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Ranking Prospects - 2017-18

herman

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Top 25 under 25 should be kicking into gear towards the end of the month.
Check out last season's thread to see the changes in our pipeline. It's not as drastic a difference as last offseason's makeover. This offseason is still young and the situation in certain tiers is still fluid.

2017 Eligible:2017's list2016's list

Adam Brooks
Andreas Borgman
Andreas Johnsson
Andrew Nielsen
Auston Matthews
Calle Rosen
Carl Grundstrom
Connor Brown
Connor Carrick
Dakota Joshua
Dmytro Timashov
Eemeli Rasanen
Fedor Gordeev
Frederik Gauthier
Garret Sparks
Ian Scott
Jack Walker Released
JD Greenway
Jeremy Bracco
Jesper Lindgren
JJ Piccinich
Joseph Woll
Josh Leivo
Kasmir Kaskisuo
Kasperi Kapanen
Keaton Middleton
Kerby Rychel
Martins Dzierkals
Miro Aaltonen
Mitch Marner
Morgan Rielly
Nicolas Mattinen
Nikita Soshnikov
Nikolai Chebykin
Nolan Vesey
Pierre Engvall
Rinat Valiev
Ryan McGregor
Ryan O'Connell
Timothy Liljegren
Tobias Lindberg
Travis Dermott
Trevor Moore
Vladimir Boblyev
Vladislav Kara
William Nylander
Yegor Korshkov
Zach Hyman Old

25. Rinat Valiev | Joseph Woll
24. Garret Sparks
23. Eemeli Rasanen
22. Yegor Korshkov
21. Miro Aaltonen
20. Dmytro Timashov
19. Andrew Nielsen
18. Kerby Rychel
17. Calle Rosen
16. Andreas Borgman
15. Adam Brooks
14. Nikita Soshnikov
13. Jeremy Bracco
12. Carl Grundstrom
11. Andreas Johnsson
10. Travis Dermott
9. Josh Leivo
8. Connor Carrick
7. Timothy Liljegren
6. Connor Brown
5. Kasperi Kapanen
4. Morgan Rielly
3. Mitch Marner
2. William Nylander
1. Auston Matthews
25. Yegor Korshkov
24. Martins Dzierkals
23. Carl Grundstrom
22. Andrew Neilsen
21. Rinat Valiev
20. Tobias Lindberg
19. Travis Dermott
18. Josh Leivo
17. Brendan Leipsic - Vegas'd
16. Jeremy Bracco
15. Zach Hyman
14. Frank Corrado - traded
13. Dmytro Timashov
12. Andreas Johnson
11. Kerby Rychel
10. Nikita Soshnikov
9. Kasperi Kapanen
8. Martin Marincin
7. Connor Carrick
6. Nikita Zaitsev
5. Connor Brown
4. Morgan Rielly
3. Mitch Marner
2. William Nylander
1. Auston Matthews (duh)


TLN's top 20 (Calder-eligible) prospects
 
Dev camp starting up today.

I'm a bit bummed by this though:
https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760
www.twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760

KHL/VHL/MHL schedule doesn't really give us that window for them to come over.
 
Zee said:
Mike In Buffalo is breaking Leafs news now?

So weird, right?

https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/883366041815891968
www.twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/883366041815891968

This is more like it.
 
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/883366889006792704
www.twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/883366889006792704

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/883386702445916161
www.twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/883386702445916161

As someone who is currently growing out his hair to donate, I can say for certain that going with the hair down while playing hockey is a great way to overheat.
 
Have to say, I wasn't the biggest fan of the new logo when they introduced it but it's growing on me.
 
https://twitter.com/TSN_Jeremy/status/883366309907529730
www.twitter.com/TSN_Jeremy/status/883366309907529730

Hard to tell from this angle, but Liljegren looks fast.

This is Rasanen in reverse:
https://twitter.com/DaveAMcCarthy/status/883368419831279621
www.twitter.com/DaveAMcCarthy/status/883368419831279621
He is so tall that it had to be filmed in portrait mode.
 
Dev camp roster has been split into two teams: Clark and Sittler.
Team Clark is comprised of Leafs draft picks and Marlies. Team Sittler is mostly camp invites and ECHL guys.

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/883331461931315200
www.twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/883331461931315200

According to Scott Pellerin, the plan is to give the invites a better opportunity to showcase their abilities, rather than using them as filler around the prospects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-hpc0gKOSU
 
herman said:
Dev camp starting up today.

I'm a bit bummed by this though:
https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760
www.twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760

KHL/VHL/MHL schedule doesn't really give us that window for them to come over.

I'm pretty sure this just confirms that Kara was a made up player.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Have to say, I wasn't the biggest fan of the new logo when they introduced it but it's growing on me.
Hi Nik, one thing we could agree on it is suspiciously like some of the logos of when the Leafs actually won Cups.
 
Highlander said:
Hi Nik, one thing we could agree on it is suspiciously like some of the logos of when the Leafs actually won Cups.

Going for a faux-retro thing is one of the things I didn't really like about it.
 
L K said:
herman said:
Dev camp starting up today.

I'm a bit bummed by this though:
https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760
www.twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883336734804725760

KHL/VHL/MHL schedule doesn't really give us that window for them to come over.

I'm pretty sure this just confirms that Kara was a made up player.

I heard he's being coached by Taro Tsujimoto.
 
https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883699481019121664
www.twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo/status/883699481019121664

Brooks banks it in off Woll after the save too.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Highlander said:
Hi Nik, one thing we could agree on it is suspiciously like some of the logos of when the Leafs actually won Cups.

Going for a faux-retro thing is one of the things I didn't really like about it.

This was my major criticism as well.
 
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/884801234359783425
www.twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/884801234359783425

Team Leafs Prospects scrimmaged against Team Free Agents.

Vladimir Bobylev (Blue #56), the forgotten 5th rounder from 2016's draft, cleans up the garbage in tight off a Liljegren (Blue #48) point shot. He's got good size, wheels, and hands. I think for him it'll be a matter of getting consistent reps (he was relegated to 4th line hitter minutes in the KHL) and focused development work, as the tools are there.

Edit: got the wrong number there. 56 is Bobylev. 38 is Dakota Joshua.
 
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects/2017/7/11/15953846/maple-leafs-first-development-camp-scrimmage-had-a-surprise-star-line

Team Free Agents pulled ahead on the backs of their top line of:
Pospisil - Rueschhoff - Tortora

Pretty sure these are Pokemon.

Edit: and if you're paying attention to these clips, the d-man getting crushed by this line, or serving up turnovers and danishes to sabotage his partner is Nicolas Mattinen (#55).
 
herman said:
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects/2017/7/11/15953846/maple-leafs-first-development-camp-scrimmage-had-a-surprise-star-line

Team Free Agents pulled ahead on the backs of their top line of:
Pospisil - Rueschhoff - Tortora

Pretty sure these are Pokemon.

Edit: and if you're paying attention to these clips, the d-man getting crushed by this line, or serving up turnovers and danishes to sabotage his partner is Nicolas Mattinen (#55).

It's really incredible that Pospisil can go from pro tennis to pro hockey...what an athlete.
 
Bracco is taking this following Marner's footsteps a bit too far. He has been diagnosed with mono.


Better getting it now than getting it in the run up to the playoffs.
 
We also have confirmation from Lou that Jack Walker wasn't given a qualifying offer, so one year after he was drafted as an overager, he is a free agent. He attended Minnesota's development camp (where he's from).
 
By the way, just because it was brought up in another thread but if we were ranking our prospects right now I think pretty unquestionably the top forward prospect we have is Kapanen and our top defensive prospect, probably by a significant degree, is Liljegren. Actually, I'd say both guys are considerably secure in their #1 spots with maybe Bracco or Dermott being pretty distant seconds.

Which is to say that A) the prospect pool isn't terribly deep right now and B) if we're planning deals around prospects, those are the guys teams are going to ask for.
 
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