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Toronto Maple Leafs Top-40 Prospects - #36 |
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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 – LW (Ufa Salavat – KHL, Did Not Play)
#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)
The Maple Leafs continue to look at alternate avenues other than the draft to add depth to the organization, possibly to ascend to the NHL but also to provide layers of talent at the American Hockey League level. Zach Solow is one of those players who the club brought in on an AHL contract and has taken advantage of his opportunity.
The Naples, FL native went undrafted after two seasons in the USHL and led the league with 69 points in 2017. The 5’9”, 175 lb. forward played four seasons with Northeastern University and in 2021 split time between the ECHL and the AHL Chicago Wolves.
It was the same story for Solow the following season, splitting this time between the ECHL Florida Everglades and the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL, but his playoff totals for Florida (18 points in 19 games during the Kelly Cup playoffs) showed the maturation in his game.
In 2022, the Marlies signed Solow to a one-year deal and the 24-year-old posted a career-high 42 points (14 goals, 28 assists) in 42 games with Newfoundland and four points in 23 games with the Marlies. That earned him another one-year AHL deal from Toronto and perhaps a longer look at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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