aleksander 'sasha' aleksandrovich barkov (russian: александр александрович барков; born 2 september 1995) is a russian-finnish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the florida panthers of the national hockey league (nhl).barkov was selected by the panthers in the first round, second overall, of the 2013 nhl entry draft.he is the son of former russian hockey player alexander barkov sr. and holds dual finnish and russian citizenship.barkov is regarded as an elite two-way centre and one of the best defensive forwards in hockey, winning the frank j. selke trophy in 2021.barkov was born and raised in tampere, finland, where his father was playing for tappara of the finnish sm-liiga at the time.barkov joined tappara’s junior system and started his professional career with the club in the finnish elite league.during the 2010–11 season, he became one of the youngest players to compete in the u20 sm-sarja.he finished the 2011–12 season with five goals and 12 assists for 17 points through 25 games.following this, barkov made his debut in the top league liiga with tappara on 1 october 2011 and became the youngest player in the league to score a point, with his assist on a goal by kalle kaijomaa.the 37-year old record was previously held by juha jyrkkiö.as the season progressed, barkov spent time on the team's power play and averaged 13:32 minutes of ice time.he tallied seven goals and nine assists through 32 games before being ruled out for the remainder of the regular season due to mononucleosis.barkov returned to the liiga for the 2012–13 season where he set numerous career highs.barkov ranked second on tappara in scoring with 21 goals and 27 assists for 48 points through 53 games before he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury.the injury required surgery and he was forced to sit out the rest of the playoffs and the fitness portion of the nhl combine.despite this, the final ranking from the nhl central scouting bureau for the 2013 nhl entry draft was first overall for international skaters.barkov was eventually drafted second overall by the florida panthers.following the signing, barkov participated in the panthers training camp prior to the start of the 2013–14 season.he made his nhl debut on 3 october 2013, in a win over the dallas stars.during the game, he scored his first nhl goal while playing 15:34 and winning three of 13 faceoffs.he subsequently became the youngest player since the 1967 nhl expansion to score a goal in the nhl.as the youngest player in the nhl's 2013–14 season, barkov continued to produce and quickly accumulated five points in his first seven games.as his points increased, so did his playing time.by the end of october, barkov went from averaging about 10 minutes to playing more than 13 minutes.barkov and fellow rookie nick bjugstad quickly became steadfast centres on the panthers first and second lines.barkov also earned praise from hockey pundits and teammates for playing beyond his years on and off the ice.throughout december, barkov recorded nine points through 10 games while playing on the panthers top line with sean bergenheim and brad boyes.as a member of the top line through january, barkov suffered a lower body injury on 21 january and subsequently missed four games.despite this, he still sat just one point off the team lead in points with 24.although he recovered in time to join team finland at the olympics, barkov suffered a second injury during the tournament that cut his nhl season to 54 games.he finished his rookie season with eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points, on pace for a 36-point campaign.during the 2014 off-season, the panthers signed finnish free agent jussi jokinen who wanted to play on the team because of barkov.
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