Leafs Prospects

Comprehensive coverage of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ prospects in the system.

Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 2 Live Blog – Leafs vs. Penguins

Here we go again. With Brian Burke back in the news, it's fitting that his greatest contribution to the Maple Leafs -- a rebuilt farm system...

Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 3 Live Blog – Leafs vs. Senators

Welcome to the Battle of Ontario edition of our Rookie Tournament coverage. As we all know, Ottawa sucks and while I have no idea who will...

Rookie Tournament Game #2 Recap: Senators 6 vs. Maple Leafs 2

An energetic second contest for the Maple Leafs saw a lot of players on the 2014 Rookie Camp roster take a step beyond Saturday’s...
Andreas Johnson Leafs

Maple Leafs Prospect Update: October 20th, 2014

Hockey's back! Technically, it was back in my mind with the rookie tournament, but since I basically took the pre-season off because the pre-season is...
Jim Hughes

Catching up with Director of Player Development Jim Hughes

Alec Brownscombe caught up with Director of Player Development Jim Hughes to touch base on the performances and progress of the younger members of...
Brian Burke / Tyler Biggs / Dave Morrison

Dave Morrison Interview

Earlier this week, the Leafs director of amateur scouting, Dave Morrison, took some time out of his schedule to talk to me. We ended up...

Dave Morrison Interview: Maple Leafs Director of Amateur Scouting

I had the pleasure of chatting with Dave Morrison yesterday on behalf of MLHS.  The Director of Amateur Scouting for the Leafs, Morrison is...

A few other draft notes

Having been called into pinch-hit for the morning mashup, I figured this would be a good time to include some other draft thoughts that...

Maple Leafs Prospect Update: November 10th, 2014

The thing about prospect talk is that it's generally most interesting when your team is playing its worst hockey. We don't talk about prospects because...

Rookie Camp Impressions, and a few thoughts on Raymond

The Leafs wrapped up what was a pretty good weekend by imploding in the third period and losing handily, but that doesn’t take away...

Marlies & Prospect Update – Nov. 6

Courtesy of the Toronto Marlies: "The Marlies posted a record of 1-0-1-0 in two games this past week. On Friday night, Toronto traveled down the...

Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 2 Wrap Up – Leafs 4 vs. Pens 3

So with Rielly, Leivo, MacWilliam, McKegg, and Sparks all sitting this game out and Finn leaving mysteriously after a period of play, you might...

Lindy’s Sports Leafs Annual Preview: Prospect Season in Review

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of chatting with Maple Leafs Director of Amateur Scouting for an upcoming article in the Lindy's...
Rupert Ryan

Toronto Maple Leafs sign Ryan Rupert to 3-year entry level deal

(NHL.com) On Thursday, The Toronto Maple Leafs signed London Knights forward Ryan Rupert to a three-year entry-level contract. Rupert, 19, had 73 points (21 goals,...

Leafs Prospect Camp Notes – Day 3

Back at the rink bright and early….thanks to Google maps for navigating me around the massive traffic congestion on the QEW this morning.  How...

Morgan Rielly at the WJCs: Managing Hype and Expectations

At this point in time, it is probably fair to call Morgan Rielly the most hyped Leafs prospect since Wendel Clark. I don't know...

Toronto Marlies vs. Rochester Americans – Game 2

It was another 4-3 game in which the Marlies gave up a two goal lead and Jerry D'Amigo scored twice, including the game winner...

Development Camp Notes and Observations

With the Toronto Maple Leafs announcing they would not be participating in a prospect tournament this year due to CBA negotiations, development camp became...
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Josh Leivo Scores a Hat Trick

The Marlies are well on their way to a win over Lake Erie this Saturday afternoon thanks to a Josh Leivo hat trick. Enjoy. The...

Leafs, Sweatt Remain Apart On New Deal

Just a month ago, the Chicago Blackhawks were the envy of the National Hockey League.  Having finished off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games...

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