After just one Avalanche player - forward Mikko Rantanen - clocked in on The Athletic’s Corey Pronman’s Top 100 under 25 list’s 50-100 players, fans were left awaiting the results of where their best and brightest prospects would fall among the league’s top 50 on the list.
Captain Gabriel Landeskog ended up just squeaking on to the list at 45, with Pronman citing his lack of development over the last few years as the primary reason for his low(ish) ranking.
Much higher up on the list, though, Pronman placed Nathan MacKinnon at 13 - above names like Leon Draisaitl, Johnny Gaudreau, and even high-flying Maple Leafs forward William Nylander.