Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesPosition: Right Wing/Left Wing
Age: 23
2019-20 Stats:
Last Year’s Rank: #7
Reader’s Rank: #9
Writer’s Rank: #7
Final Rank: #7
When Mathieu Joseph made the 2018-2019 Tampa Bay Lightning roster, I was surprised. Only a year removed from a 53 point debut with the Syracuse Crunch, but still thought to be behind other prospects like Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, Mitchell Stephens, and Anthony Cirelli. Yet, after camp finished, there he was suiting up for a the team that would light the regular season on fire. He represented himself well with a 26 point rookie season (13G, 13A). The prevalent thought process around Joseph entering this past season was, “if he can…
