2021-2022 Upper Deck Series 2 is one of hockey's most prestigious hockey card sets. The set consists of 200 base cards and 50 Young Guns (rookie cards). Collectors scramble to get the rookie cards of the top players from each year's set. Who are these top players this year? Now that we have completed the 2021-2022 season, let's rank the top rookies!
Tier 5: Consisting of depth and AHL talent, players ranked in this category are likely to make little impact in the NHL.
452 Maksim Sushko
462 Vladimir Tkachev
470 Mason Geertsen
476 Thomas Novak
480 Justin Richards
482 Matthew Phillips
483 Frederic Allard
484 Ivan Prosvetov
486 Gregory Hofmann
497 Maxwell Wilman
499 Jonah Gadjovich
Tier 4: Players who will end up being bottom-line players, such as playing minimum roles or being scratched. Many were drafted in the late-rounds or signed through free agency.
455 Brett Murray
457 Sampo Ranta
460 Jonas Rondbjerg
465 Adam Ruzicka
68 David Farrance
473 Jonathan Dahlen
474 Brandon Duhaime
477 Boris Katchouk
478 Benoit-Olivier Groulx
485 Jesse Ylonen
487 Jasper Weatherby
490 William Lockwood
493 Jake Leschyshyn
494 Oskar Steen
496 Pavel Dorofeyev
Tier 3: Players have the potential to become NHL veterans; many were high draft picks in previous NHL Drafts. They play middle roles on teams but won't necessarily become superstars.
453 Taylor Raddysh
456 Nils Lundkvist
458 Karel Vejmelka
463 Jan Jenik
467 Jake Neighbours
471 Yegor Chinakhov
472 Hendrix Lapierre
479 Dysin Mayo
491 Grigori Denisenko
492 Jacob Peterson
495 Jacob Bernard-Docker
Tier 2: A limited amount of rookies are in this tier players show elite offensive and defensive skills in juniors or the AHL. Players in this tier are projected to become future all-stars and play top roles in the NHL.
451 Mason McTavish
454 Philip Tomasino
459 Dawson Mercer
461 Alex Newhook
466 Cole Perfetti
475 William Eklund
481 Vasily Podkolzin
498 Cole Sillinger
Tier 1: And last but not least, we have elite talents. These players are projected to be first-line players, who will fuel the load in the NHL.
464 Lucas Raymond
469 Moritz Seider
488 Quinton Byfield
489 Anton Lundell
Who are you collecting from 2021-2022 Upper Deck Series 2?