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 500 readers that ranked players under the age of 25 by September 1st, 2019. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player.
Age: 21
Size: 5’8” | 178 lbs.
2019-20 Team: Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Staff Rank: 15
That’s the best way to put it, at least at this point. It’s hard to judge exactly how good he may be in North America, or with the Buffalo Sabres organization, since he hasn’t played a game here just yet, and he wasn’t even with the Sabres organization last season.