By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman The 2023-24 NHL season kicks off Oct. 10. Tiers over time Projected stats Tier 2 — Franchise CAR C 26 2B Aleksander Barkov Why he's here Every forward in 2B had folks in his corner — “put all those guys in a hat, and whoever comes out first doesn’t really matter,” as …
