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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)
Toronto had three picks in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL Draft and at #195 overall, the Leafs selected center Wyatt Schingoethe. The Algonquin, IL native averaged 35 points in his first two years for the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks and took a step back in 2020-21, scoring 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 44 games.
The 5’11, 201 lb. center had previously been committed to Notre Dame and Denver University, but committed to Western Michigan in 2021.
The 20-year-old is described as being conscientious in his own zone, helping support the defense, and is an effective forechecker. HockeyProspect.com’s Black Book says that “his hockey sense is a positive at both ends of the rink” and that “he’s an all-situation player” whose “shooting and shot release game are one of his better attributes.”
In his freshman season, Schingoethe saw limited ice time and went scoreless in 20 games for WMU. Last season as a sophomore, he played only nine games scoring one goal and one assist. There is some expectation that the winger will use the NCAA transfer portal to find a school to give him more playing time and opportunity, but his time to make an impression on the Leafs is running out.
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