NHL Network is getting ready for this season by ranking the top 50 players in the League. Researchers, producers and on-air personalities compiled the list, and players 10-1 were revealed Sunday in the ninth of a nine-part series. Here is the list:

10. Mikko Rantanen，前锋，雪崩

Rantanen上赛季全勤，他的55个进球排名联盟第3，105分排名第8，这两项都是个人职业生涯新高。他还有50个助攻，让他成为雪崩/北方人队史上第4位达到50球50助攻的球员（Joe Sakic，Michel Goulet，Jacques Richard）。他也是自1984-85赛季，还是北方人队的Goulet打入55球以来，单赛季进球最多的球员。26岁的他可以打中锋和边锋，场均上冰时间22分15秒，在个人8个赛季里也达到了最高值。Rantanen在斯坦利杯季后赛的7场比赛中得到10分（7球，3助攻），全队最高。

"He has 55 goals, 50 assists, and how do you defend that?" NHL Network analyst Mike Rupp said. "Because he can move the puck really well. ... This guy is a weapon, and he is always going to be overshadowed on this team because he's got two players (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon) that might be better than him."

9. Sidney Crosby，前锋，企鹅

Crosby上赛季全勤，并以93分排名队内第一（33球，60助攻），他第11个赛季单赛季打入至少30球，第12次至少84分。Crosby也以9个制胜球排名队内第一，另外平均上冰时间为20分09秒。36岁的他争球次数（1846次）全联盟第一，争球成功次数（978次）排名第2，仅次于棕熊的Patrice Bergeron（1043次）。Crosby赢得过3次斯坦利杯（2009年，2016年，2017年），他的得分（1502分）和助攻（952次）都是现役球员第一，进球（550个）则是第2，仅次于首都人的Alex Ovechkin（822球）。

"He knows how to win, he knows how to contribute in all facets of the game," Rupp said. "And that's what makes him so valuable. … He can influence a game in other ways too. It's not just about the points for Sidney Crosby. … He's 36 … and he's still over a point per game. … He ain't going away anytime soon. If he wants to continue to play for three, five years, he's shown us no reason why he can't do it."

8. Nikita Kucherov，前锋，闪电

Kucherov上赛季全勤，他的113分（30球，83助攻）排名联盟第3。他的助攻和得分都是队史第2高，仅次于2018-19赛季他自己创造的纪录（87助攻，128分）。他以50个强打得分排名联盟第4，并创造了新的队史纪录。30岁的右边锋过去6个赛季有3次达到了100分，这段时间排名联盟第3，仅次于Connor McDavid（5次），Leon Draisaitl（4次），他的495分排名所有球员第5，这还是在2020-21赛季他由于臀部伤病整个常规赛报销的情况下。

"As skilled as anyone," NHL analyst Mike Johnson said. "The passing and the shooting. I'm glad you mentioned the shot because we focus so much on that vision, on the ability to set up other players, his teammates, for all those assists. But his shot is absolutely a laser. He can absolutely rip it. Only does it sometimes, when he has to."

7. Auston Matthews，前锋，枫叶

Matthews连续4个赛季打入40球，个人7个赛季中的第5次。26岁的他自2016-17赛季已经打入299球，这段时间里所有球员最高。Matthews上赛季出场74次，得到85分，8个制胜球，13个强打进球，效率值+13（职业生涯新高）。他上冰时间20分17秒，有68个抢断，所有NHL前锋里排名第9。

"I think he is the most natural goal scorer in the NHL, and has been for a number of years now," Rupp said. "And what I mean by that is he doesn't rely or need -- and there's nothing wrong with that -- he doesn't need deflection goals, he doesn't need ugly bounces. He can just flat out beat you with his shot. … He had an off year with 40 goals. That kind of shows where he's at."

6. Matthew Tkachuk，前锋，美洲豹

在美洲豹的第一个赛季，Tkachuk以79场109分排名联盟第6，在Hart奖评选中排名第3。他在季后赛的表现更好，他在20场比赛中，进球（11球），助攻（13次）和得分（24分）均为队史第一，帮助球队自1996年以后首次打入斯坦利杯总决赛。25岁的左边锋季后赛打入4个制胜球，包括在东部决赛中，对阵飓风的第4场的第3节的最后一秒打入的那个进球，从而横扫了对手。

"Kind of forced a trade (from the Calgary Flames), got the big contract (with Florida)," Johnson said. "A lot of players would have a hard time dealing with that kind of pressure. And he goes in there and starts playing fantastic. … And then you think, what is he going to do in the playoffs. … Then he goes in the playoffs and puts on a show for the ages … just sort of willing his team, the underdog Florida Panthers, all the way to the Stanley Cup Final."

5. David Pastrnak，前锋，棕熊

Patrnak上赛季全勤，他的61个进球排到联盟第2,113分排到并列第3，同时棕熊的胜场数（65场）和积分（135分）都创造了联盟历史新高。这是过去7个赛季里的第6次至少打入34球，现役球员里能做到这一点的只有Auston Matthews（7次）。他的射正次数（407次）排名联盟第一，在Hart奖评选中排名第2，也是联盟全明星一阵的右边锋。27岁的他是棕熊第2位的60球射手，另外一位是Phil Esposito（4次），也是1974-75赛季的Esposito之后的首次。这也是1992-93赛季Adam Oates得到142分以后，棕熊球员单赛季最高分。Pastrnak在季后赛保持了高输出，7场比赛他打入5球。

"Just various ways that he can hurt you," Rupp said. "You fire the puck 400 times, you're going to garner some attention. What are you going to do with that attention? Are you going to still fire that and shoot it in the shin pads? No. Let's create for some others here. … He's a very intellectual player as well in finding offense, and he competes."

4. Cale Makar，后卫，雪崩

尽管Makar错失连续2个赛季获得Norris奖的荣誉，但是他在60场比赛中得到66分（17球，49助攻），依然达到了场均1.10分，仅次于Erik Karlsson（1.23分）。自1996-97赛季联盟引入官方统计以来，Makar成为首位场均上冰时间（26分23秒）排名联盟第一的雪崩球员，他的6个制胜球追平喷气机的Josh Morrissey排名后卫第2。Makar用195场得到200分，成为联盟历史上达到此成就最快的后卫，超过了原纪录保持者Sergei Zubov（207场）。24岁的他在2022年赢得了Conn Smythe奖，在那届季后赛中，他20场拿到29分（8球，21助攻），排名联盟历史后卫季后赛得分榜第4。

"If there's ever someone who could maybe rise up and challenge Connor McDavid (for best player in the NHL), Cale Maker would have a great case of that," Johnson said. "… More than a point a game as a defenseman in his career and we're well into his career. … That's the sort of production he brings every single year."

3. Leon Draisaitl，前锋，油人

Draisaitl 以 128 分（52 球，76 助攻）排名联盟第 2，连续第 5 个赛季他位列得分榜前 4。27 岁的他以 32个强打进球排名第一，以 62 个强打得分排名第 2（McDavid，71 分），他还打入 11 个制胜球（追平 McDavid 排名第 2，仅次于 Pastrnak 的 13 球）。他的争球成功率是 54.9%，场均上冰时间（21 分 44 秒）则排在所有前锋第 4。他追平金骑士前锋 Jonathan Marchessault 成为季后赛的射手王，但是他只打了 12 场，而后者则多打了 10 场。

"The 50/50 club, I love it. And this guy's pretty much in his sleep every year going to be in the 50/50 club," Rupp said. "He does that so often. … He can do it all different ways. In the players poll every year, or the last number of years, have said that he is the best passer in the NHL. … [The Oilers] know on that power play, all they have to do is get it over to him and he's going to find it."

2. Nathan MacKinnon，前锋，雪崩

MacKinnon 上赛季出场 71 次，得到 111 分（42 球，69 助攻），三项技术统计均为职业生涯新高。他在 10 个赛季中首次突破了 99 分。28 岁的他得分排名第 5，场均上冰时间（22 分 19 秒）排名第 5。他以 +29 的效率值排名队内前锋第一，他的 366 次射正排名联盟第 2，并且创造了新的队史纪录，他和 Rantanen 同样以 0 个制胜球排名队内第一。在 2022 年斯坦利杯季后赛中，他和油人前锋 Evander Kane 并列射手王（13 球），帮助球队自 2001 年以来首次捧得斯坦利杯。MacKinnon 自 2017-18 赛季以来的得分（553 分）排名所有球员第 3。

"He can do it all offensively," Johnson said. "We all celebrate the galloping dashes through the neutral zone where he gets turning over, but also in the offensive zone, stop and starts … he might be, amongst all these great players, the best combination of skill and power where he can kind of skate through you, skate over you, or he can stop and skate and stick handle around you."

1. Connor McDavid, F, Edmonton Oilers

McDavid 赢得了上赛季的Art Ross奖，他连续第 3 个赛季荣膺联盟得分王，他在 82 场比赛中一共得到 153 分（64 球，89 助攻），这是自 1995-96 赛季的 Mario Lemieux 的 161 分以后，联盟所有球员的单赛季最高得分。McDavid 还赢得了火箭 Richard 奖，因为他还是联盟的射手王，他的 89 个助攻也是联盟第一。他成为联盟历史上第 5 位单赛季包揽三项统计指标第一的球员（Wayne Gretzky，Phil Esposito，Gordie Howe，Howei Morenz），也是1986-87 赛季的 Gretzky 之后的首位。26 岁的他强打得分排名联盟第一，平均上冰时间（22 分 23 秒）排名前锋第一。McDavid 自 2015-16 赛季进入联盟以来已经得到 850 分，比排名第 2 的 Draisaitl（735 分）多出了 115 分，而后者还比他多打了 32 场比赛。

"I think if you asked the players who is the best player, it would also be unanimous, and there would be a consensus and say obviously it's Connor McDavid," Johnson said. "He's doing stuff that I didn't think could be done anymore. ... He's just approaching names that are the very greatest in the history of the game."