The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Raw Charge community. Ten writers and 106 readers ranked players under the age of 25 as of September 1, 2017 in the Tampa Bay Lightning 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, plus Honorable Mentions.
Name: Alexander Volkov
Position: Left Wing
Age: 21
Likely 2018-2019 Team: Syracuse Crunch, AHL
2017-2018 Stats:
Syracuse Crunch regular season: 75 GP, 23 G, 22 A, 45 P, 63 PIMs, Plus-19
Syracuse Crunch, playoffs: 7 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 P, 8 PIMs, Plus-3
Last Year Rank: Honorable Mention
Reader Rank: 7th
Writer Rank: 10th
Final Rank: 10th
Alexander Volkov was more than a bit of a surprise pick for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.