At long last, New Jersey Devils forward Jesper Bratt is finally getting the respect he deserves from national media and the greater NHL community.
On Wednesday, the NHL Network released its annual rankings of the top 20 wingers in the NHL and, after being left off entirely last year, Bratt took a huge leap and surged up the latter to represent the Devils.
The 27-year-old Swede placed 12th in the rankings out of the top 20 wingers, trailing only the likes of Jake Guentzel, Artemi Panarin, Kyle Connor, Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Mikko Rantanen, Kirill Kaprizov, David Pastrnak, and Nikita Kucherov.