Expectations have risen for Leivo, along with his ranking. Now that he turns professional, is he up for the challenge?

Lots of Olympic debate and a couple contracts to ponder.

We enter the Top 10 with a familiar name, one who's trying break into both the upper reaches of the countdown and the NHL.

What did Ricardo uncover with his Grit Index? Let's find out!

Links for you. Grabbo Lands While Kadri Stews Oh yeah, and Franson waits. Phaneuf Wants to Stay and Win in

Not much in the way of Leafs news, but there's always something to discuss.

The American Hero takes a jump up our rankings, but has he moved up the depth chart enough to challenge for an NHL job?

Leafs were yesterday's 30 in 30 team on NHL.com and got four articles posted about them: Gardiner&

The Leafs newest first round pick makes his debut on the edge of our top ten. Does he deserve to be this high this early?

What sort of range of production makes sense for the Leafs incoming $5.25 mill a year "saviour"?

The latest late-round Swedish defenceman makes his way across the pond with his sights set on a job in the NHL, and takes another big leap up our countdown.

Linkage Five Maple Leafs Expected to Perform Another 30pt season from Gardiner wouldn't be good enough? TLN'

The little scoring superstar takes a big move up our rankings, announcing his arrival as a 'must-watch' prospect.

Please hockey, come back.

An inconsistent first season in the AHL sees McKegg close the gap on the group ahead of him, but still drop one place in the rankings.

Links on a Monday Phaneuf or Kessel: If You Can Only Sign One Kessel 10 times out of 10. TLN&

The Reim Minister of Defense. The Sultan of Saves. The Backup to Bernier. Whoops. I was actually going to link

The much-maligned winger moves up five places from last summer, much to the amusement of many.

Links Interview with Leafs Scout Garth Malarchuk Relatively speaking, this one is pretty tame. Landeskog Signs Sever Year Extension With

Another new face in the Top 25 Under 25 takes on a brand-new challenge this season.

From Kadri to Phaneuf to Luongo, I've got a bit of everything for you.

Reviewing hockey analyst Rob Vollman's new book Hockey Abstract.

The goaltender continues his quick rise up the countdown, but will he be able to continue his success at the professional level?

A wise man once told Jay Z not to argue with fools, because from a distance you can't tell who is who. We should have taken Hova's advice.

The former first rounder appears to have hit a wall in his development, and takes a step back in our countdown.