Defense - Grannberg (Percy is a turnover machine - needs another year at least to figure out how to play defense - real defense)
Centre - Verhaeghe (Gauthier is gonna surprise peeps yet - I like his decision-making)
Wing - Leivo (Brown needs to build muscle and man-strength)
Goal - NONE - but a longshot is Bibeau IF ONLY for slightly better rebound control than the other two - the others can block a puck in their ever-present b-fly but not control it which, as we see with Reimer, is what separates a real goalie from a career back-up. Rebound control is a star goalie's bread and butter folks. None of the Leaf's prospects demonstrate it well. Bibeau got so many shots in the CHL playoffs b/c he kicks the puck back out into play over and over - sorry... Reimer all over again.
Centre - Verhaeghe (Gauthier is gonna surprise peeps yet - I like his decision-making)
Wing - Leivo (Brown needs to build muscle and man-strength)
Goal - NONE - but a longshot is Bibeau IF ONLY for slightly better rebound control than the other two - the others can block a puck in their ever-present b-fly but not control it which, as we see with Reimer, is what separates a real goalie from a career back-up. Rebound control is a star goalie's bread and butter folks. None of the Leaf's prospects demonstrate it well. Bibeau got so many shots in the CHL playoffs b/c he kicks the puck back out into play over and over - sorry... Reimer all over again.