Artemi Panarin ranked 48th in Sportsnet's NHL top players list
Sportsnet's ranking of the NHL's best players for the coming season puts Kings winger Artemi Panarin 48th, down from 24th, with Brady Tkachuk at 50th.
Artemi Panarin of Los Angeles is 48th in Sportsnet's ranking of the best players in the NHL, down from 24th a year ago.
The panel was told to ignore past achievements and rank players only on what they are expected to do in the coming season.
Places 50 to 41, with last year's position in brackets:
- 50 (23). Brady Tkachuk, Florida
- 49 (45). Clayton Keller, Utah
- 48 (24). Artemi Panarin, Los Angeles
- 47 (-). Charlie McAvoy, Boston
- 46 (49). Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay
- 45 (40). Jaccob Slavin, Carolina
- 44 (15). Kyle Connor, Winnipeg
- 43 (42). Tage Thompson, Buffalo
- 42 (25). Matthew Tkachuk, Florida
- 41 (16). Brayden Point, Tampa Bay
Connor's fall of 29 places is the steepest in this group. Brady Tkachuk dropped 27, Point 25 and Matthew Tkachuk 17. McAvoy did not appear in last year's list. Keller and Guentzel are the only two who moved up.
Florida and Tampa Bay have two players each in this section.
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