On the eve of the start of the 2021 season, the official website of the NHL has presented a retyping of the 50 best hockey players in the League at the moment. Three players from Russia are in the top ten, none in the top-3.
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Edmonton’s Canadian striker Connor McDavid leads the list, his compatriot Nathan McKinnon of Colorado is second, and Edmonton’s German forward Leon Dreiseitl is third.
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Artemy Panarin (Rangers) – fourth, Nikita Kucherov (Tampa) – seventh, Alexander Ovechkin (Washington) – eighth. 17th was Tampa goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky, followed by Evgeny Malkin from Pittsburgh.
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