Ranking Prospects 2025-26

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1978803459789836477

He does look faster; looks like the dev team added some linear crossovers to his toolkit

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983743525377503434

Danford about to join the team Zach Hyman's family currently owns.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985102805175013761

Not too shabby

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1986294391959638475

Someone's been watching Nylander videos. His linemate hasn't been watching Matthews video though.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1986294391959638475

Someone's been watching Nylander videos. His linemate hasn't been watching Matthews video though.

15 powerplay points in 18 games this season. Last season in 67 games he had........ two (2).

 

[herman]

15 powerplay points in 18 games this season. Last season in 67 games he had........ two (2).

That looks like they didn't give him PP minutes last season.

Nansi was in the bottom 6 (usually 4th line) last season.

This year he's playing top-6 deployment on the wing.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992045616902410336

Great shot but what is their defense trying to do?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992112108855873865

Good instincts to arrive on time

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996574564680159382

“I had no idea how good Tinus was,” Leksands coach Johan Hedberg told The Athletic in October. “If he keeps going like he’s been going, he’s going to be our best player by the end of the year.”

Teenagers aren’t supposed to be playing as well in the SHL as Koblar has. Fellow 2025 second-round pick Theo Stockselius is playing the majority of his season in Sweden’s junior league.

Among 18-year-olds, the Norwegian-born Koblar is sixth in SHL scoring with five points in 21 games. His blend of playmaking and physicality makes him a rare player.

“(Koblar) has taken the chance to play well and he’s made it easy for us to play him,” Persson said.

The Leksands coaching staff insists it never intended for Koblar to become so vital to the senior team this season.

He started out on the 4th line in spot duty, and has since shifted to middle 6 centre, ~17min per game as an 18 year old in a professional mens league.

He will be featuring prominently on Norway's World Junior team.

 

[rdowdall]

That's awesome. I'm hoping that they have hit on some diamonds in the rough in the last couple of drafts. It would be great if Danford ended up channeling his inner Barret Jackman. Just need a couple of hits. This draft is the one that really crippled the prospect pool. Which is funny because they had a lot of picks:

Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2020 Entry	15	1	Rodion Amirov	L	Ufa Salavat Yulayev [KHL]
2020 Entry	59	2	Roni Hirvonen	C	Assat Pori [SM-liiga]
2020 Entry	64	3	Topi Niemela	D	Karpat [SM-liiga]
2020 Entry	106	4	Artur Akhtyamov	G	Kazan Jrs. (Russia)
2020 Entry	122	4	William Villeneuve	D	Saint John Sea Dogs [QMJHL]
2020 Entry	137	5	Dmitry Ovchinnikov	C	Novosibirsk Jrs. (Russia)
2020 Entry	168	6	Veeti Miettinen	R	Espoo Jrs. (Finland)
2020 Entry	177	6	Axel Rindell	D	Jukurit Mikkeli [SM-liiga]
2020 Entry	180	6	Joe Miller	C	Blake School (Minn. H.S.)
2020 Entry	189	7	John Fusco	D	Dexter Southfield (Mass. H.S.)
2020 Entry	195	7	Wyatt Schingoethe	F	Waterloo Black Hawks [USHL]
2020 Entry	213	7	Ryan Tverberg	C	Toronto Jr. Canadiens [OJHL]

Nobody from that draft has played an NHL game, and unfortunately Rodion Amirov passed away. This is the worst draft in the Leafs history. There are a couple of others that come close, like the 1999 draft and the 2004, but usually someone the Leafs draft plays a couple of games in the NHL. I still hold out hope that Villeneuve makes the jump at some point.

 

[herman]

Akhtyamov is real.

 

[rdowdall]

Akhtyamov is real.

True, goalies take longer.