(Editor's note: Due to some editorial issues, this article didn't get posted yesterday. It means today you get a double feature of Top 25 Under 25!)
Nicholas Paul was possibly the most controversial player to not be ranked in last year's Top 25 Under 25. Coming over in the Jason Spezza trade, not much was known about Paul in the capital a year ago. But with Alex Chiasson disappointing, Alex Guptill not amounting to much, and Gabriel Gagne several years from the NHL, Nick Paul is shaping up to have been the centrepiece of that trade.