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Hogberg, a third-round selection in 2013, had been told Sunday night that the Senators did not offer a new contract to Matt O’Connor, who been with their American Hockey League affiliate, because it preferred him. Lee admitted the 22-year old Hogberg could still be Ottawa’s goalie of the future.

“Yeah, he’s definitely got a lot of upside,” Lee said. “He’s coming from the (Swedish Hockey League), where he was playing against men, and he really established himself as a top-ranked goaltender.

“He knows he has to get better and he knows that goalies take longer to develop and he knows goalies have to play.”

To that end, Hogberg said his goal next season is to share the duties with Chris Driedger with Belleville of the AHL. On Saturday, the Senators signed 31-year-old Danny Taylor to add the veteran minor-league puck stopper they had been missing. That leaves the Senators with five goaltenders in the system (two for the NHL, two for the AHL and one for the ECHL) and no room for Andrew Hammond.

“Chris Driedger, he had a couple of struggles, but at one point last year he was one of the better goaltenders in the American Hockey League,” Lee said. “He had some great stretches last year. He’s just got to get consistency in his game.

“Marcus has got to transition over. He’s got some adjustment to do, but he’s studying the North American game and he’s going to be ready to go.”

Hogberg’s fourth season with Linkopings HC featured a 19-14-4 record with an impressive 1.89 goals-against average and .931 save percentage. When the campaign ended, he joined the Binghamton Senators, where he was taken under the wing of his buddy Englund, but struggled in his three starts for what was a bad team.