It’s no secret that the New York Rangers are at the beginning stages of a youth movement. Although the team has an interesting group of prospects in the pipeline, there are key players that have played in the NHL before.
Prospects in the system like Filip Chytil and newly drafted Vitali Kravtsov are certainly garnering well deserved attention. However, let’s not forget about the young players already up with the big club. Pavel Buchnevich is only 22 years old and is coming off of a 43 point season in only 74 games.
Couple this with making the adjustment onto North American soil, there had been a lot going on for the young Russian.