Edmonton Oilers lead the pack in Core 4 U-24 NHL Player Ranking - TSN.ca

Only Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl meet it, as we take TSN Hockey’s annual Core 4 Under 24 ranking to the next level this year, breaking the best young players in the world into five separate stratospheres.

McDavid and Draisaitl are in a class of their own – the only two AAA players in the TSN Hockey rankings. Another 11 burgeoning superstars – AA players – many already lower-case faces of the game, rank below them. They are followed by the usual class of productive and talented first-line forwards and first-pair defencemen – A players.The results are unsurprisingly familiar, with the Edmonton Oilers landing at the top of the Core 4 rankings for the third time in four years.

But six of the last 12 Stanley Cup finalists find themselves in the bottom third of the Core 4, a poignant reminder for these teams to strike while the window of opportunity is wide open. It might not open again for a while. That’s a message the Oilers, Maple Leafs and Canucks – three Canadian clubs inside the Core’s Top Four – should heed with the salary cap creating as much or more of a threat as a player’s aging curve.We went through every organization, from top to bottom, isolating the top players 23-and-under who are now Core 4 players or are authentic candidates to become Core 4 players. We then graded each eligible player, which came with a corresponding point value that aided in team rankings.

frank_seravalli Is that a picture of McDavid with Bouchard's number?

frank_seravalli Kotkaniemi - B prospect. What a joke this is. He was the youngest player in the league last year and put up 37 points. This year he was hurt for 7 games and is still one of the youngest players in the league. Yeah, his points haven’t been there as much, but come on. Ridiculous.

frank_seravalli 1A vs 3B

frank_seravalli The disrespect shown to Nylander is astounding.

frank_seravalli My money is on Alex Tuch leading his Bantam league in scoring this year.

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