For the latest Leafs updates or Follow @mikeinbuffalo on Twitter The Toronto Maple Leafs organization has drafted and developed a number of youngsters currently playing in the NHL, but with players like Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson and Travis Dermott on their roster, the next step for the club is to keep replenishing the prospect pool to provide the Leafs with youngsters who can step up and replace veterans who retire, depart via free agency or are traded. As we did last summer, we will rank the club’s top 25 prospects over the next few weeks based on their progress in either the NCAA, CHL, Europe or the American Hockey League and their potential to make the Leafs roster and make a contribution in the future. Players are not eligible for the list if they are 25 years old or over, or if they have played more than 30 NHL games: Top 25 list #25 – Eemeli Rasanen – D (Jokerit – KHL / Toronto Marlies – AHL) #24 – Pontus Holmberg – LW (Vaxjo HC – SHL) #23 – Mikhail Abramov – C (Victoriaville – QMJHL) #22 – Nick Abruzzese - C (Chicago – USHL) #21 – Teemu Kivihalme - D (Karpat – SM-Liiga) #20 – Riley Stotts – C (Calgary – WHL) #19 – Filip Kral - D (Spokane – WHL) #18 – Mikko Kokkonen – D (Jukurit – SM Liiga) #17 – Jesper Lindgren - D (HPK – SM Liiga / Toronto – AHL) #16 – Joseph Duszak - D (Mercyhurst – NCAA / Toronto - AHL) #15 – Mac Hollowell - D (Sault Ste. Marie – OHL / Toronto - AHL) #14 – Semyon Der-Argushintsev – C (Peterborough – OHL / Newfoundland - ECHL) #13 – Mason Marchment – LW (Toronto - AHL) #12 – Adam Brooks – C (Toronto - AHL) #11 – Ian Scott – G (Prince Albert - WHL) ******* #10 – Dmytro Timashov – LW (Toronto - AHL) 2018 Ranking – 7
Another developmental success for the Maple Leafs, Timashov was selected in the fifth round (125th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft after posting 71 assists as a rookie for the QMJHL’s Quebec Remparts.
Timashov turns 23 in October and although not overly physical or a great skater, his playmaking ability and vision enables him to create offensive chances and that could eventually make him a good fit as a complimentary winger at the NHL level.
The reason for his decline in the rankings is not based on his improvement as a player, but that he has been overtaken on the club’s depth chart by Trevor Moore, Pierre Engvall and newcomer Ilya Mikheyev, and is no more than a long shot to make the Leafs this season.
The Leafs are deep in skilled smaller wingers and brought in free agent Mikheyev and 2016 second rounder Egor Korshkov to provide size along the wall, so Timashov may have to wait for a trade or a waiver claim to get a real shot at the NHL.
Dmytro Timashov rips a shot home to give the #Marlies a 3-2 lead. Assist: Sandin, Bracco. pic.twitter.com/e8RqfGEoAz
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