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Top 25 Under 25 - Fan Rankings

114 fans weigh in, we compile the numbers.

By Copper and Blue Staff
The fans love Rajala
The fans love Rajala
via the gracious Candace Riley

114 people responded to our call for fan votes in our Top 25 Under 25 survey, a few more than last time around. The results of their ballots are listed below:

Reader's Rank Player Max Min Mode
1 Taylor Hall 3 1 1
2 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 6 1 2
3 Nail Yakupov 29 1 3
4 Jordan Eberle 9 1 4
5 Justin Schultz 10 2 5
6 Sam Gagner 15 3 6
7 Oscar Klefbom 14 2 7
8 Darnell Nurse 18 4 8
9 Martin Marincin 22 7 9
10 Anton Lander 29 6 11
11 Martin Gernat 42 9 11
12 Toni Rajala 44 9 14
13 Philip Larsen 46 8 16
14 Teemu Hartikainen 46 7 19
15 Jujhar Khaira 44 10 13
16 Marc-Olivier Roy 47 9 19
17 David Musil 45 9 17
18 Anton Slepyshev 46 7 16
19 Mark Arcobello 46 9 17
20 Dillon Simpson 47 9 18
21 Brandon Davidson 42 10 21
22 Bogdan Yakimov 46 8 19
23 Daniil Zharkov 44 9 23
24 Tyler Pitlick 47 12 22
25 Olivier Roy 43 8 26
26 Andrew Miller 47 12 25
27 Mitch Moroz 46 16 27
28 Erik Gustafsson 44 14 31
29 Travis Ewanyk 47 11 29
30 Kale Kessy 47 14 25
31 Gregory Chase 47 15 38
32 Joey Laleggia 47 13 31
33 Jackson Houck 45 13 26
34 Tyler Bunz 47 10 28
35 Curtis Hamilton 46 15 36
36 Ryan Martindale 47 12 35
37 Frans Tuohimaa 45 14 37
38 Aidan Muir 47 21 35
39 Antti Tyrvainen 47 16 46
40 Brad Hunt 47 15 44
41 John McCarron 46 14 39
42 Kyle Platzer 46 18 40
43 Lee Moffie 47 18 41
44 Evan Campbell 47 27 44
45 Ben Betker 47 19 44
46 Kellen Jones 47 23 45
47 Cameron Abney 47 19 47
  • The fans gave Taylor Hall 66% of the first place votes during our spring review, but 91% of the first place vote this time around. Hall had 104 first place votes, while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 6, Nail Yakupov 2 and Jordan Eberle 2.
  • 18 different players were ranked dead last: Cameron Abney, Evan Campbell, Kellen Jones, Aidan Muir, Lee Moffie, Andrew Miller, Tyler Bunz, Antti Tyrvainen, Ben Betker, Travis Ewanyk, Joey Laleggia, Marc-Olivier Roy, Dillon Simpson, Tyler Pitlick, Kale Kessy, Gregory Chase, Ryan Martindale, Brad Hunt with Abney receiving 58 last place votes.
  • Only 8 players received top 5 votes: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov, Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz, Sam Gagner, Darndell Nurse and Oscar Klefbom.

Like last time, the fan vote most closely matched Bruce's ballot. The fan vote disagreed most with Derek's ballot, then Scott's ballot, and there were some significant disagreements overall, much moreso than last time. The fans disagreed with our panel by voting Kale Kessy, Mitch Moroz, Antti Tyrvainen, Philip Larsen, Travis Ewanyk, Daniil Zharkov, Aidan Muir, Anton Lander, and Toni Rajala much higher than the panel:

Player Reader's Rank C&B Rank Change
Kale Kessy 30 41 11
Mitch Moroz 27 37 10
Antti Tyrvainen 39 46 7
Philip Larsen 13 20 7
Travis Ewanyk 29 36 7
Daniil Zharkov 23 29 6
Aidan Muir 38 42 4
Anton Lander 10 14 4
Toni Rajala 12 16 4

The fans also had significant disagreements on a number of players ranking them much lower than the panel:

Player Reader's Rank C&B Rank Change
John McCarron 41 28 -13
Lee Moffie 43 33 -10
Brad Hunt 40 31 -9
Kyle Platzer 42 34 -8
Dillon Simpson 20 13 -7
Jackson Houck 33 26 -7
Erik Gustafsson 28 23 -5

There were a some interesting trends in this vote, including Jordan Eberle's drop from 2 to 4, Toni Rajala's rise to 12 from 22, the disagreement with the panel and rise of face-punching forwards from the WHL and the significant disagreements on NCAA players.

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