T01:34:19","slug":"tim-stutzle-signs-elc-with-ottawa-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/12\/27\/tim-stutzle-signs-elc-with-ottawa-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim St\u00fctzle Signs Entry Level Contract With Ottawa Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/04\/16\/tim-stutzle-scouting-report-2020-nhl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">Tim St\u00fctzle<\/a>, the 3rd overall pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft has signed an entry-level contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>. Expected to make an immediate impact with the Senators, he tallied 34 points over 41 games with the Mannheim Eagles. After suffering a broken hand and needing surgery in October, St\u00fctzle has returned to the ice and is headlining the German team at the World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">News Release: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> have signed forward Tim Stuetzle to a three-year, entry-level contract: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FYziGXVsq3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/FYziGXVsq3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qEjdnt2HyF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qEjdnt2HyF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottawa Senators (@Senators) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Senators\/status\/1343315625989517318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ottawa Senators Sign Tim St\u00fctzle to ELC<\/h2>\n<p>Using Jeopardy host Alex Trebek and prominent Canadian to announce their pick, the Senators acquired St\u00fctzle third overall. After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/04\/14\/alexis-lafreniere-scouting-report-2020-nhl-draft-1\/\" target=\"_self\">Alexis Lafreniere<\/a> went to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a>, Quinton Byfield to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>, there was no way the Senators were letting St\u00fctzle pass them by. The 6&#8217;1 German left-wing was the highest-ranked skater by the Central Scouting Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>A mature talent, with excellent playmaking skills, a strong work ethic, and extremely fast feet, St\u00fctzle is ready to follow in the footsteps of league MVP <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/draisle01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a>.<\/strong> St\u00fctzle is the highest-drafted player from Germany in NHL history.<\/p>\n<p>Playing most of his career as a centre, St\u00fctzle made the switch to left-wing for the majority of last season with the Mannheim Eagles. It is still up for debate what position he will play with the Senators, but rest assured he will have an instant impact on the 28th ranked Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n<p>Missing out on the 24-team playoffs, the Senators were looking for some talent to help fill out their roster for the upcoming season. Tim St\u00fctzle looks to be exactly what they need to make a mark on the brand new North Division.<\/p>\n<h3>What To Expect<\/h3>\n<p>As Ben Kerr writes Tim St\u00fctzle is amongst the best skaters from the 2020 NHL Draft. He can absolutely fly. St\u00fctzle also has very good acceleration. His ability to change speeds can be used as a weapon to fool defenders. Along with his skating he soft hands and quick stickhandling to control the puck while moving at top speed and making his quick cuts. This gives him the ability to be a truly dynamic forward. He can make a defender look silly if they don\u2019t give him respect, and before the defender knows it, St\u00fctzle is behind them and cutting to the net.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"0ybH6_SnR6NJNNAlPC2Tmg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1228904926\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0ybH6_SnR6NJNNAlPC2Tmg',sig:'QFFPr9GAN9zUpPMT2GoQCtxqgOGJkgpGIkpxPStE_Xo=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1228904926',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim St\u00fctzle, the 3rd overall pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft has signed an entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expected to make an immediate impact with the Senators, he tallied 34 points over 41 games with the Mannheim Eagles. After suffering a broken hand and needing surgery in October, St\u00fctzle has returned to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3475,"featured_media":96190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4548,4547,34,1279,309,8],"tags":[4199,37,38,70,5755,4230],"class_list":["post-96182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl-draft","category-nhl-top-prospects","category-senators","tag-2020-nhl-draft","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawa-senators-news","tag-tim-stutzle"],"modified_by":"Jim Biringer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}