The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. It was a combination of six staff writers and over 485 fans that ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 10, 2021. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player.
The former OHL MVP has slipped to #11 in this year’s ranking. Looks like the staff rank is heavily skewed by me and my doubt, so I apologize to the onslaught coming!
For me, we haven’t seen much of anything of UPL since leaving the Ontario Hockey League and I have no reason to vote him much higher than that of Levi and Portillo.