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NEXT RUNNER-UP: EVGENI MALKIN

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Even Mark Cuban knew it, as he walked out of Mellon Arena on Oct. 24 with a $277 No. 71 Evgeni Malkin jersey. The Dallas Mavericks owner had just watched the 20-year-old Russian score the defining goal of his skyrocketing rookie season (so far, anyway). "What I saw in Pittsburgh was the most exciting glimpse of NHL greatness I have ever seen," Cuban blogged days later. What he saw was this: Malkin flew across the blue line and caught a pass from fellow phenom Sidney Crosby, then pulled the puc ...

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