The rise of Pavel Dorofeyev has come so fast -- and yet, in so many ways, it feels inevitable. When he looks back at the path that led him here, he doesn’t point to a single lightning-strike moment. He points to a grind that finally found its groove.

“About a year and a half ago I was a rotational player,” the 24-year-old Golden Knights forward told NHL.com. International. “I think I played in 47 games the year before (in 2023-24), and the following season I was in the lineup every night. That’s where the better stats came from -- more ice time and being on the first power-play unit. That’s what made the difference.”

Dorofeyev entered the 2024-25 season in the shadows -- a player with promise and flashes, but not yet a full-blown NHL sniper. By season’s end, he had shattered his previo

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