The 2024 version of our Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown list begins with a checking line forward this season.
Graduates and departed players from last year’s list
The best of the rest
#16 Raivis Ansons, LW/C
2022 Ranking: No. 16
Age: 22 (Jan. 29, 2002)
Acquired Via: 2020 NHL Draft (Round 5 - No. 149 overall)
Height/Weight: 6-foot-1, 192 pounds
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After being ranked as high as 12th in the T25U25 back in 2022 (which, again were the dreariest days for talent that the Penguins have had lately), Ansons has slid down the charts with his pro career off to a mild start.