Daniil Pylenkov was a triple overager last summer when the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted him in the seventh round. Standing at 6’1”, the left shot defender has a late birthday meaning he will be 22 when he begins this season with SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL. And because of the shallow prospect pool the Lightning are currently living with (everyone is old now!), he’s made it into our Top 25 Under 25.
Pylenkov was actually voted in by all the writers except me, so I’m going to spend this time talking about why he might deserve to be on this list, but also my perspective as to why I didn’t think he was worthy of a top 25 vote.