For the final look at EOTP’s 2020 ranking of the top 25 Montreal Canadiens players under 25, we’ll look at the biggest movers on the list from last year.
There were some major moves from the 2019 version — in both directions. A year ago we introduced a tweaked ranking procedure, which changed how certain players or types of players were viewed, and that had an impact on the year-over-year moves. This time we get a more direct comparison as many of the players from a year ago were re-evaluated using the same criteria.
Biggest Rises
Mattias Norlinder
2019: #16 → 2020: #5
For the first time in several years, we didn’t get a jump to rival some of the largest we’ve ever seen.