Nick Suzuki is the 10th best center in the NHL, according to NHL Network

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Crédit: Nick Suzuki of the Montreal Canadiens salutes fans after being named second star of a 6-3 win over Ottawa Senators.

Every year, NHL Network carries out the exercise of ranking the NHL’s best players at each position. Last week, for example, defensemen were ranked. And for the Habs, Lane Hutson made it into the rankings, coming in at 19th. Today, it was the turn of the center players. And of course, we were keeping a close eye on Nick Suzuki, who has reached a new level this season and was ranked 16th last year. And indeed, Suzuki has taken a good step forward: he’s now ranked 10th in the NHLNetwork rankings , afar cry from those who saw him as a mere second center.

[content-ads]Suzuki moves ahead of Jack Hughes, Robert Thomas, Sebastian Aho, Nico Hischier and Dylan Larkin in the rankings. Macklin Celebrini, after just one year, is already 19th, just ahead of Sam Bennett,but what’s interesting is to look at the guys just ahead of Suzuki. Mark Scheifele is directly in front of him, and Brayden Point surpasses both guys… but in seventh place is Auston Matthews.It’s impressive to see Suzuki so close to Matthews, though.

Unsurprisingly, Connor McDavid tops the list, just ahead of Nathan MacKinnon and Leon Draisaitl.Aleksander Barkov and 38-year-old Sidney Crosby round out the top five.

[spacer title=’Overtime’]- It’s not the first time we’ve heard about it this summer, and

– Well done.

– Worrying.