The New York Rangers have a young, budding star on their hands, and his name is Pavel Buchnevich.
Drafted in 2013 (75th overall), there was much hype coming into Buchnevich’s rookie season. His talent level and his numbers as a young player in the KHL put high expectations on him coming to North America. So far, that pick has looked like a major steal, and the hype has been justified: Pavel Buchnevich has six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 16 games.
Often, rookies coming over from Europe have an adjustment period to go through, as the game there is different in some ways.