Maple Leafs Prospects

Another defenceman.

Looking at the scouting reports, highlights, and mechanics for the Toronto Maple Leafs' newest top prospect, the right handed defenseman Ben Danford from the Oshawa Generals.

Leafs take their man, just not the man we expected. Once again.

Looking back at Easton Cowan's remarkable season, how he proved many of his doubters wrong, and how he's set himself up to be a potential NHLer next year.

Easton Cowan is a monster underneath the OHL's bed, and they're begging for him to play in the NHL next season.

Checking in on the CHL playoff runs of Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten and Brandon Lisowsky as they all pushed for a spot at the Memorial Cup.

Looking at the victorious championship runs of both Artur Akhtyamov in the VHL, and Nikita Grebyonkin in the KHL, and talking about their next steps in Toronto's system.

Another playoff round completed, let's once again check in on Toronto's various prospects who have been performing in their respective league's playoffs. At this point, some of them are at the end game in the finals!

Checking in on Toronto's prospects in the playoffs, including those who have advanced to the next round and the one that was eliminated.

Looking at Toronto's latest prospect that was signed as an NCAA free agent out of Quinnipiac. Hope Brad also included a signing bonus so he can buy an apology gift to Matt Knies!

We're a week into the start of the CHL playoffs and NCAA tournament, with the bulk of games happening over the Easter weekend.

Get a quick update on 15 of Toronto's prospects who finished their regular seasons this weekend or whose playoffs have already started.

Nikita Grebyonkin made his KHL playoff debut for Metallurg, who beat the 8th seed in a 4-2 series win. Grebyonkin led his team's forwards in ice time and had 4 points in 6 games.

As of Monday, the KHL's regular season is over. That means Nikita Grebyonkin has finished his first full KHL season, and we have a pretty large sample of his games and stats to talk about.

It's the mid-season break, so what the hell are we gonna talk about? How about a mid-season Prospect Pyramid where I put Toronto's best kids into tiers based on their performance and projection.

Checking in on Fraser Minten's season and development as one of Toronto's top prospects.

Easton Cowan is an extremely awesome player. I've had a lot of fun watching him explode in the OHL, and by the amount of engagement I've been getting when tweeting highlights of his I can tell the rest of Toronto's fandom has as well.

Checking in on the progress of defense prospect Noah Chadwick and how he's been developing.

Checking in on Toronto's Russian all-star prospect, Nikita Grebyonkin, and how he's been developing and improving in the KHL.

Writing shorter updates on four of Toronto's other prospects: Joe Miller, Mike Koster, Veeti Miettinen and Braeden Kressler.

Checking in on Nick Moldenhauer in his freshman NCAA season with the Michigan Wolverines.

Signed!

Cowan worked through the exhibitions and onto the roster.

A trade in the WHL with Leafs interest.

Assessing Hudson Malinoski's play and skills as a prospect after his first 11 NCAA games.