Leafs Prospect Update: December 17

by Blue Chip Prospects on December 17, 2012 in Prospect Updates - 741 Comments

Welcome back, Josh Leivo.

After missing time with a concussion, Leivo returned to the Sudbury Wolves lineup last week and he did so with a vengeance.  The Wolves had 3 games in 3 nights this weekend and Leivo put up 2 goals and 5 assists.  Leivo now has 34 points in 29 games on a pretty weak Sudbury team.

Leivo is cut from the powerforward cloth and unlike the Leafs‘ other powerforward prospect, Tyler Biggs, Leivo will play with the puck on his stick.  My opinion on Leivo would be that his ceiling is higher than Biggs’ but that he’s also not as safe of a prospect.  Leivo does more on Sudbury than Biggs does in Oshawa largely because he has to, but Biggs does the little things better than Leivo at this stage.  It will be fun to continue comparing these two as their careers are both likely move in tandem to the professional ranks to start next season.

Matt Finn, also recently back from some time out of the lineup, put up a pair of powerplay goals in two games this weekend. I’ve often raved about Finn’s play on the man-advantage and I love being vindicated so allow me this sentence-long self-congratulation.  Finn now has an impressive 11 goals in 28 games from the point in his draft+1 season.  Lots to get excited about with this youngster.

From vindication to contradiction, Connor Brown continues throwing points on the board in handfuls.  Brown is now 12th in OHL scoring in his draft+1 season and has more points than any of the Leafs other CHL skaters.  Brown’s 43 points in 35 games are certainly something to get excited about (he added 5 points in 3 games this weekend).  I’m stubbornly standing by my assessment that Brown is most likely a Junior Star more than an actual noteworthy prospect but if he’s meaningfully over a point-per-game by year’s end then he may just have me eating my words.

Morgan Rielly, Tyler Biggs, and Garret Sparks have all left their Junior teams to prepare for the World Juniors.  The tournament should be especially fun this year with all the baby Leafs involved — get your PVRs ready!

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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