The impact several rookies are making on the NHL is one of the major storylines of the 2021-22 season. Each week, NHL.com will examine topics related to this season’s class in the Rookie Watch.
This week, a look at the top five NHL rookies from the Metropolitan Division (listed alphabetically).
Martin Fehervary, D, Washington Capitals: The second-round pick (No. 46) in the 2018 NHL Draft earned a full-time spot in the lineup after the Capitals waived Michal Kempny and assigned him to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Oct. 10. The 22-year-old (6-foot-2, 199 pounds) is second among all NHL rookies with 228 hits. He’s averaged 19:42 of ice time with a plus-18 rating in 72 games while earning top-pair minutes with John Carlson. Fehervary has scored 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) and is fifth among all first-year players with 111 blocked shots. He averages 1:51 of shorthanded ice time per game, third among Capitals defensemen.
“He’s played fantastic,” Capitals coach Peter…
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