Leafs Prospects

There's nothing quite like the story of the home-grown athlete. Everyone likes asking Oakville's John Mitchell what it's like to put on the Leafs sweater every day, or trying to find some way to relate to Jesse Blacker's being drafted by his local club. But when adversity is thrown into the mix, when a player has to go through some degree of hardship to make it to not only the level he wants to be, but for the team he wants to play for, that's when a story becomes a best seller.

At this time last year, Jerry D'Amigo was a little known Maple Leafs' draftee who had been passed over 157 times by other clubs...

As we await the season opener for the big club, let's see how some of the kids are doing: Greg McKegg is off to an...

Not a bad start for the Maple Leafs' 2010 draft class... It was announced on Monday that forward prospects Greg McKegg, the Leafs' 3rd...

Leaf prospect Josh Nicholl's 2010-2011 season had gotten off to such a promising start. Currently tied for 6th overall in WHL scoring with 5...

Greg McKegg has had a bit of an up and down week with multi-point games one night and zilch the next night. However, McKegg...

With every challenge comes opportunity. The cliche may be overused, but it doesn't make it any less true. With three called up and three more injured, the Marlies are indeed faced with a challenge. But with this challenge has come the opportunity for Dale Mitchell.

It appears as if goaltender Jussi Rynnas is adjusting well to life in North America after a bit of a rough start at the...

A little over halfway through the season, it's time to tear our eyes away from the bottom of the NHL standings for a second...

After a consistently inconsistent first half of the season with the Marlies, forward prospect Jerry D'Amigo was recently demoted to the OHL, joining the...

Some would suggest the most valuable piece and true target for Brian Burke in last week's Francois Beauchemin deal is University of Wisconsin defenceman...

The news of Tomas Kaberle's exit, despite considerable advanced warning, set in as reality this afternoon and was immediately followed by a feeling of...

Toronto has not seen a Providence Bruin since the team last visited on March 4th, 2009. But as rumours of Tomas Kaberle's trade to...

Earlier this afternoon, Justin Fisher (co-host of the Steve Dangle show) tweeted the rather impressive stat-lines of a few Leafs' prospects. For those not on...

Matt Frattin's 2010-2011 collegiate season has been nothing short of spectacular and the nation's leading goal scorer was officially recognized for it with WCHA...

Updated scouting reports for recent call ups Nazem Kadri and Matt Lashoff (with files from Clayton Hansler): Nazem Kadri Ranked 7th in AHL rookie scoring with...

- Matt Frattin's magical season just keeps on going. Frattin scored the WCHA title clinching goal, burying a rebound in double overtime in Saturday...

With just seven games left on the schedule for the 2010-2011 NHL season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are still in the hunt for the...

Sondre Olden is a young player I started watching in the first game of this season—s rookie camp. He scored a somewhat lucky goal,...

According to the Toronto Star's Damien Cox, the Leafs are expected to sign 24 year old forward prospect Leo Komarov to an entry-level contract...