NHL Draft

Looking at a late blooming two-way winger, Teddy Stiga from the US National Development Team. He's grown a good amount both literally and figuratively the past two seasons, and seems to fit what Toronto likes in their top prospects.

Looking at a true defensive defenseman specialist with potential as a solid two-way guy, EJ Emery. There's a lot of debate about how much his offensive skill projects, but there's no question about his defensive impact.

Looking at a big, mobile, puck moving defenseman Dominik Badinka from Czechia, and if his strengths make him an ideal pick in the late first round for Toronto.

Looking at the big, bruising defenseman from Norway, Stian Solberg, and if he has some late blooming potential that would make for a great first round swing by Toronto.

Looking at one of Sweden's top defense prospects in this year's draft, Alfons Freij. He's a smooth skating defenseman who is already very refined offensively and shows promise defensively.

Looking at one of Sweden's top forward prospects in this year's draft, Lucas Pettersson. He's a slightly undersized but effective two-way center with strong skating and playmaking skill.

I've mentioned before that I like to write some of these draft profiles around who I am guessing fit the mold of what the Maple Leafs are looking for in a prospect. This has changed over the years as I've seen and watched more and more

Looking at the stats, scouting reports and highlight clips of Sacha Boisvert, the big French power forward who can play a solid two-way center and really rip it.

Looking at the stats, scouting reports and highlight clips of Michael Hage, the skilled center from Mississauga who has had to overcome a lot adversity the past two years to become as good as he is.

Igor Chernysov has the potential to be a high end power forward with strong two-way abilities. The questions with him will be about how good he can be offensively. I dig into why he'd be worth a first round pick if he slips to Toronto.

Assessing Adam Jiříček, whose draft rankings have been falling all year after being one of the top defensemen at the start of the year after he suffered a serious injury and didn't perform as well as expected.

Scouting Norway's best prospect in years, power forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, and if he makes sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs if he falls into the later first round.

Scouting Liam Greentree, one of the OHL's best draft eligible forwards this year who offers an interesting mix of size and skill and is already a leader at 17 years old.

Scouting Tij Iginla, the older son of NHL legend Jarome Iginla, and if he makes sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs if he falls into the later first round.

Introducing and previewing all of the 2024 NHL draft profiles that I will be publishing for all of June, leading up to the first day of the draft on the 28th.

There's more to the Mem Cup than Easton Cowan.

Looking at some prospects who seem more likely to wind up being mid or late round picks that could be interesting options for the Maple Leafs.

Looking at Bob McKenzie's mid-season ranking update that just dropped, and talking about my favourite prospects who look like they could be available to Toronto.

Looking at some of the top performing prospects at the recent World Junior A Challenge from Canada, Sweden and the USA.

If you want to get more out of this year's World Juniors than just watching Minten and Cowan on Canada, keep an eye out for these seven prospects who will be eligible for this year's NHL draft!

In Torono's recent era of drafting – basically, since Shanahan took over – Toronto has been known to take re-entry prospects. Here are some of the top options that have emerged this year.

After having written similar pieces for some noteworthy prospects from the CHL leagues, Europe, and the USHL that I have added to my watch list this season, I was left in an awkward spot to deal with one further league: the NCAA.

After more than 10 games in the OHL season so far, there are a few players who have emerged thanks to big breakouts in their performance compared to their pre-season hype.

The QMJHL has not had a good run the past few years, as far as churning out a quality or quantity of picks. While it's been trending that way for the past few years, that just means scouting prospects there means looking for some diamonds in the rough.

The season is just getting started in each country, and there has been a pair of noteworthy international tournaments that contained most of the top prospects mentioned in the earlier watch list: the Hlinka Gretzky is the big one.