Ivan Barbashev

Barbashev was the author of one of the NHL's most unexpected offensive breakouts in 2021-22. The Russian had never scored more than 14 goals and 26 points in any of his first five NHL seasons, but those numbers jumped up to a whopping 26 goals and 60 points in 81 games with St. Louis in 2021-22. The most notable reason for that jump in production was a change in deployment. Barbashev averaged roughly 90 seconds worth of power-play time per game last year, resulting in nine points with the man advantage. He had one power-play point in his first five seasons combined. Barbashev's 23.4 percent shooting percentage suggests there is massive regression forthcoming in the goals-scored department, but even 20 goals, 50 points, and 150 hits (he had 160 last season) would make Barbashev a late-round target in many formats.