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Ryan Henkel
Aug 22, 2025
Updated at Aug 22, 2025, 15:03
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Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho is one of the NHL's top players and heading into the 2025-26 season, he was ranked as the 13th best center currently in the league by NHL Network.

The Finnish forward has pretty much been Carolina's top player since he entered the NHL in 2016, having led the team in points in seven of his nine seasons.

Sebastian Aho sends Carolina to the second round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2OT goal in Game 5 against New Jersey.

Last year, Aho had a 29-goal, 74-point campaign to lead Carolina and was one goal shy of his fifth 30+ goal season.

The Finnish center is also one of the NHL's top two-way players, playing a solid and dependable two-way game.

In fact, he's also an extremely potent shorthanded threat as nobody has scored more shorthanded goals than him since he entered the league.

Aho also is second in the entire league in game-winning goals over the past three seasons and he plays a pivotal role in every situation for the Hurricanes.

Not only is he productive in the regular season, but the Finnish phenom is also nearly a point-per-game player in the postseason (84 points in 89 games) and he is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff points, goals and assists.

Players ranked ahead of Aho include:

  1. Connor McDavid
  2. Nathan MacKinnon
  3. Leon Draisaitl
  4. Aleksander Barkov
  5. Sidney Crosby
  6. Jack Eichel
  7. Auston Matthews
  8. Brayden Point
  9. Mark Scheifele
  10. Nick Suzuki
  11. Jack Hughes
  12. Robert Thomas

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