The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the RawCharge 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.
Age: 21
2017-2018 Stats:
Last Year Rank: 25
Reader Rank: 15
Writer Rank: 11
Erik Cernak came into the organization as part of the Ben Bishop trade in February 2017, and was a second-round pick in 2015 by the Los Angeles Kings.