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T25U25: The 2020 Unranked

The 2020 Maple Leafs Top 25 Under 25 began this year with a shorter than usual list of eligible players, and now that the voting is closes, we can reveal the unranked prospects. Last year 13 players were unanimously unranked.

The year before, we had 14:

This year there is only seven, but if you consider that the Leafs have six draft picks in rounds six and seven, the list really is its usual size. Late-round drafted players don’t get ranked by anyone much until they’ve had a year to do something impressive. Ages 19 and 20 are usually where players like these get overrated as they seem better than most of the rest of their junior teams.