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The Toronto Maple Leafs organization has drafted and developed a number of youngsters currently playing in the NHL (Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander), but the club under former GM Kyle Dubas replenished their prospect pool to provide the Leafs with young prospects. It will now be up to new GM Brad Treliving to continue that work.
As we did last year, we will rank the club’s top prospects over the upcoming weeks based on their progress in either the NCAA, CHL, Europe, ECHL or AHL and their potential to make the Leafs roster and make a contribution in the future.
Players are eligible for the list if they have not played more than 40 NHL games and are 25 years old or younger:
#40 Rodion Amirov
Note: In honor of Amirov after his passing earlier this month, we will keep him on the Leafs prospect list.
#39 Ryan Chyzowski - LW (Newfoundland - ECHL, Toronto - AHL)
#38 Dryden McKay - G (Newfoundland - ECHL, Toronto - AHL)
#37 Wyatt Schingoethe – C (Western Michigan – NCAA)
#36 Zach Solow - RW (Newfoundland - ECHL, Toronto - AHL)
#35 John Fusco – D (Dartmouth – NCAA)
#34 Kalle Loponen – D (Koo Koo Kouvola/HPK – Finland SM-Liiga)
#33 Noah Chadwick - D (Lethbridge - WHL)
#32 Semyon Kizimov - RW (Nizhnekamsk/Yekaterinberg - KHL)
#31 Max Ellis – RW (Toronto – AHL)
#30 Mikko Kokkonen – D (Newfoundland - ECHL, Toronto - AHL)
#29 Keith Petruzzelli - G (Newfoundland - ECHL, Toronto - AHL)
#28 Braeden Kressler – C (Flint – OHL)
#27 Hudson Malinoski – C (Brooks Bandits – AJHL)
#26 Veeti Miettinen – RW (St. Cloud St.- NCAA
#25 Dmitry Ovchinnikov – LW (Sibir Novosibirsk – KHL, Toronto - AHL)
#24 Brandon Lisowsky – (Saskatoon – WHL)
#23 Dennis Hildeby - G (Farjestad - SHL, Toronto - AHL)
#22 Ryan Tverberg – C (Connecticut – NCAA, Toronto - AHL)
#21 Vladislav Kara - LW (Podolsk Vityaz - KHL)
#20 Semyon Der-Argushintsev - C (Toronto - AHL)
#19 Nikita Grebyonkin - RW (Khabarovsk/Magnitogorsk - KHL)
#18 Easton Cowan – LW (London – OHL)
#17 Artur Akhtyamov – G (Neftyanik Almetievsk – VHL)
#16 Vyacheslav Peksa - G (Ak-Bars Kazan - MHL/VHL/KHL)
#15 Michael Koster - D (Minnesota - NCAA)
#14 Ty Voit – RW (Sarnia – OHL)
The Maple Leafs had only three picks in the 2021 NHL Draft after making deals for rentals Nick Foligno, David Rittich, and Ben Hutton. In the fifth round, Toronto followed their usual modus operandi during Kyle Dubas’ administration, opting for players with high skill first and foremost, selecting Sarnia Sting forward Ty Voit 153rd overall.
Voit is from the Pittsburgh area and had an excellent rookie season as a 16-year-old (8 goals, 20 assists in 49 games) with the Sting, but did not play in 2021 because of the OHL shutdown. After a year hiatus, Voit had a breakout season, leading Sarnia with 80 points (26 goals, 54 assists) in 67 games, prompting the Leafs to sign them to a three-year entry-level contract in December.
That decision looked quite fortuitous for Toronto, as Voit exploded last season, finishing second in OHL scoring with 105 points (24 goals, 81 assists) in 67 games. The 5’10” 161 lb. forward is speedy with an excellent skating stride and high agility according to the HP Black Book.
"His great edge work combined with good vision and spatial awareness allows him to maneuver around defensemen and generate scoring plays. Although Voit is undersized, his skating helps mitigates that concern, as he had no problem generating offense against bigger opponents."
The question now in front of Voit is whether he can translate his junior success to the pros. The 20-year-old will likely get a long look at training camp and be placed where he can play frequently, either with Newfoundland or with the Marlies.
Based on his speed and offensive chops, scoring will not be the issue, but if he can develop the other aspects of his game, it is not impossible to project Voit to have a chance at an NHL career.
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