{"id":390210,"date":"2026-01-04T03:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390210\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T03:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:01:07","slug":"goalie-notes-ullmark-senators-reimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390210\/","title":{"rendered":"Goalie Notes: Ullmark, Senators, Reimer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TZChEuuhonc&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">press conference<\/a>, Ottawa Senators General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/staiost01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steve Staios<\/a> admitted that there\u2019s no timeline for netminder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/u\/ullmali01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Linus Ullmark<\/a> to return from his leave of absence. Ullmark took a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/2025\/12\/senators-linus-ullmark-taking-leave-of-absence-out-indefinitely.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">personal leave<\/a> on December 28th and has not played for the Senators since December 27th.<\/p>\n<p>Although some have speculated that Ullmark\u2019s indefinite leave from Ottawa impacted his candidacy for Team Sweden\u2019s roster for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/sportbladet\/hockey\/a\/d4O24J\/tre-kronors-trupp-de-far-representera-sverige-i-os\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a> from Hans Abrahamsson and Viktoria Bj\u00f6rkl\u00f6f explained that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>That update isn\u2019t entirely surprising given Ullmark\u2019s performance this season. After finishing with a .909 SV% last season, he\u2019s only managed a .881 mark this season. Additionally, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/goalies.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MoneyPuck<\/a>, of the 49 netminders that have played 15 or more games this season, Ullmark is in 46th place with a -4.9 Goals Saved Above Expected.<\/p>\n<p>Additional goaltending notes:<\/p>\n<p>Despite being without Ullmark for the foreseeable future, Staios mentioned in the same press conference that he doesn\u2019t expect to bring in any outside help. It\u2019s a nice sentiment that Staios has confidence in Ottawa\u2019s current goaltending depth, but it\u2019s a bit unfounded. The Senators\u2019 current starter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/merille01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leevi Merilainen<\/a>, has only managed an .872 SV% through 12 games this season, while the duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shepahu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hunter Shepard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sogaama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mads S\u00f8gaard<\/a> has combined for a .888 mark for the AHL\u2019s Belleville Senators.<br \/>\nOne veteran netminder who is conceivably available to the Senators is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reimeja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Reimer<\/a>. In today\u2019s rendition of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/podcasts\/32-thoughts\/stars-stripes-and-a-score-to-settle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">32 Thoughts<\/a>, Elliotte Friedman shared that Reimer, who is currently an unrestricted free agent, is still looking for a place to play this year and would like to join a contender if possible. Reimer finished with a .896 SV% last season, split between the Anaheim Ducks and Buffalo Sabres, and it\u2019s clear that the Senators still plan on contending this season, which could entice Reimer if they\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In today\u2019s press conference, Ottawa Senators General Manager Steve Staios admitted that there\u2019s no timeline for netminder Linus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,208982,208983,575,6597,85],"class_list":["post-390210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-james-reimer","tag-linus-ullmark","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}