It’s finally happened, folks! It feels like we’ve been talking about this kid for forever, and now he’s finally here. Well, in a manner of speaking. He’s in the state. The vicinity. Close enough.
It hasn’t been the smoothest of roads for German Rubtsov since he was drafted in 2016, but he finally made his professional debut this season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL, and he certainly made an impression. But, of course, things haven’t smoothed out entirely, not just yet. We’ve got a lot to dig into here. Let’s get into it.