Tuesday FTB: It's Top 25 Day!

Happy Tuesday! We're in peak summer now and you know what that means, it's time for our world famous Maple Leafs Top 25 Under 25! It kicks off today with both an introduction to the voters and then the honourable mentions, all the prospects that didn't make the cut, and a few who got no votes at all.

The countdown begins tomorrow at #25 and continues then with one player each weekday through to the second week of September, with a review of your community vote every Saturday.

Of all the years I've been in on voting for this, it was one of the most challenging to select a whole list down to #25 without making very mildly educated guesses starting in the teens for players I had only seen only a few video clips. The Leafs prospect pool is certainly not a dry well, but it's a very different time now from when the under-25 group included Matthews/Marner/Nylander at 1/2/3.

In any case, it's still fun to take a look at all of the prospects, even distant ones, and imagine what can happen. We hope you enjoy it!

Other News

If you are looking for a hockey fix, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup is underway this week and is being broadcast on TSN. Canada played Switzerland yesterday and beat them 10-0. The other games weren't so close and Czechia had an upset 2-1 victory over the left.

including a goal by 16-year-old Gavin McKenna from Whitehorse, who is presently considered the likely first overall selection in the 2026 NHL draft. This season on the Medicine Hat Tigers he already has 34 goals and 63 assists in 61 games.