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It’s that time of year again. With the draft behind us, and a new crop of youngsters added to the depth chart, we are set to begin our Top 25 Under 25 series, by bringing you profiles on all 25 of those players individually. For most teams, this list will be mainly filled with prospects, the Colorado Avalanche don’t fall into that category. Thanks to come incredible work by Joe Sakic and the front office, the Avs have a group of youngsters at the NHL level that is the envy of nearly every other team in the league. This means that a lot of the players at the top of the T25U25 list are already core members of a team that not only made the playoffs, but was able to knock off the number one seed in the Western Conference.
Last year’s final ranking was an interesting on that in hindsight could use a little tweaking.
Here’s how the top-10 finished:
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Mikko Rantanen
- Samuel Girard
- Tyson Jost
- Cale Makar
- Nikita Zadorov
- Martin Kaut
- Alexander Kerfoot
- Conor Timmins
- Shane Bowers
MacKinnon and Rantanen as one and two was a no brainer but something tells me Girard and Jost won’t be rounding out the top-4 this year.
Once again we’d like to open up the voting to the readers. We want your help to rank this incredibly talented group.
Mile High Hockey Top-25 Under 25 Ranking Tool
It’s a simple drag and drop tool but feel free to ask questions (or argue about rankings) in the comments here.
Colorado Avalanche players under 25
Player | Age | 2018-19 League | 2018-19 Stats |
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Player | Age | 2018-19 League | 2018-19 Stats |
A.J. Greer | 22 | AHL | 54GP; 19G/25A |
Adam Werner | 22 | SHL | 26GP; .926 vs% |
Alex Beaucage | 17 | QMJHL | 68GP; 39G/40A |
Alex Newhook | 18 | BCHL | 53GP; 38G/64A |
Bowen Byram | 18 | WHL | 67GP; 26G/45A |
Brandon Saigeon | 21 | OHL | 68GP; 37G/55A |
Cale Makar | 20 | NCAA | 41GP; 16G/33A |
Cam Morrison | 20 | NCAA | 32GP; 11G/10A |
Conor Timmins | 20 | AHL | DNP |
Danila Zhuravlyov | 19 | VHL/MHL | 40GP; 0G5A |
Denis Smirnov | 21 | NCAA | 37GP; 8G, 14A |
Drew Helleson | 19 | USHL | 64GP; 5G/18A |
Hunter Miska | 24 | AHL | 25GP; .895 sv% |
Igor Shyvryov | 21 | AHL | 57GP; 6G/7A |
J.T. Compher | 24 | NHL | 66GP; 16G/16A |
Josh Anderson | 20 | ECHL | 55GP; 1G/6A |
Josh Dickinson | 21 | AHL/ECHL | 31GP; 8G/21A (ECHL) |
Justus Annunen | 19 | Mestis | 22GP; .891 sv% |
Logan O'Connor | 22 | AHL | 64GP; 19G/23A |
Luka Burzan | 19 | WHL | 68GP; 40G/38A |
Martin Kaut | 19 | AHL | 63GP; 12G/14A |
Matthew Stienburg | 18 | CAHS | 56GP; 33G/42A |
Mikko Rantanen | 22 | NHL | 74GP; 31G/56A |
Nate Clurman | 21 | NCAA | 39GP; 0G/3A |
Nathan Mackinnon | 23 | NHL | 82GP; 41G/58A |
Nicholas Meloche | 22 | AHL | 55GP; 6G/15A |
Nick Henry | 20 | WHL | 44GP; 14G/40A |
Nick Leivermann | 20 | NCAA | 23GP; 1G/1A |
Nikita Zadorov | 24 | NHL | 70GP; 7G/7A |
Nikolai Kovalenko | 19 | KHL | 33GP; 5G/1A |
Petr Kvaca | 21 | Czech2 | 19GP; .924 sv% |
Ryan Graves | 24 | NHL/AHL | 26GP; 3G/2A (NHL) |
Sampo Ranta | 19 | NCAA | 36GP; 6G/10A |
Samuel Girard | 21 | NHL | 82GP; 4G/23A |
Sasha Mutala | 18 | WHL | 65GP; 20G/21A |
Shamil Shmakov | 19 | MHL | 22GP; .915 sv% |
Shane Bowers | 20 | NCAA | 37GP; 11G/10A |
Travis Barron | 20 | AHL | 38GP; 3G/2A |
Trent Miner | 18 | WHL | 32GP; .924 sv% |
Ty Lewis | 21 | AHL | 51GP; 8G/11A |
Tyler Weiss | 19 | NCAA | 25GP; 3G/11A |
Tyson Jost | 21 | NHL | 70GP; 11G/15A |
Vladislav Kamenev | 22 | NHL | 23GP; 2G/3A |