The NHL remains the world's best league by a large margin, but the emergence of the KHL as a rival for superstars like Ilya Kovalchuk has had an impact on the overall quality of the league. It's impossible to say at this time that all of the best hockey players in the world reside in the NHL.
Aside from the KHL, drafted players who are still developing and elite players who are draft-eligible are also among the best outside the NHL. That matter will be solved in good time, and there's an impressive group on the horizon.
Here are the eight best players not currently in the NHL, ranked based on their potential impact in the NHL.
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Ranking the Best Hockey Players Not Currently in the NHL
November 27th, 2015 by Allan Mitchell Leave a reply »
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