With two weeks to go before training camp opens, we’ve wrapped up another month of Top 25 articles, and it’s been one of our most successful yet. With such a large group of players under 25 already playing professionally in the NHL, and more in the AHL and Europe, this year won’t be a list full of player we all look back on and say “Really, we resorted to ranking him?”
Sure there will be some of those players, but we’ve seen a good batch, starting with:
#25A - Rinat Valiev - D
2016/17 Team: Toronto Marlies
Most likely 2017/18 Team: Toronto Marlies
Highest Rank: 15 / Lowest Rank: Unranked
Valiev was less popular than anyone else on the list and was only in the Top 25 because of two high votes from Species (15) and myself (19).