We've finished the write-ups on our Top 25 Under 25 but have a few loose ends to tie up. First and foremost are the results of the fan rankings. With so many dissenting opinions during this go around, it's interesting to see just how closely the fans align with the writers here. After the jump, the results of our readers' vote.
1 | Taylor Hall |
2 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins |
3 | Jordan Eberle |
4 | Magnus Paajarvi |
5 | Sam Gagner |
6 | Linus Omark |
7 | Jeff Petry |
8 | Anton Lander |
9 | Oscar Klefbom |
10 | Teemu Hartikainen |
11 | Martin Marincin |
12 | Curtis Hamilton |
13 | Theo Peckham |
14 | Tyler Pitlick |
15 | Jeremie Blain |
16 | David Musil |
17 | Brandon Davidson |
18 | Colten Teubert |
19 | Tyler Bunz |
20 | Ryan Martindale |
21 | Olivier Roy |
22 | Alex Plante |
23 | Samu Perhonen |
24 | Dillon Simpson |
25 | Taylor Chorney |
The most interesting thing about the fan voting is not the overall rankings, but how the players bunched together when the votes were tallied. Taylor Hall was the unanimous #1, but after that, through most of the next dozen players, the final vote sees them bunched in pairs. Nugent-Hopkins and Eberle are neck and neck, and in fact Eberle led the voting for awhile. It's worth noting that Eberle was ranked no lower than 4th, while Nugent-Hopkins was ranked 5th a couple of times and 6th once. There's a drop back to Paajarvi, but Gagner is right behind him. There's another significant drop back to Omark, but he and Petry are tightly bunched. Then another step back to Lander who sits alone in 8th, not close to 7th, but a bit closer to Klefbom behind him in 9th. Hartikainen and Marincin are bunched together, then Hamilton and Peckham are separated by a single vote. After that the results begin to space themselves out in a wider distribution, but I find the results fascinating.
In the table below, I've removed Andrew Cogliano from our writer's vote and laid your results in next to our vote:
Fan Vote | C&B Vote | |||
1 | Taylor Hall | 1 | Taylor Hall | |
2 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 2 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | |
3 | Jordan Eberle | 3 | Jordan Eberle | |
4 | Magnus Paajarvi | 4 | Sam Gagner | |
5 | Sam Gagner | 5 | Magnus Paajarvi | |
6 | Linus Omark | 6 | Jeff Petry | |
7 | Jeff Petry | 7 | Linus Omark | |
8 | Anton Lander | 8 | Anton Lander | |
9 | Oscar Klefbom | 9 | Teemu Hartikainen | |
10 | Teemu Hartikainen | 10 | Oscar Klefbom | |
11 | Martin Marincin | 11 | Martin Marincin | |
12 | Curtis Hamilton | 12 | Curtis Hamilton | |
13 | Theo Peckham | 13 | Tyler Pitlick | |
14 | Tyler Pitlick | 14 | Theo Peckham | |
15 | Jeremie Blain | 15 | Ryan Martindale | |
16 | David Musil | 16 | David Musil | |
17 | Brandon Davidson | 17 | Brandon Davidson | |
18 | Colten Teubert | 18 | Jeremie Blain | |
19 | Tyler Bunz | 19 | Colten Teubert | |
20 | Ryan Martindale | 20 | Dillon Simpson | |
21 | Olivier Roy | 21 | Olivier Roy | |
22 | Alex Plante | 22 | Samu Perhonen | |
23 | Samu Perhonen | 23 | Taylor Chorney | |
24 | Dillon Simpson | 24 | Alex Plante | |
25 | Taylor Chorney | 25 | Chris VandeVelde |
The top 14 is same group players on both sides with slight ordering differences, but nothing greater than a 1 spot difference. After that, there is more disagreement. The fans love Jeremie Blain, ranking him 15th, 3 spots higher than our staff. The staff has Martindale ranked 15th, 5 spots higher compared to the fans. Musil and Davidson are the same on both sides, and Teubert is one spot higher on the fans' side. Tyler Bunz is 19th for the fans, but he's not in C&B's top 25. Dillon Simpson is 20th among our staff, 24th on the fans side. Taylor Fedun narrowly missed the fans' top 25, the only player close to joining the list.