The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Raw Charge writing staff. Four writers, plus a special guest, ranked players under the age of 25 as of September 1st, 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.
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In December of 2016, 19-year-old Czech defenseman Libor Hájek was overjoyed to find out (from his mom) that his name was on the Team Czech camp roster for the IIHF world junior championships.