Olympic champion Valery Kamensky, Vice President of Development of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), said whether he considers Russian New York Rangers forward Artemy Panarin to be the most valuable Russian player in the National Hockey League (NHL). His words guide the way legal betting.
“All our players in the NHL should be considered the most valuable players. Artemy is having a great season, let him continue in the same spirit. He proved to everyone a long time ago that he can play. We can only congratulate you on your personal records and wish you continued success. He can be the captain of the Rangers in the future, anyway he became an assistant, he has leadership qualities,” Kamensky said.
In the regular season match against the Washington Capitals, which resulted in a 2:1 victory for the Rangers, Panarin scored his team’s first goal.
The Russian player appeared in 42 NHL games in total this season and scored 27 goals and 31 assists. He is by far Rangers’ top scorer. The puck in the match against Washington became the hockey player’s 400th career point with the Rangers, the fastest he reached this point in the club’s history – in 310 games.
The leader of the league in the goal+pass system is Russian Nikita Kucherov from Tampa. He has 28 goals and 44 assists. Second is Nathan MacKinnon (23+46) from Colorado. David Pastrnak (25+34) from Boston completed the top three. Panarin is in fourth place. The hockey player has been playing for the New York Rangers since 2019. He previously played for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL.
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