The Best CURRENT NHL Player From Every Country!

The Best CURRENT NHL Player From Every Country!

the NHL is a very diverse league with 20 countries currently represented across the 32 teams the game of hockey is growing around the globe and it’s made evident by the super talented players from those 20 nations with the double IHF World Championships wrapping up this weekend and because we’re super excited for the four nations Faceoff next season and NHL players returning to the Olympics in 2026 today we’re going over the best current NHL player from every country again to clarify this list is based on current performance for these players in 2024 well Prime Alex oetkin was insane and he’s still an elite player today he’s not making the cut in this video we did recently make another video with the alltime greats from every nation ever represented in the NHL give it a watch after this video with that out of the way let’s dive in Australia Nathan Walker born in Cardiff Wales Walker grew up in Australia and was the first Australian player drafted by an NHL team when he was selected by the Washington Capitals in the third round of the 2014 NHL draft Walker made his NHL debut for Washington on October 7th 2017 and scored a goal he was a member of the 2018 capitals team that won the Stanley Cup but didn’t play in enough games to have his name engraved on the hardest trophy to win in sports having also played briefly for the Edmonton Oilers Walker is now a member of the St Louis Blues playing in a fourth line role Austria Marco Rossi the second highest drafted Austrian in NHL history behind only Thomas vanck Marco Rossi just finished his first full 82 Game season with the Minnesota Wild in recorded 40 points the 22-year-old has legitimate star potential it is already a solid second line center for the wild but his name has recently emerged in trade rumors Belarus jagor sharangovich acquired by Calgary in the trade that sent Tyler T Foley to the New Jersey Devils last summer jagor sharangovich is coming off of a breakout season he was one of few bright spots in Calgary putting up a career-high 31 goals and 28 assists for 59 points the most by any Bellar Russian in the history of the NHL no goal was more memorable this year for Sharon govic than his game-winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Mika kof’s Jersey retirement night which sent the Saddle Dome crowd into a craze not seen since the 2022 playoffs Bulgaria Alexander gorv the first Bulgarian to ever play in the NHL Alexander gorv went undrafted through the 2017 NHL entry draft but still managed to land an entry-level contract with the New York Rangers in 2022 gorgia found a starting job when he was dealt to the Colorado Avalanche and had a career year in his first season with his new team leading the league in winds with 40 he followed that up with 38 this season and represented the ABS at the All-Star Game even though his safe percentage was below 900 Canada Conor McDavid simply the best hockey player on the planet today is Conor McDavid his speed playmaking goal scoring and hockey IQ are out of this world since 2020 he leads the NHL in points with 610 in second place is his teammate Leon drle with 538 number 97 has won five Art Ross trophies three Hart Memorial trophies one rocket Rashard Trophy and four Ted Lindsay Awards the only thing missing from his trophy case is the Stanley Cup what more can one say about mcjesus cheia David pook one of the elite offensive forwards in the NHL David pook tied with Alex oetkin for 48 goals to c-win the rocket Rashard trophy he was a big reason why the Boston Bruins made it to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 losing to St Louis in seven games when the Bruins set a new NHL season win record with 63 in the 2022 23 season pasta scored 61 goals becoming the first bruan to score 60 plus since Phils Pito in 1974-75 Denmark Nikolai eers Winnipeg’s ninth overall pick in the 2019 draft Nikolai eers is a speedy left wing that put up 64 points in a breakout sophomore season in 201617 since then he’s been an underrated offensive Force most recently recording 61 points last season the Danish Winger has 2011 goals and 457 points in 605 games good enough for sixth all time in scoring in Jets Thrashers franchise history one stat that may damage his value is his low playoff production which when coupled with an expiring contract has led to speculation that the Jets may move him in the off season Finland Alexander barov now that Patrice berson has retired it’s hard to argue that Alexander barov isn’t the best to way forward in the NHL the Panther’s Captain will almost certainly win his second Sky Trophy this summer the Panther’s second overall pick in 2013 holds the franchise records for both points and goals everyone was calling barov the most underrated player in the NHL for so long that it almost feels wrong to at this point France Alexander texier recording 30 points last season the first in which he played more than 50 games Alexander texier is a decent third l Winger for the Blue Jackets his best performance came when he helped Columbus win their first playoff series scoring three points during a four-game sweep against the Tampa Bay Lightning Germany Leon dry Sidle drafted third overall in 2014 dry Sidle just finished his 10th season with the Edmonton Oilers and is in the conversation for second best player in the world today behind of course teammate Conor McDavid he’s a consistent 100 plus Point player and has won an art Ross Heart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award Bo he’s a very consistent postseason performer setting a Stanley Cup playoff record with five consecutive games of at least three points in the Oilers run to the 2022 Western Conference Finals when dry cidal is in his office on the power play nine times out of 10 he is going to find the back of the net Japan Jordan Spence the first skater with Japanese citizenship to ever play in the NHL Jordan Spence was born in Manley New South Wales before moving to Osaka Japan and later Canada the 2019 second round pick had spent much of his young career in the AHL but the defenseman recorded 24 points in 71 games with the LA Kings last season Latvia zus Genson the longest tenar member of the Buffalo Sabers Zenus Genson is the highest drafted lvan of all time at 14th overall in 2012 he doesn’t put up crazy offensive numbers but is a reliable bottom six forward who kills penalties garson’s even made the allstar game in 2015 though Buffalo was especially pitiful at the time the Netherlands Daniel sprong spending time with the Pittsburgh Penguins Anaheim Ducks Washington Capitals Seattle Kraken and Detroit Red Wings Daniel sprongs best seasons were his last two where he recorded 46 and 43 points respectively Norway Matt zuk Carell zuk carello is one of nine Norwegians to ever play in the NHL and the only to suit up in a Stanley Cup Final he’s played for the New York Rangers and Dallas stars and has been a member of the Minnesota Wild since the 201920 season his most productive season came in 2021-22 where he recorded 79 points Russia Nikita kucherov one of the most dangerous offensive players in the NHL Nikita kov has scored at least 100 points four times and is a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Tampa Bay Lightning he also won the Hart Art Ross and Ted Lindsay in 2019 he won the Art Ross again this past season leading the league with 144 points while also becoming the fifth player in NHL history to record 100 assists in a season joining the likes of Conor McDavid Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux and Bobby or this also earned kucherov a heart trophy nomination alongside McDavid and Nathan McKinnon Slovakia URI slavkovsky the 2022 first overall pick the only Slovak taken in that position URI slavkovsky is coming off of a breakout season in Mont he recorded 50 points and at 6’3 and 238 lb will be one of the League’s Premier power forwards for years to come Slovenia a Kopitar the current captain of the Los Angeles Kings was the first slovene to play in the NHL he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion in 2012 and 2014 and is regarded as one of the best defensive forwards in the NHL winning the sky Trophy twice in 2016 and 2018 he has led the LA Kings in scoring in all but two seasons and is fourth in franchise history in points goals and assists at 36 years old he’s still a legit Topline Center and Elite level player Sweden Alias Pon though his play may have been labeled as underwhelming in this year’s playoffs Alias Patterson is still an elite NHL talent for the Vancouver Canucks aside from one shorten season due to injury he’s recorded at least 66 points every year including in his rookie Campaign which earned him the Calder Trophy Patterson’s career-high came with 102 points in 2022-23 which she followed up with 89 last season Switzerland Roman Yosi the current predator’s Captain has spent 13 seasons in Nashville and helped them win the president’s trophy in 2018 Yosi is one of the NHL’s top offensive defensemen voted winner of the 2020 Norris Trophy after scoring 65 points in 69 games he was a bigger reason why the Predators were able to sneak into the playoffs this year earning him another Norris Trophy nomination the United States Austin Matthews the 2016 first overall pick and the best goal scorer in the NHL today just won his third rocket Rashard Trophy and has also won The Calder Hart and Ted Lindsay finishing the season with 69 goals he nearly became the first 70 goal scorer since 1993 unfortunately it didn’t translate into the playoffs as the lead thiefs suffered another crushing game seven defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins usbekistan Arthur cev 22-year-old Arthur Cav is only the second us Pakistanian born player to play in the NHL he was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 2019 and has recorded 71 points in his young career in which he’s played 188 games so far rumors seem to suggest he’s played his last game in LA and will be looking for a new team this offseason but did you agree with our list which players would you have chosen let me know in 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