NHL Players Top 20 Under 20 for the 2016-17 Season

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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

NHL Power Rankings: Arizona Coyotes center Ryan White (25) celebrates with left wing Jordan Martinook (48) and left wing Lawson Crouse (67) after scoring a goal in the second period against the Los Angeles Kings at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports /

player. 121. Another influential piece to the Coyotes youth movement is grinding forward <a rel=. LW. Portland (AHL). Lawson Crouse. 15

player. 87. An offensively gifted forward, <a rel=. C/RW. Springfield (AHL). Denis Malgin. 14

13. player. 121. Son of legendary player <a rel=. D. Sarnia (OHL). Jakob Chychrun

Noah Hanifin. 12. player. 109. Right beside <a rel=. D. Carolina (NHL)

player. 106. Out of all of the Islanders top prospects, <a rel=. W/C. Shawinigan (QMJHL). Anthony Beauvillier. 11

Sep 21, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov (79) during a preseason game against the New York Islanders at PPL Center. The Flyers defeated the Islanders, 5-3. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports /

C/LW. Sarnia (OHL). Pavel Zacha. 10. player. 85. With <a rel=

player. 68. As dynamic as they come for a defenseman of his age group, <a rel=. D. Brandon (WHL). Ivan Provorov. 9

Travis Konecny. 8. player. 68. Everyone had their eyes on <a rel=. C/RW. Sarnia (OHL)

<a rel=. W/C. Karpat (Liiga). Sebastian Aho. 7. player. 109

NHL Power Rankings: Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) yells out instructions before taking a face-off against the Dallas Stars at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Stars 3-1. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /

player. 112. When the Flames drafted center, <a rel=. LW. London (OHL). Matthew Tkachuk. 5

player. 30. Winnipeg felt at the draft that they had gotten the better player, which as it stands right now they weren’t wrong. <a rel=. LW/RW. Tappara (Liiga). Patrik Laine. 2

Edmonton (NHL). Connor McDavid. 1. player. 148. Not surprising to see Connor at number one, he is the greatest player in the game right now rivaling <a rel=. C

Next: NHL Player Rankings: 100 Players Under 24-Years-Old

Every single one of these players on this list are stars for their respective clubs, and cornerstone players. And as old veterans retire these new kids have jobs to fill, and they’ll do it with ease. The NHL gets younger and faster every season, and with players like this, it’s only going to get more exciting as the years go on!

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