Who Is the NHL’s Best Player?

January 25th, 2013 by Steve Silverman Leave a reply »
It's not who was the NHL's best player. It's not who might be the best player or who could eventually earn that title.

We are talking about the best player right now.

Since that's the issue, we have to go with Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

By the end of the season, his teammate Sidney Crosby could regain the title, but as of right now, it's Malkin.

Steven Stamkos is not far behind, but he is not the lead dog, even though he scored 60 goals last year.

Peter Laviolette may think Claude Giroux is the best (per Yahoo.com), but we're talking about the NHL as a whole and not just the Philadelphia Flyers. It's time for Laviolette to hold his tongue .

Malkin is almost certainly the most skilled player. When it comes to skating speed, athleticism, shooting the puck, passing it and making the big play at the big moment, Malkin answered the bell as never before in the 2011-12 season. He was both the NHL's scoring leader (Ross Trophy) and the MVP (Hart Trophy).



He came through when the Penguins needed him to because Sidney Crosby was still addled by concussion issues throughout the majority of ...

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