From CraigJButton: Russian players claim four of the top five spots in TSN’s ranking of NHL-affiliated prospects. MORE:
Emerging Russian players dominate the top of the 2020 edition of TSN Hockey’s list of the Top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects, taking four of the first five spots in our annual rankings.New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who dominated the AHL with a 1.93 goals-against average and .932 save percentage in 23 starts for the Hartford Wolf Pack before being recalled on Jan. 6, takes top spot this year after being 10th in last year’s rankings.
Shesterkin is joined in the top five by Florida Panthers prospect Grigori Denisenko , a 19-year-old Lokomotiv Yaroslavl right wing who had nine points in seven games for Russia at the World Juniors; Minnesota Wild property Kirill Kaprizov , a 22-year-old CSKA Moscow left winger who has 37 points in 39 KHL games this season; and defenceman Alexander Romanov , a 20-year-old Montreal Canadiens prospect who is also playing for CSKA Moscow this year.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Toronto Maple Leafs defence prospect Rasmus Sandin jumped 20 spots from last year, landing at No. 6 in these rankings. The rest of the top 10 consists of Arizona Coyotes pick Jan Jenik , a 19-year-old Czech winger who has 22 goals and 56 points in 27 games for the OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs but suffered a significant knee injury at the World Juniors that will keep him out indefinitely; Anaheim Ducks Trevor Zegras , an 18-year-old Boston University forward who led the World Juniors with nine assists in five games for Team USA; Buffalo Sabres prospect Dylan Cozens , an 18-year-old centre who returns to the WHL’s...
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