Hockey Prophets

Giorgios Pantelas $50.00 — 0% Vertti Svensk $50.00 — 0% Gleb Pugachyov $50.00 — 0% Vilho Vanhatalo $50.00 — 0% Olivers Murniecks $50.00 — 0% Oscar Holmertz $50.00 — 0% Landon Hafele $50.00 — 0% Thomas Vandenberg $50.00 — 0% Luke Schairer $25.00 — 0% Markus Ruck $25.49 ▲ 2% Cooper Williams $50.00 — 0% Jaxon Cover $50.00 — 0% Brooks Rogowski $50.00 — 0% Pierce Mbuyi $50.00 — 0% Maddox Dagenais $50.98 ▲ 2% Tobias Tomik $50.00 — 0% Nikita Shcherbakov $50.00 — 0% Filip Novak $50.00 — 0% Adam Goljer $50.00 — 0% Blake Zielinski $50.00 — 0% Brady Knowling $50.00 — 0% Ben MacBeath $25.00 — 0% Ryder Cali $25.31 ▲ 1.2% Samu Alalauri $25.80 ▲ 1.9% Axel Brongel-Larsson $25.00 — 0% Theodor Knights $25.00 — 0% Bruno Osmanis $25.00 — 0% Landon Amrhein $25.00 — 0% Jacob Xu $25.00 — 0% Landon Nycz $25.00 — 0% Rian Chudzinski $25.00 — 0% Adam Nemec $25.31 ▲ 1.2% Max Isaksson $25.00 — 0% Tomas Galvas $25.49 ▲ 2% Chase Harrington $25.34 ▲ 1.4% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $25.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $25.00 — 0% Vladimir Dravecky $25.00 — 0% Victor Plante $25.40 ▲ 1.6% Zach Jovanovski $25.00 — 0% Frantisek Poletin $25.00 — 0% Jasper Kuhta $25.00 — 0% Charlie Morrison $25.00 — 0% Joe Iginla $25.37 ▲ 1.5% Viktor Fyodorov $25.00 — 0% Gavin McKenna $304.24 ▲ 1.4% Carson Carels $152.05 ▲ 1.4% Xavier Villeneuve $150.00 — 0% Mathis Preston $150.00 — 0% Adam Novotny $150.00 — 0% Elton Hermansson $150.00 — 0% Oliver Suvanto $150.00 — 0% Marcus Nordmark $150.00 — 0% Malte Gustafsson $150.00 — 0% JP Hurlbert $110.00 — 0% Simon Katolicky $150.00 — 0% Daxon Rudolph $150.00 — 0% Keaton Verhoeff $300.00 — 0% Ivar Stenberg $300.00 — 0% Tynan Lawrence $200.00 — 0% Ethan Belchetz $200.00 — 0% Alberts Smits $200.00 — 0% Ryan Lin $200.00 — 0% Chase Reid $200.00 — 0% Ryan Roobroeck $200.00 — 0% Viggo Bjork $200.00 — 0% Juho Piiparinen $110.00 — 0% Alexander Command $110.00 — 0% Nikita Klepov $110.00 — 0% Allessandro Di Iorio $50.00 — 0% Tomas Chrenko $50.69 ▲ 1.4% Mikey Berchild $50.00 — 0% Lavr Gashilov $50.00 — 0% Jakub Vanecek $50.00 — 0% Braidy Wassilyn $50.00 — 0% Axel Elofsson $50.00 — 0% Lars Steiner $50.00 — 0% Wyatt Cullen $50.71 ▲ 1.4% Tobias Trejbal $50.00 — 0% Adam Valentini $50.78 ▲ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $111.87 ▲ 1.7% Ilia Morozov $110.00 — 0% William Hahansson $110.00 — 0% Egor Shilov $111.80 ▲ 1.6% Liam Ruck $110.00 — 0% Simas Ignatacivius $110.00 — 0% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $110.00 — 0% Jack Hextall $110.00 — 0% Colin Fitzgerald $50.00 — 0% Casey Mutryn $50.00 — 0% Giorgios Pantelas $50.00 — 0% Vertti Svensk $50.00 — 0% Gleb Pugachyov $50.00 — 0% Vilho Vanhatalo $50.00 — 0% Olivers Murniecks $50.00 — 0% Oscar Holmertz $50.00 — 0% Landon Hafele $50.00 — 0% Thomas Vandenberg $50.00 — 0% Luke Schairer $25.00 — 0% Markus Ruck $25.49 ▲ 2% Cooper Williams $50.00 — 0% Jaxon Cover $50.00 — 0% Brooks Rogowski $50.00 — 0% Pierce Mbuyi $50.00 — 0% Maddox Dagenais $50.98 ▲ 2% Tobias Tomik $50.00 — 0% Nikita Shcherbakov $50.00 — 0% Filip Novak $50.00 — 0% Adam Goljer $50.00 — 0% Blake Zielinski $50.00 — 0% Brady Knowling $50.00 — 0% Ben MacBeath $25.00 — 0% Ryder Cali $25.31 ▲ 1.2% Samu Alalauri $25.80 ▲ 1.9% Axel Brongel-Larsson $25.00 — 0% Theodor Knights $25.00 — 0% Bruno Osmanis $25.00 — 0% Landon Amrhein $25.00 — 0% Jacob Xu $25.00 — 0% Landon Nycz $25.00 — 0% Rian Chudzinski $25.00 — 0% Adam Nemec $25.31 ▲ 1.2% Max Isaksson $25.00 — 0% Tomas Galvas $25.49 ▲ 2% Chase Harrington $25.34 ▲ 1.4% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $25.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $25.00 — 0% Vladimir Dravecky $25.00 — 0% Victor Plante $25.40 ▲ 1.6% Zach Jovanovski $25.00 — 0% Frantisek Poletin $25.00 — 0% Jasper Kuhta $25.00 — 0% Charlie Morrison $25.00 — 0% Joe Iginla $25.37 ▲ 1.5% Viktor Fyodorov $25.00 — 0% Gavin McKenna $304.24 ▲ 1.4% Carson Carels $152.05 ▲ 1.4% Xavier Villeneuve $150.00 — 0% Mathis Preston $150.00 — 0% Adam Novotny $150.00 — 0% Elton Hermansson $150.00 — 0% Oliver Suvanto $150.00 — 0% Marcus Nordmark $150.00 — 0% Malte Gustafsson $150.00 — 0% JP Hurlbert $110.00 — 0% Simon Katolicky $150.00 — 0% Daxon Rudolph $150.00 — 0% Keaton Verhoeff $300.00 — 0% Ivar Stenberg $300.00 — 0% Tynan Lawrence $200.00 — 0% Ethan Belchetz $200.00 — 0% Alberts Smits $200.00 — 0% Ryan Lin $200.00 — 0% Chase Reid $200.00 — 0% Ryan Roobroeck $200.00 — 0% Viggo Bjork $200.00 — 0% Juho Piiparinen $110.00 — 0% Alexander Command $110.00 — 0% Nikita Klepov $110.00 — 0% Allessandro Di Iorio $50.00 — 0% Tomas Chrenko $50.69 ▲ 1.4% Mikey Berchild $50.00 — 0% Lavr Gashilov $50.00 — 0% Jakub Vanecek $50.00 — 0% Braidy Wassilyn $50.00 — 0% Axel Elofsson $50.00 — 0% Lars Steiner $50.00 — 0% Wyatt Cullen $50.71 ▲ 1.4% Tobias Trejbal $50.00 — 0% Adam Valentini $50.78 ▲ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $111.87 ▲ 1.7% Ilia Morozov $110.00 — 0% William Hahansson $110.00 — 0% Egor Shilov $111.80 ▲ 1.6% Liam Ruck $110.00 — 0% Simas Ignatacivius $110.00 — 0% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $110.00 — 0% Jack Hextall $110.00 — 0% Colin Fitzgerald $50.00 — 0% Casey Mutryn $50.00 — 0%

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Top Prospects: The NHL System Rankings

#28: Toronto Maple Leafs

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Number of Ranked Prospects: 32

Number of Forwards in the Top 50: 0

Number of Defensemen in the Top 50: 1

Average Rank of Top 10 Prospects in Pool: 155th

Top Forward Prospect in The System: Minten Fraser (75th)

Top Defenseman Prospect in The System: Ben Danford (32nd)

System Score: 1.5

The recent success of the Toronto Maple Leafs and their playoff runs have been chronicled in depth, but what has been most interesting from a prospect perspective has been their ability to retain top-round draft picks. Since 2018 the Leafs have used ten top-65 draft picks, including four first-round picks. Tragically, one of those picks, Russian prospect Rodion Amirov, died in August 2023 after a battle with brain cancer. The top two Toronto drafts picks from the 2018 draft are also no longer in the Toronto system. Rasmus Sandin (29th overall) was traded to Washington and Sean Durzi (52nd overall) was traded to Los Angeles, both for more experienced help on the troubled Maple Leafs blue line. Two other top picks from recent years have graduated as full- or near full-time NHL players in the Toronto lineup. Nic Robertson has played 87 NHL games, most of them last season. After struggling to earn playing time amongst the well-stocked top lines in Toronto and fighting some injury issues, Robertson looks to have finally gotten a permanent role. Matthew Knies has had better early success after two NCAA seasons. He played 80 games for the Leafs last year, with 15 goals and 20 assists and a solid physical game.

The Top of The Pool:

The highest ranked forward in the Toronto system is recently first-round draft pick Ben Danford. The 6'1, 188-ppund defenseman from the Oshawa generals plays NHL-projectible, straightforward defensive game with some offensive ability. The Hockey Prophets had Danford ranked 75th overall, and the overall pre-draft weighted rankings had him at 59th, so his selection at 31st overall came as a bit of a surprise. What seems most obvious about the draft pick is that Toronto wanted a smart, first-pass style defender who can be highly effective in his own zone, and that is what they get in Danford. He will not be a player lighting up highlight reels or the scoreboard, but he should easily become a steady middle-pair defender playing a lot of minutes at even strength and short-handed.

Center Fraser Minten (ranked 75th) and right winger Easton Cowan (87th) are the top forwards in the Toronto prospect pool. Minten was selected 38th in 2022 and Cowan 28th overall in 2023. Minten has the prototypical NHL frame at 6'2, 194 pounds, and uses his size and strength to his advantage. Although his offensive upside is limited at this point, he is on track to become--much like the other top draft picks the Leafs have made in recent years--a solid, reliable although perhaps unremarkable middle of the lineup player.

Easton Cowan is smaller than inten at 5'11, 185, but what he lacks in size he makes up for with intensity and two-way hustle. Cowan plays a non-stop, hard forechecking, always attacking style and he is coming off a fantastic OHL season with the London Knights in which he was named the top OHL player, top OHL playoff performer, and first-team All-Star. Another season like the last one will see Cowan vault up the prospects list, but he has a decent chance to graduate as an NHL player before he gets that chance.

Topi Niemela rounds out the best of the Toronto prospects. The 2020 third-round-pick defenseman played his first full season of North American hockey last year with the AHL Toronto Marlies, where he had 8 goals and 31 assists in 68 games, placing him as the top-scoring blueliner for the Marlies. Like Danford, Niemela plays an intelligent game, playing a low-risk style with sound decisions and clean outlet passing.

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Below is the full list of Toronto's ranked prospects.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	81	Cowan, Easton	Center	20	5'11	185	28	56	-0.32
2	174	Holinka, Miroslav	Center	19	6'1	183	151	93	-0.86
3	197	Hopkins, Tyler	Center	18	6'1	184	86	78	-0.07
4	287	Koblar, Tinus Luc	Center	18	6'4	189	64	253	0.72
5	288	Lisowsky, Brandon	Center	21	5'9	168	218	102	-0.46
6	312	Moldenhauer, Nick	Center	21	5'10	170	95	69	-0.84
7	369	McCue, Sam	Left Wing	19	6'2	187	216	328	0.73
8	468	Malinoski, Hudson	Center	21	6'1	174	153	300	0.51
9	527	Plesovskikh, Alexander	Left Wing	19	6'2	174	152	320	0.59
10	532	Miller, Joe	Center	22	5'8	175	180	300	-0.01
11	557	Nansi, Harry	Center	17	6'3	179	153	256	0.72
12	572	Belle, William	Right Wing	18	6'3	225	137	317	1.28
13	827	Kressler, Braeden	Center	22	5'9	165	250	339	1.01
14	860	Hirvonen, Roni	Center	23	5'9	163	59	95	0.34
15	862	Tverberg, Ryan	Center	23	5'10	168	213	276	0.70
16	876	Hlacar, Matthew	Left Wing	19	6'3	201	217	300	1.94
17	973	Schingoethe, Wyatt	Center	23	5'11	190	195	185	-0.33

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	46	Danford, Ben	Defenseman	20	6'1	191	31	75	-0.45
2	90	Villeneuve, William	Defenseman	24	6'1	163	122	55	-2.11
3	151	Conrad, Owen	Defenseman	19	6'2	209	250	64	-0.06
4	180	Niemela, Topi	Defenseman	24	6'0	163	64	80	0.27
5	208	Chadwick, Noah	Defenseman	20	6'2	181	185	160	0.27
6	226	Johansson, Viktor	Defenseman	19	6'1	159	120	306	0.79
7	326	Fellinger, Rylan	Defenseman	18	6'4	196	185	220	1.04
8	372	Mayes, Nathan	Defenseman	19	6'3	181	225	295	0.48
9	447	Lahey, Matthew	Defenseman	19	6'5	203	200	181	0.73
10	470	McCleary, Ryan	Defenseman	22	6'0	154	194	225	-0.31