New York Rangers star center Mika Zibanejad finished 10th on NHL Network’s countdown of the Top 20 Centers Right Now. Read it and weep, Aleksander Barkov. Zibanejad finished ahead of some other big names, including Sebastian Aho, John Tavares, recent Conn Smythe winner Ryan O’Reilly, and Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele.
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Of course, Zibanejad had a monster year in 2019-20. The 27-year-old scored 41 goals and notched 37 assists in 57 games. Despite missing a good chunk of the season with an injury, Zibanejad finished third in the league in power-play goals (16) and finished seventh in the league in 5-on-5 goals scored per-hour (1.