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PPP's Top 25 Under 25 - #3 James Reimer
When I finally got a chance to sit down and write about James Reimer (which I apologize for it taking so long), two questions kept coming up. The first; is #3 too high of a ranking for Reimer? While his statistics have been an improvement over the level of goaltending the Leafs have received since...
PPP's Top 25 Under 25 - #4 Luke Schenn
Four seasons into Luke Schenn's career, what do we know? We know that he probably provides more offensive upside than Leaf fans expected when he was drafted 5th overall in 2008. Without the benefit of virtually any time on the powerplay, Schenn has incrementally improved from 14 to 17 to 22 last...
PPP's Top 25 Under 25 - #5 Joe Colborne
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --><!-- END WIDGET -->It's very hard to classify a team as the "loser" in a trade that eventually wins them the Stanley Cup. I mean, the goal of all 30 NHL teams each year is to hoist the Cup at the end of the season. Teams that are truly close frequently gamble that their...
Curtis Hamilton - #16 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
When the Oilers selected Curtis Hamilton 48th overall the biggest questions surrounding him were injury-related. Touted as a potential first round selection earlier in the year, Hamilton's stock had fallen as a result of injuries that limited him to just 26 games during his draft season. After...
David Musil - #14 in the Copper & Blue’s Top 25 Under 25
When it comes to evaluating prospects, the defensive defensemen is one of the hardest types to judge from any distance. Goaltenders of course are in a whole other world, with the prized, franchise-goalie in waiting routinely shelved in favour of the 26-year old with an unpronounceable name who was...
Dillon Simpson - #17 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
The underlying storyline to the entire history of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL has been "The Boys on the Bus". The men featured in that documentary dominated the ice for the first decade of Oilers history. After their playing careers were over, thee of them ended up behind the bench. Two of...
Tyler Bunz - #18 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
If nobody else is going to say it, I will. I hate goalies. I've always hated goalies. I played goal in road hockey, but even that was just semi-organized self-loathing. My very first article on The Copper & Blue was actually about goalies and why they piss me off. Goalies are the nemeses of...
PPP's Top 25 Under 25 - #6 Nazem Kadri
My earliest memories of the Maple Leafs are from the Wendel Clark/Doug Gilmour/Pat Burns era. So that's just shy of 20 years of watching the Leafs, a passion that has grown every day. So the following statement is not said lightly. In almost 20 years of following the Toronto Maple Leafs, I cannot...
Olivier Roy - #19 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Olivier Roy is probably more famous so far for his meltdowns than he is for his actual ability to play goal. He got shelled in the 2011 Tournament of small sample sizes and he was obliterated in his pair of playoff starts in the QMJHL later on that spring. As a player, you can sort of escape from a...
PPP's Top 25 Under 25 - #7 Cody Franson
Even though this is our first instalment of the Top 25 Under 25 series, I feel pretty confident in saying that doing rankings during the middle of the season can be a tough task. Already during this countdown, we've had one member of the team be traded out of the organization, and no fewer than...
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