Maple Leafs Prospects

The European leagues are taking a break, and it’s long past time we caught up with what’s going on there.

Start practising your USA, USA chants.

The early list has only five defenders on it.

A tall man with a Swede of tools.

What do you do when your career hits a bump when you’re still a teenager?

Ryan O’Connell makes his season debut; Mikhail Abramov gets passed over

A two week recap, since the holiday threw me off schedule.

Every game is a tryout.

The Maple Leafs make a Thanksgiving swap of defenceman with the Marlies.

Also: Mikhail Abramov got a hat trick!

Life as a lower-tier prospect is all about the struggle for a chance to prove yourself.

And where’s Mike Koster, anyway?

A 3 point per game pace is perfectly sustainable.

Kokkonen has yet to play, while the rules on KHL juniors are revealed.

Most of these players find themselves cut from camp already...

The Leafs signed Colt Conrad to an AHL deal after he finished his college career last season

The Leafs are looking at another relatively unknown defenseman who went undrafted

Just how wrong were we?

Splitting the organization into Pro and Junior prospects.

Summer’s over. It’s time to buckle down and watch some hockey.

One out, one in.

Three players haven’t got a team yet, but everyone else is set for this season.

In the KHL at least. The rest of Europe will catch up soon enough.

This year, the Maple Leafs prospects are travelling to Michigan for their prospect tournament.

“Will he or won’t he” season has come early this year in just another sign of climate change.