The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eight writers and 320 readers ranked players under the age of 25 as of September 1, 2018 in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production against future projection to rank each player. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked.
Name: Samuel Girard
Position: LD
Age: 20
Likely 2018-19 Team: NHL Colorado Avalanche
2017-18 Season Stats
NHL Nashville Predators: 5 GP, 1G, 2A, 3P
Last Year Rank: 11 (Nashville)
Reader Rank: 3
High Rank: 3 (Isaac, Jackie, Hardev, Tom)
Low Rank: 5 (Blaise, Skyler)
In a year full of surprises for the Colorado Avalanche in the 2017-18 season, the emergence of Samuel Girard might be the greatest one.