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: Mitchell Stephens
Position: Center
Age: 21
Likely 2018-2019 Team: Syracuse Crunch, AHL
2017-2018 Stats:
Syracuse Crunch regular season: 70 GP, 19 G, 22 A, 41 P, 24 PIMs, Plus-17
Syracuse Crunch, playoffs: 7 GP, 1 G, 5 A, 6 P, 4 PIMs, Plus-5
Last Year Rank: 21st
Reader Rank: 13th
Writer Rank: 13th
Final Rank: 13th
When he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, scouting director Al Murray described Mitchell Stephens as being a player similar to Ryan Callahan.