NHL.com kertoo ensikauden varauksista ja tässä barkovista kehuja.
Alexander Barkov, Tappara (Finland): Barkov is one of the youngest players in the SM-liiga, Finland's top professional league. Last season, at 16 years and four months, he became the youngest Finnish player to ever score a goal at the World Junior Championship -- and finished with a goal and three assists at the 2012 WJC.
In 32 games last season for Tappara, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound center had seven goals, 16 points and a plus-5 rating. He's off to a solid start with Tappara this season, with three goals and four points in two games.
"He's smart, cool, effective and creative," Stubb told NHL.com. "He's a two-way strength who sees the ice very well. His father was a great player who played in Russia and then spent 10 years with Tappara. Alexander Jr. plays the same style as his dad did."
Barkov's father, Alexander, starred for Spartak Moscow in Russia before moving to Finland to play for Tappara.