OTTAWA – Ottawa Senators president of hockey operations and general manager Steve Staios announced Friday the club has acquired goaltender Samuel Ersson from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Ottawa’s fifth-round draft selection in the 2027 NHL Draft.
Ersson, 26, is scheduled to be a restricted free agent on July 1. He spent each of the past four seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers and played a career-high 51 games in 2023-24. In 2025-26, Ersson appeared in 33 games for the Flyers, posting a 14-11-5 record with a 3.12 GAA.
A native of Falun, Sweden, Ersson was originally selected in the fifth round (143rd overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft.
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