Ranking Prospects 2018-19

[herman]

Hayley Wickenheiser on the ice with #Leafs forwards for the first day of development camp. Pretty cool guest coach to have around.

— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) June 26, 2018

Neat!

[Coco-puffs]

Fresh profile on Baby Barnaby: https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2018/06/25/maple-leaf-prospects-get-set-to-hit-the-ice.html

He's an undrafted 20 year old centre and was the leading scorer for Pembroke (Sheldon Keefe's previous stop before coaching the Greyhounds). Very, very lanky at the moment.

Specifically to your question, Mr. Leaf:

“He’s by no means the same kind of player as his father,” [coach] McTavish said of the elder Barnaby, who was one of the NHL’s top fighters during his career, who amassed 2,562 penalty minutes in a career that spanned 1992-2007.

“But he has grit, and the thing he has to do is grow into his body. But I think right now, he’s got high-end talent on offence. And the past two seasons, he learned and improved on the defensive side of things.”

Seems like a Mason Marchment type of project: NHL family, has skills and tall build that needs to put on strength.

Considering our lack of depth at C, I wouldn't be surprised if they offered him an AHL contract and he split time between Newfoundland and the Marlies

[Mr. Leaf]

Fresh profile on Baby Barnaby: https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2018/06/25/maple-leaf-prospects-get-set-to-hit-the-ice.html

He's an undrafted 20 year old centre and was the leading scorer for Pembroke (Sheldon Keefe's previous stop before coaching the Greyhounds). Very, very lanky at the moment.

Specifically to your question, Mr. Leaf:

“He’s by no means the same kind of player as his father,” [coach] McTavish said of the elder Barnaby, who was one of the NHL’s top fighters during his career, who amassed 2,562 penalty minutes in a career that spanned 1992-2007.

“But he has grit, and the thing he has to do is grow into his body. But I think right now, he’s got high-end talent on offence. And the past two seasons, he learned and improved on the defensive side of things.”

Seems like a Mason Marchment type of project: NHL family, has skills and tall build that needs to put on strength.

Thank-you herman!  Much appreciated! 

[herman]

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2018/06/27/rasmus-sandin-and-mac-hollowell-a-qa-with-former-soo-greyhounds-coach-drew-bannister/

MLHS had a chat with Drew Bannister to pick the coach's brain on a couple of our recent draftees.

I had completely forgotten that Hollowell suffered a broken fibula last year during the first scrimmage as an invite to our development camp (at which fellow draftee Sean Durzi was also a participant*). The Leafs removed scrimmages from the program this year.

* Another interesting name on that 2017 list: Linus Nyman, who went undrafted (again) this year.

[Coco-puffs]

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2018/06/27/rasmus-sandin-and-mac-hollowell-a-qa-with-former-soo-greyhounds-coach-drew-bannister/

MLHS had a chat with Drew Bannister to pick the coach's brain on a couple of our recent draftees.

I had completely forgotten that Hollowell suffered a broken fibula last year during the first scrimmage as an invite to our development camp (at which fellow draftee Sean Durzi was also a participant*). The Leafs removed scrimmages from the program this year.

* Another interesting name on that 2017 list: Linus Nyman, who went undrafted (again) this year.

Observations on players who look REALLY good at Leafs development camp through two days: Durzi, Van Os-Shaw, Pucek. First scrimmage goes tomorrow afternoon.

— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) June 27, 2018

[herman]

Observations on players who look REALLY good at Leafs development camp through two days: Durzi, Van Os-Shaw, Pucek. First scrimmage goes tomorrow afternoon.

— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) June 27, 2018

WHY'D THEY TRICK ME IN CHEBY'S PROFILE ARTICLE

Chebykin described the on-ice sessions as much different from what he was accustomed to at home. This year, General Manager Kyle Dubas has confirmed that the camp will do away with the scrimmage portion of the camp and focus on skill sessions on the ice as well as the nutrition, training, lifestyle and media training off the ice.

BAH.

[herman]

Leafs prospect JD Greenway tells me he’s leaving the U. of Wisconsin. He will have to take a gap year to transfer and will play for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL. Hasn’t decided where he’s going after that.

“Things weren’t working out there, I didn’t like it there.”

— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) June 27, 2018

[herman]

Chris Van Os-Shaw, in case you aren't familiar with him yet, was briefly highlighted by Wheeler here: https://theathletic.com/409387/2018/06/26/theres-no-easy-part-humboldt-broncos-alum-chris-van-os-shaw-brings-heavy-heart-to-leafs-camp/

[herman]

From Latvia with some sweet moves comes Rodrigo Ābols. #LeafsDevCamp pic.twitter.com/Ya3PjJLkan

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 28, 2018

Rodrigo Abols was a Canucks 2016 7th rd draft pick (overager) and one of two Latvians in the camp (Dzierkals). He's since fallen off the Canuck's reserve list. Cool part is, the Canucks spent a pick on him even though it was already the 7th round and he was 20 at the time and could've just signed him a month later (if they wanted to use a contract slot).

He's the same age and size as Pierre Engvall, with a wee bit more physicality to his game.

[herman]

Dev Camp Scrimmage #1 highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvK6bMgWB2I

It’s a beautiful day for the first #Leafs development camp scrimmage!

Here’s what’s coming up this afternoon 👇🏻 (no live stream, unfortunately. but i’ll tweet stuff that’s 🔥🔥) pic.twitter.com/c4H4PerEmg

— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) June 28, 2018

[herman]

https://theathletic.com/412040/2018/06/28/mac-hollowell-and-rasmus-sandin-share-friendship-style-of-play-and-now-the-maple-leafs/

The Leafs brought in four Greyhounds by design — not only because they like what they have in Sandin and Hollowell and want them to feel as comfortable as possible, but because the Greyhounds develop the kinds of smart, heady players the Leafs covet.

“Coming to camp and not knowing anyone, you’re nervous. When you see other guys that you played with last year it helps you out a lot. Mac was one of our better defencemen this year. He’s a great guy off the ice, he’s always doing everything for the guys, he’s always there for you, he’s giving 110 per cent. I was thrilled for him,” Howdeshell said. “Mac’s smart, his head is always up, he’s always making the next play. He always knows what’s coming, he’s smooth, he’s got a nice shot, he’s got nice hands, his hockey sense is one of the best that I’ve personally seen in a while also.”

In a lot of ways, Hollowell and Sandin are described in almost mirrored ways to one another. Hollowell laughs about how similar they are — and the way the Greyhounds have developed likeminded players across the lineup, with a foundation that Dubas established. It was no surprise when the Greyhounds selected forward Roman Pucek, also in Leafs development camp this week, in Thursday’s CHL import draft.

[hockeyfan1]

One "cool" kid:  Rasmus Sandin making the most of his time here (@hdevcamp)...

From @kristen_shilton: Sandin soaking it all in at Leafs development camp. MORE: https://t.co/yAmaIfopoo pic.twitter.com/eBMinWAQip

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 29, 2018

Arriving to Toronto’s development camp just days after the draft concluded, Sandin has strived all week to follow the wisdom of his fellow first-round draftees.

“It’s an exciting time that’s come now,” Sandin said after Friday’s practice. “Coming to Toronto is a cool experience, seeing all the guys and the management and just to see how everything works. It’s a little different from playing in the OHL. It’s one step closer to the best league in the world.”

The Leafs have options on where he plays:

Sandin could return to the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, where he put together a successful freshman campaign last season (45 points in 51 games), or Sandin could head home to re-join Rogle BK of the Swedish Hockey League and honour the final year of his SHL contract.

No stranger to the language barrier:

Coming to North America was easier for Sandin than some of his countrymen, at least as far as language is concerned. Sandin abandoned studying Spanish and German in school to take up English, and made a point of honing his skills further last season in the Soo.

Improving or honing the finer points:

Those smaller details, those crossover moves and how you’re supposed to use your stick a little bit more. Just overall pretty much everything [has been good] but especially those smaller things,” he said. “We’ve worked on our skating a bit, and those step back moves. It’s just very professional overall. We learned some smaller [things] but also some bigger details of the game.”

https://www.tsn.ca/sandin-soaking-it-all-in-at-leafs-development-camp-1.1127063

[hockeyfan1]

The week that was:  Hayley's week...

Finished up a great week @mapleleafs development camp. Big thanks to all the staff and players for welcoming me to leaf nation. The future is in great hands! #torontomapleleafs #tmltalk #nhl #leafs #leafsnation pic.twitter.com/FBS5JTS60P

— Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22) June 30, 2018

[herman]

The Leafs have added four RHD's this summer: Jordan Subban, Igor Ozhiganov, Sean Durzi, and Mac Hollowell.

Kyle Dubas always talks about how he values strong skating defensemen with offensive upside.

So.. here is a thread of these four players going end-to-end for fun. Enjoy.

— Nick DeSouza (@NickDeSouza_) July 3, 2018

[OldTimeHockey]

Subban may not be as skilled as his big bro PK, but he skates just like him.