{"id":163796,"date":"2025-08-19T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/163796\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:26:12","slug":"colorado-avalanche-top-25-under-25-14-christian-humphreys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/163796\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #14 Christian Humphreys"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Six writers have ranked players under the age of 25 in the\u00a0Colorado Avalanche<\/a>\u00a0organization as of September 1, 2025.\u00a0Now, we\u2019ll count down each of the 25 players ranked (plus one Honorable Mention).<\/p>\n

Name:\u00a0Christian Humphreys<\/p>\n

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Age:\u00a019<\/p>\n

Position:\u00a0Center<\/p>\n

Height:\u00a05\u201911<\/p>\n

Weight:\u00a0170 lbs.<\/p>\n

Likely 2025-26 Team:\u00a0Kitchener Rangers<\/p>\n

2024 Rank:\u00a0#14<\/p>\n

Final Rank:\u00a0#14<\/p>\n

High Rank:\u00a0#13 (Jess)<\/p>\n

Low Rank:\u00a0#16 (Ezra)<\/p>\n

2024-25 Statistics:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michigan (NCAA) \u2013 10 GP: 0G, 1A, 1P<\/p>\n

Kitchener Rangers (OHL) \u2013 28 GP: 11G, 22A, 32P<\/p>\n

Christian Humphreys was selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the seventh round of the 2024 draft at 215th overall. He entered the 2024\u201325 season as our 14th-ranked prospect, and after a year of highs and lows, he remains in precisely that position.<\/p>\n

The year began in Ann Arbor, where Humphreys embarked on his freshman campaign as an 18-year-old with the University of Michigan. The experiment lasted just ten games, yielding a single point and multiple healthy scratches. His lack of production, coupled with an evident struggle to establish a role at young age in a major program, made the NCAA environment a difficult fit. By midseason, Humphreys elected to change course and find a better opportunity, leaving Michigan for the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s Kitchener Rangers.<\/p>\n

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From a statistical perspective, the move proved beneficial. With Kitchener, Humphreys appeared rejuvenated, posting 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) across 28 games. The shift to major junior showcased his passing ability, decision-making, and discipline \u2014 traits that have long been part of his identity as a player. Rarely penalized and generally reliable with the puck, he demonstrated the playmaking instincts that first made him an intriguing prospect.\u00a0Playing in the top six and at center brought some confidence back as well.<\/p>\n

Yet, the early struggles in Michigan cannot be dismissed. They underline the primary concern that has shadowed Humphreys throughout his development: pace. While he sees the ice well, his game lacks urgency. Some players possess an innate extra gear that allows them to dictate tempo; Humphreys, at this stage, does not. That absence of quickness and assertiveness continues to limit his ceiling.<\/p>\n

In short, Humphreys\u2019 season tells a story of contrast \u2014 an unsteady start in college, followed by a productive rebound in junior hockey. The talent is there, but for him to rise beyond his current standing, he must prove that his skill set can translate at higher levels of competition and catch the attention of the organization for a contract offer. Until then, he remains a project in progress, occupying the same place in our rankings as he did a year ago.<\/p>\n

2025 Top 25 Under 25<\/p>\n

#25\u00a0Louka Cloutier<\/a><\/p>\n

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#24\u00a0Ivan Yunin<\/a><\/p>\n

#23\u00a0Nikita Ishimnikov<\/a><\/p>\n

#22\u00a0Chris Romaine<\/a><\/p>\n

#21\u00a0Nolan Roed<\/a><\/p>\n

#20\u00a0Linus Funck<\/a><\/p>\n

#19\u00a0Max Curran<\/a><\/p>\n

#18\u00a0Jake Fisher<\/a><\/p>\n

#17\u00a0Saige Weinstein<\/a><\/p>\n

#16\u00a0Francesco Dell\u2019Elce<\/a><\/p>\n

#15 Cooper Gay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Six writers have ranked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,18057,192,144,5277,5,28395,1508,4,13129],"class_list":{"0":"post-163796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-christian-humphreys","10":"tag-colorado","11":"tag-colorado-avalanche","12":"tag-coloradoavalanche","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-humphreys","15":"tag-kitchener-rangers","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-university-of-michigan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115055898376436845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}