Are you still underappreciated? Sasha Barkov is the No. 9 Center on NHL Network.

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[{"selector":"#anim-b28759fe-044b-408b-bc2b-1b1e13e3ee4c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Sasha Barkov, captain of the Florida Panthers, continues to be undervalued by his peers.

[{"selector":"#anim-bd93285c-29cc-4e8b-aafe-698aca949571 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] NHL Network ranked Barkov as the ninth-best center in the league months after his two-way play helped the Panthers reach their second Stanley Cup Final.

[{"selector":"#anim-8369e6c2-2f74-4d09-963e-9990307bb65d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-5.0015626553719486%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Barkov could be the best player outside of Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Leon Draisaitl, and Sidney Crosby, who are locks for the Top 5.

[{"selector":"#anim-2e95eaa0-979e-400d-bce3-c238cede85ad [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(10.663865478155543%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Barkov ranks sixth among centers since 2016-17, after McDavid, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Matthews, and Crosby.

[{"selector":"#anim-8dac349c-2459-4833-ab7d-b77c9054d2d7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Given the influx of young talent like 22-year-old Jack Hughes (ranked sixth) and 24-year-old Elias Pettersson (ranked 10th), Barkov was only 30 points behind the pack of top-tier elite talent before his breakout.

[{"selector":"#anim-d1052911-ff7a-47a5-afbc-fd476aa7fe93 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Sasha Barkov, captain of the Florida Panthers, continues to be undervalued by his peers.

[{"selector":"#anim-f20c98f2-74ce-4b0d-a3b5-b904a474c6e5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(5.328892408210081%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] NHL Network ranked Barkov as the ninth-best center in the league months after his two-way play helped the Panthers reach their second Stanley Cup Final.

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