As a part of their season preview coverage, Sportsnet is ranking the top 20 players at each position on the ice, and
they kicked off that series yesterday
with a look at the league's premier centers.
The series is based on advanced statistics measuring a player's contributions in three areas: offensive play, defensive play and transition play. According to those numbers, Aleksander Barkov is one of the league's elite pivots.
Barkov Makes Sportsnet's Top 20 Centers List
The 21-year-old checks in at #10 on Sportsnet's list
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