The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eleven writers and 480 readers ranked players under the age of 25 as of September 1, 2019 in the Colorado Avalanche 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.
Age: 22
Position: RW
Height: 6’4’’
Weight: 212 lbs
2019-20 team: Colorado Avalanche
Final Rank: #2
2018 Rank: #2
Fan Rank: #2
High Rank: #2 (Most)
Low Rank: #3 (Tom, Arielle, Jack)
After a breakout season in 2017-18, Mikko Rantanen looked like he had reached the potential the Colorado Avalanche saw in him when he was drafted 10th overall back in 2015.