NHL Top 20 Players Under 20 From 2015-17 Seasons

Oct 2, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) controls the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during a preseason hockey game at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 2, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) controls the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during a preseason hockey game at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NHL Gets Younger Every Season, So Who Sits Where in the NHL Top 20 Under 20? Well, We are Here to Let You Know!

With the average age of NHL players this year between 28 and 25 years of age. It’s definitely become a young man’s game. In this article, we will be counting down the NHL top 20 under 20. Some players you may already know where they rank, as where others you may be surprised.

The way this will work is any player with 10 games or less will be ranked by points. Players with 30 games or less will be ranked by games played and players who have played 30 or more games will be decided with points-per-game averages.

Next year the NHL will be even younger, so a new list will be coming when it’s appropriate. As for now, we are only going to focus on 20 and under players who have played this season and last. So who will rank first and who will sit at number 20? Let’s find out!

Jacob Larsson. 20. player. 105. <a rel=. D. Frolunda HC (SHL)

121. The Coyotes have been going crazy this season with the youth movement. Everyone thought this would be the year <a rel=. C. Erie (OHL). Dylan Strome. 19. player

121. Another Arizona player making his debut on this list (where there is quite a few) <a rel=. RW/C. Springfield (AHL). Christian Fischer. 18. player

player. 98. <a rel=. C/LW. Farjestad BK (SHL). Joel Eriksson Ek. 17

16. player. 148. Edmonton’s fourth overall pick in last year’s draft, <a rel=. RW. Karpat (Liiga). Jesse Puljujarvi