damn that's a deep pool. There should be a lot of NHL players there, and some high end ones. the Leafs also have a great collection of pseudo prospects like Hoefenmayer, Brazeau, and McCourt as well as those guys you mentioned who could be argued as prospects.
Your tier list looks pretty good. my only real disagreement would be moving Abruzzese up a tier, but I get why you might be down on him due to his age. I also would swap Rasanen and Tverberg, but that's pretty minor
Yeah we have four guys that are fully ready for NHL roles on cheap contracts. I'd love to add especially Hoefenmeyer and Brazeau to this pool, but they're just not technically Leafs prospects. McCourt looking somewhat interesting too.
I kinda wanna explain my thinking with Abruzzese:
a) His Divison (ECAC) is ranked 5th based on NCAA NHLe
- Big-Ten, Hockey East, NCHC, and WCHA all are considered better divisions. All of our guys playing in the NCAA this season are in better divisions.
b) His age. Of my top-15 prospects (he's ranked 12th), only three guys are older than him. Liljegren (1st), Holmberg (11th), and Hollowell (15th). He's closer to Hollowell's age than he is to Hallander, and Hallander was drafted the year before him.
c) His injury. A season ending hip surgery is not exactly something I like to see from a 21 year old. Not that his division is even playing, but we have no idea what he's gonna be like next year.
d) I kept trying to rank him higher than Holmberg, but he's only .3 years older, actually playing, and putting up very good (not great) production in the 2nd best league outside the NHL. Not to mention his fantastic rel.CF%/FF% that lets me track him even more.
e) I kept flipping between having my 2nd tier going as high as 14, but I finally settled on going up to SDA. I think 11-14 are borderline that tier but I just don't see them at the same level as I do 5-10.
Honestly, you could convince me to switch Tverberg and Rasanen. I think I'm just salty Tverberg isn't playing, "much" older than Schingoethe and Miller, and in a worse league than both if he does play.