It’s almost September, which means we’ve nearly reached Rookie Tournament Season! The Leafs just announced their roster for the upcoming Traverse City Prospects Tournament, which you can find here. So, what exactly have the Leafs brought to the tournament here? Let’s break it down. The Drafted The Leafs are bringing a total of ten draft picks…
Position: Goaltender 2018 TLN Top 20 Rank: Not Ranked How Acquired: 2017 4th Round (110th Overall) Why is Scott in this Tier? Ian Scott is one of a two pretty good goaltending prospects in the Leafs’ prospect pool – the other being Joseph Woll who will be covered later in this series. To call Scott a “Fence Sitter”…
A total of 32 players will make their way to Traverse City, Michigan for the annual rookie tournament. This year will mark the first year the Leafs will be participating, after previously played in local tournaments in London, Ontario or Oshawa, Ontario, Toronto will be heading across the border to play with eight other NHL…
It’s extremely August in the hockey world to be upset about an arbitrary ranking that doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. But Frederik Andersen not being included in the recent Top-10 Goalies list put out by NHL Network is absurd.
Last summer, I did a series that went over all of the Leafs who were likely to play in the NHL that season and explored the floors and ceilings of their upcoming season. And, in the content starved month of August, I’ve decided to bring it back again. Much like last time, I’ll be looking…
