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2017 Top 25 under 25: #25 Rinat Valiev

Related Topics: Evgeny Valiev, Rinat Valiev

I’ll always admit I have a defender bias. It’s my position, I love the back end of the game, and if I have to pick a player in a tie, unless it’s a superstar I’ll always go with the defender.

Age: 22
Position: Defense
Shoots: Left
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 187 lb
Drafted: 2014, #68
2016 T25: #21

elseldo: 19
Arvind: unranked
Kevin: unranked
Fulemin: unranked
Katya: unranked
Acha: unranked
Annie: unranked
Scott Wheeler: unranked
Species: 15
Jared: unranked
Brigstew: unranked
Gunnar: unranked

It was my bias to the position that got him ranked so high on my list, 19th, and species helped with a 15th place vote, and those two combined overpowered the “not ranked” from everyone else and boosted him into 25th on the list.