Athletistic / Hockey. American journalist from Daily Faceoff Matt Larkin spoke about the Russian forward of the Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin. He called him the most underrated player in National Hockey League history.

“This winter will be seven years since the NHL ruined its Top 100 Players of the Century list by not including Evgeni Malkin, and I swear I’m still mad about it. That man won the Calder Trophy, the trophy Hart.” , “Conn Smythe Trophy”, twice – “Art Ross Trophy”, he has three championship rings.

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He has scored over 1,200 points and is on pace to score 500 goals. He is one of the best playoff players of all time, 14th all time in points. You could make the argument that Gino is in the top 50, let alone the top 100. However, in Pittsburgh, he is still in the shadow of not only Sidney Crosby, but also the legends who came before them, Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr . Maybe that’s why Gino doesn’t get the love he deserves,” Larkin wrote.


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