Gavin McKenna, the first-overall draft pick, just pulled a 3.2 weighted average ranking in the T25U25 community vote, and if that doesn’t make you do a double-take, you’re not paying attention. The top few names on these lists are usually locked in, but this year’s results for McKenna show a wild split, a genuine lack of belief from a high proportion of voters. Seriously, what are we even doing?
The Top Three Shake-Up Is Real
The community spoke, and you voted Gavin McKenna, Matthew Knies, and Easton Cowan 1-2-3 for the T25U25. That top three feels somewhat familiar, but dive into the numbers and it gets spicy. Easton Cowan, for one, is a massive consensus vote for third place, rocking an average ranking of 4.49. That’s almost two full ranking points above Ben Danford, showing some serious agreement there.
Knies Rising, McKenna Doubted?
Matthew Knies, on the other hand, made a move, jumping up just over one full spot to second with some strong support. But the real head-scratcher? McKenna’s 3.2 average ranking for first place is far from unanimous. We’re talking significant votes in second place for him, and even lower. Remember, last year Knies had an average ranking of 1.8, and the year before that it was 1.9. That’s a huge difference compared to McKenna’s numbers this year. The voters are showing a very strong belief in Knies, while a high proportion are straight-up lacking belief in our first-overall pick. It’s completely unsupported, if you ask me. What’s going on here?
So what does this mean? Are we really doubting our first-overall talent? This is the kind of early season chatter that can fuel a player. McKenna’s got to be feeling the burn from that 3.2, and honestly, he should use it to light a fire. We need to see these guys proving the doubters wrong on the ice. Get ready to watch them battle it out and show everyone exactly what they are capable of.
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Originally reported by Pension Plan Puppets.
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