The Top 20 Under 24 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. It was a combination of five staff writers and over 300 readers that ranked prospects under the age of 24 and have played less than 125 NHL games.
Age: 21
2020-21 Team: TPS (Liiga)
Despite being voted into the top-three in this poll, fans of the Buffalo Sabres were not unanimously satisfied with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s performance in 2019-20. Coming off an outstanding 2018-19 campaign in the OHL (where he won the league’s Goaltender of the Year Award), his transition to the professional ranks wasn’t seamless.