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) #9 – Egor Korshkov - RW (Lokomotiv - KHL / Toronto - AHL) #8 – Nick Robertson - LW (Peterborough - OHL) ******* #7 – Joseph Woll - G (Boston College - NCAA) 2018 Ranking – 10
After years of using trades to acquire their goaltender of the future, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a pair of homegrown products in their prospect pipeline that may be candidates to replace starter Frederik Andersen down the line.
20-year-old Ian Scott made a big leap in 2019, winning CHL Goaltender of the Year and making Team Canada for the 2019 World Junior, and Joseph Woll posted his best collegiate season with Boston College before signing with the Maple Leafs in late March.
Woll won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2017 World Juniors and put up very good numbers in his second WJC appearance in 2018.
Woll and Scott will get their first taste of head-to-head competition at next week’s prospect tournament in Traverse City, MI, but it is expected that one will end up as the primary starter for the Toronto Marlies and the other will be with the Newfoundland Growlers.
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