Last year about this time Leafs fans were divided on whether they wanted to see a quick exit for the University of Minnesota or if it was better that Matthew Knies take a legitimate run at the college national championship before joining the Leafs.
It's been a while since I got to one of these prospect reports. In fact, the last one I have written and actually published was on Hudson Malinoski, and that was on November 17th – almost two months ago.
After having written similar pieces for some noteworthy prospects from the CHL leagues, Europe, and the USHL that I have added to my watch list this season, I was left in an awkward spot to deal with one further league: the NCAA.
Malinoski was an interesting pick by Toronto this past summer. He wasn't exactly off the board, and in the fifth round I don't think there is such a thing at that point.
We have updated the criteria from previous editions of TLN’s prospect rankings regarding who is considered a “prospect” for the purpose of this exercise.
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at prospect Semyon Der-Arguchintsev’s (SDA) signing with Traktor Chelyabinsk in the KHL and his uncertain future in the NHL.
One thing that the Maple Leafs have talked about a lot in the last couple of years is a prospect being "early in his development curve" as a positive thing.
It was safe to say that the Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t have the draft capital needed to make a big impact in the 2023 NHL Draft. With one first round pick