Rangers Report Card: Artem Anisimov
April 19th, 2010 by Broadway Hockey Daily Leave a reply »Throughout the 2009-10 playoffs, we’ll be grading each of this season’s Rangers individually and looking into their respective futures. Look for more Rangers Report Cards coming soon.
ARTEM ANISIMOV: 82 games, 12 goals, 16 assists, 28 points. -2, 32 PIM, 124 shots, 9.7 shooting percentage, 12:54 minutes per game.
As disappointing and forgettable as the 2009-10 season was for the New York Rangers, there were several individual campaigns that turned out to be bright spots. Russian rookie Artem Anisimov’s was among them.
No, the soon-to-be 22-year-old didn’t turn into a star player overnight this season. He didn’t become the offensive savior that this team needed. What he did do, however, was give fairly regularly glimpses at the potential player he can become in time: a smart, defensively responsible center with a hell of a wrist shot, soft hands, great size, and decent playmaking skills.
That’s pretty impressive, considering he still needs to put on a sizable amount of muscle, and the team he played on was undermanned and lacking both consistency and strategy.
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