Leafs Prospect Update: November 7th

by Blue Chip Prospects on November 7, 2012 in Prospect Updates - 56 Comments

Forget all that I’ve said about Tyler Biggs to date because he’s decided that he’s a completely different player.  It’s almost as though he read what I wrote in this space a week ago.  In 3 games last week, Biggs wasn’t rushing with the puck on his stick, he parked himself inches from the goalie’s face when setting his screens, and generally just asserted his will on the game in a way that I had rarely seen in the first 15 games of the year.

Well, Biggs was rewarded with 6 points in 3 games including a 4-point effort in Sunday’s game.  He’s back to being a point-per-game player in his first season in the OHL after his line went through a mini-slump for a few games recently.  If he can keep this up moving forward, I’ll have to re-evaluate my projections for him.  It’s only a 3 game stretch but suffice to say, I was very impressed with what I saw.

Connor Brown is a prospect that I have to admit, I haven’t tracked as closely as I should.  Erie sucked hard last year and Brown being drafted in the 6th round didn’t really inspire me into wanting to put a lot of effort into keeping up with the Otters.  My loss, apparently.

Brown has lit up the league in his draft+1 season and last week was no exception.  In last week’s games, Erie scored a total of 5 goals and Brown picked up 4 of those 5.  I’ve had a lot of people asking me whether Brown has been making a living off of exceptional underager Connor McDavid.  Truthfully, I’m ill-equipped to answer that one right now.  I’ll be watching him at least once this week and maybe twice and I’ll keep this in the front of my mind while I do.   Safe to say that Brown has made me take notice — mea culpa.

If you’re reading this, it’s probably Thursday and if you haven’t made plans to watch the Subway Super Series tonight, I’d urge you to clear some space on your schedule and the couch.  Leafs prospects Josh Leivo, Stuart Percy, Matt Finn and 2013 draft eligible Sean Monahan will be playing for team OHL so if you call yourself a Leafs fan then you call that game a must-watch.  You can catch the game on Sportsnet at 7:00 EST.

Had some great conversations during the Friday Night Hockey game between Oshawa and Guelph, and hope you’ll join me on Twitter for more of the same.

Maple Leafs Prospect Regular Season Stats

Name	Age	League/Team	Position	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
		AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Joe Colborne	22	AHL - Marlies	Forward	65	14	28	42
Carter Ashton	21	AHL - Marlies	Forward	53	11	8	19
Jerry D'Amigo	21	AHL - Marlies	Forward	65	16	11	27
Greg McKegg	20	AHL - Marlies	Forward	55	7	14	21
Kenny Ryan	21	AHL - Marlies	Forward	53	9	11	20
Brad Ross	20	AHL - Marlies	Forward	34	7	2	9
David Broll	20	AHL - Marlies	Forward	1	0	0	0
Spencer Abbott	24	AHL - Marlies	Forward	51	11	19	30
Jesse Blacker	21	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	57	4	7	11
Jake Gardiner(X)	22	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	43	10	21	31
Simon Gysbers	25	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	52	4	12	16
Morgan Rielly	19	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	9	1	1	2
Stuart Percy	19	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	1	1	0	1
Andrew MacWilliam	23	AHL - Marlies	Defenceman	-	-	-	-
Andrew Crescenzi	20	AHL - Marlies ECHL - San Francisco	Forward	15 23	1 3	1 11	2 14
Jamie Devane	21	AHL - Marlies ECHL - San Francisco	Forward	18 12	2 1	3 0	5 1
Tyler Brenner	24	ECHL - Bakersfield ECHL - Toledo	Forward	32 21	8 2	13 4	21 6
Sam Carrick	20	AHL - Marlies ECHL - Idaho	Forward	14 49	2 15	2 21	4 36
Tyler Biggs	19	AHL - Marlies	Forward	-	-	-	-
		CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Josh Leivo	19	OHL - Sudbury/Kitchener	Forward	63	29	44	73
Tyler Biggs	19	OHL - Oshawa	Forward	60	26	27	53
Connor Brown	18	OHL - Erie	Forward	63	28	41	69
Ryan Rupert	18	OHL - London	Forward	54	11	35	46
David Broll	19	OHL - Sault Ste. Marie	Forward	67	17	37	54
Stuart Percy	19	OHL - Mississauga	Defenceman	68	13	32	45
Matt Finn	18	OHL - Guelph	Defenceman	41	11	20	31
Morgan Rielly	18	WHL - Moose Jaw	Defenceman	60	12	42	54
		AMERICAN COLLEGE/JR HOCKEY
Tony Cameranesi	19	WCHA - Minnesota Duluth	Forward	38	14	20	34
Dominic Toninato	18	USHL - Fargo	Forward	62	29	41	70
Eric Knodel	22	NCAA - New Hampshire	Defenceman	38	10	11	21
Dennis Robertson	21	ECAC - Brown	Defenceman	36	3	17	20
Max Everson	19	ECAC - Harvard USHL - Omaha	Defenceman	7 16	0 1	2 4	2 5
Andrew MacWilliam	23	NCAA - North Dakota	Defenceman	41	2	11	13
		SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY
Petter Granberg	20	SEL - Skellefteå	Defenceman	13	0	0	0
Tom Nilsson	19	Allsvenskan - Mora	Defenceman	42	1	3	4
Viktor Loov	19	Allsvenskan - Södertälje	Defenceman	40	2	6	8

Maple Leafs Goalie Prospect Stats

Name	Age	League	GP	W	L	SOL/OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Jussi Rynnas	25	AHL - Marlies	21	10	9	1	.908	2.63	3
Mark Owuya	23	AHL - Marlies ECHL - Las Vegas ECHL - Reading	11 6 1	4 3 1	5 3 0	1 0 0	.883 .904 .964	3.22 2.97 1.00
Garret Sparks	19	OHL - Guelph OHL - Guelph (Playoffs)	60 5	36 1	17 4	4 -	.917 .920	2.65 3.05	7

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