As the Stanley Cup Finals race toward being finished, the draft is under 2 weeks away and if the Leafs want a big, powerful centre to add to their system then Beaudoin could be their guy. Cole BeaudoinPosition: CentreShoots: LeftHeight: 6’2″Weight: 210lbs Beaudoin made great strides in his 2nd year with the Barrie Colts of … Read more
As the Stanley Cup Final speeds to a quicker than hoped ending for the Edmonton Oilers, the Leafs are still assessing their options among potential free agents this summer and one name that could be on their list is checking centre Teddy Blueger. Teddy BluegerPosition: CentreShoots: LeftHeight: 6’0″Weight: 185lbs Blueger’s name hasn’t really made it … Read more
As we’ve stated before in this space, the Leafs spent extra time with some prospects after the combine, we’ll finish covering the ones we know they paid extra attention to for sure by talking about Lucas Pettersson. Lucas PetterssonPosition: CentreShoot: LeftHeight: 5’11”Weight: 175lbs Pettersson spent the majority of this year playing for Modo Jr. of … Read more
The Leafs paid extra attention to a selection of prospects at last weeks NHL Combine and we’ve covered most of those players. We’ll cover one more prospect from that list, in Andrew Basha. Andrew BashaPosition: Left WingShoots: LeftHeight: 6’0″Weight: 185lbs For myself it’s encouraging that the Leafs have looked at Basha as much as some … Read more
Every team needs minute munching defenders if they want to be truly competitive and that could be exactly what the Leafs would get if they use the 23rd selection of the draft to take Emery. EJ EmeryPosition: DefenseShoots: RightHeight: 6’3″Weight: 185lbs EJ Emery is a pure athlete, as his results at the NHL Combine this … Read more
It would seem that silly season is in full swing as 30 NHL teams sit and wait for the offseason to officially get underway, while the other 2 continue to battle for the Stanley Cup. With a late start to the Cup finals, other GMs have little choice but to begin execution on plans to … Read more
I’ll churn out another of these today as a special nod to this tweet: Cole EisermanPosition: Left WingShoots: LeftHeight: 6’0″Weight: 197lbs The Leafs have a ton of flaws throughout their lineup. If you ask 5 different people they’ll likely give you 5 different answers ranging from goaltending, to defense, to the ability to score in … Read more
The Leafs’ prospect pool is thin at every position. Besides a select few prospects such as Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten and Dennis Hildeby that project as players that can help at the top of the lineup, the cupboards are bare. With that in mind they need to approach the draft with a best-player-available mentality, but … Read more
If the Leafs find themselves sitting at #23 and Liam Greentree is still on the board he’ll likely be too tempting to pass on. Liam GreentreePosition: Right WingShoots: LeftHeight: 6’3″ Weight: 213lbs Greentree is a big power forward whose game projects well to the NHL. He protects pucks really well with his long reach and … Read more
The quickest and easiest way to describe the native of Oslo, Norway, is that he’s a viking on skates: Stian SolbergPosition: DefenseShoots: LeftHeight: 6’2″Weight: 201lbs Solberg plays the game of hockey in a way that coach’s will love, as long as he isn’t going too far over the edge. He wants to punish the opposition … Read more