Seventeen people voted in the PPP Top 25 Under 25 this year, and only one of them cast a vote for Teemu Kivihalme. Will Scouch (@Scouching) is less dumb than the rest of us.
It’s always very difficult to rank a player like Kivihalme, who is older than most prospects, is a brand-new free agent signing, and was drafted and then not signed. Much like Calle Rosen and Andreas Borgman before him, the fact he’s a defenceman just makes it harder because looking at points is pointless for evaluation.
But we likely should have had him on all our lists because, short of Nick Robertson, he was the standout at the Traverse City Prospects tournament.