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Maple Leafs select Tinus Luc Koblar with No. 64 pick in 2025 NHL Draft
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Arun Srinivasan
Jun 28, 2025, 13:32 EDTUpdated: Jun 28, 2025, 16:17 EDT
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With the final pick of the second round, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Tinus Luc Koblar of Leksands IF of the Swedish Junior League. Koblar is a 6-foot-3 centre who will need some time to develop before he makes a real impact at the NHL level.
Here’s what Daily Faceoff and The Leafs Nation’s prospect analyst Steven Ellis wrote about Koblar. Koblar was unranked on Daily Faceoff’s Top 120 prospects board.
As a 6-foot-3 center, there’s a lot to like from his physical attributes. He’s not a crushing presence, but he’s competitive and strong enough to win out most individual battles. Mix in good skating and good hockey IQ and I think there’s definitely some late-bloomer potential if he can unlock another level in his offensive game.
Koblar posted eight goals and 21 points in 43 games with Leksands during the 2024-25 campaign.
The Leafs Nation’s Jon Steitzer considered Koblar a boom-or-bust option for the Maple Leafs and wrote the following in his scouting report:
Koblar also has a July birthday which puts him on the younger side of the draft. Being a 17-year old playing in a J20 league is an accomplishment and with a 6’3 frame, there is a strong case that he’ll get a look at the SHL sooner rather than later if things go well too.
The 6-foot-3 Norwegian would be a slow burn prospect in the spirit of other European projects like Leo Komarov, Pierre Engvall, and Pontus Holmberg, but Leksands is a strong organization and the Leafs would retain rights on an international player longer, and both of those things should factor in to considering Tinus Luc Koblar.
Toronto gained the No. 64 selection in a trade with the Florida Panthers at the 2024 NHL Draft. It will make its next selection with the No. 86 pick on Saturday afternoon. Toronto does not have a first-round pick in the 2026 and 2027 NHL Drafts so it’s imperative to find value on Day 2.
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