Prospect Info: 2021 Leafs Board Prospect Rankings #12

[Morgs]

Rindell was added with 3 votes (Tie goes to Morgs). Vote for who to add next.

1. Each poll will be open for 24 hours.

2. As we never have a consensus way as to which players are still considered prospects, we'll be using my way (at least for the first few polls). The player must be U24 and have less than 50 GP in the NHL. The "prospects" that are left off because of these rules are Joey Anderson, Brennan Menell, Adam Brooks, Joseph Duszak, Vladimir Bobylev, and Nickolai Chebykin. The player also must be either drafted by the team, or signed to an ELC to be considered a prospect. This leaves off a player like Keith Petruzzelli.

3. At this time we'll stick to the top-20, but if we want to go to 25 or 30 (I believe the Leafs have just over 30 guys that are eligible) I'll definitely go further.

Rankings:
1. Rasmus Sandin - 53.2%
2. Nick Robertson - 50.9%
3. Timothy Liljegren - 56.9%
4. Rodion Amirov - 90.6%
5. Topi Niemela - 62.1%
6. Matthew Knies - 45.4%
7. Roni Hirvonen - 61.1%
8. Mikhail Abramov - 47.5%
9. Mikko Kokkonen - 44.7%
10. Veeti Miettinen - 49.4%
11. Nick Abruzzese - 40.2%
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On the Docket:

Player	Position	Age	League	GP	Goals	Points	PPG	NHLe	Acquired
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev	C	21.0	KHL	10	1	5	0.50	25.3	3rd Round Pick 2018
Dmitri Ovchinnikov	C/W	19.0	MHL	40	20	51	1.28	17.8	5th Round Pick 2020
Pontus Holmberg	W	22.5	SHL	45	9	23	0.51	20.5	6th Round Pick 2018
Pavel Gogolev	W	21.5	AHL	13	6	12	0.9	31.2	UDFA
Filip Kral	LHD	21.9	CZE	48	6	21	0.44	14.2	5th Round Pick 2018
Mike Koster	LHD	20.4	NCAA	31	3	12	0.39	7.3	5th Round Pick 2019
Artur Ahktyamov	G	19.8	VHL	14	0	0	0	0.927	4th Round Pick 2020
Ty Voit	W	18.2	OHL	0	0	0	0.00	0	5th Round Pick 2021
William Villeneuve	RHD	19.5	QMJHL	33	3	20	0.61	7.9	4th Round Pick 2020
Axel Rindell	RHD	21.4	Liiga	47	7	19	0.40	12.0	6th Round Pick 2020

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Next:

Player	Position	Age	League	GP	Goals	Points	PPG	NHLe	Acquired
Alex Steeves	C/W	21.7	NCAA	29	15	32	1.10	20.9	UDFA
Ryan Tverberg	C	19.6	NCAA	14	4	7	0.50	8.4	7th Round Pick 2020
Mac Hollowell	RHD	22.9	AHL	27	2	10	0.37	12.5	4th Round Pick 2018
Semyon Kizimov	W	21.6	VHL	35	7	14	0.40	8.8	7th Round Pick 2018
Kalle Loponen	RHD	20.5	U20 Sarja	44	11	36	0.82	4.9	7th Round Pick 2019
Wyatt Schingoethe	C	19.1	USHL	44	10	21	0.48	4.6	7th Round Pick 2020
Joe Miller	C/W	19.0	USHL	40	8	18	0.45	4.4	6th Round Pick 2020
Kristans Rubins	LHD	23.7	AHL	22	1	3	0.14	4.6	UDFA
John Fusco	RHD	20.2	USHL	20	2	12	0.60	5.8	7th Round Pick 2020
Ryan O'Connell	LHD	22.4	NCAA	27	0	6	0.22	4.2	7th Round Pick 2017
Vladislav Kara	W	23.4	KHL	23	1	3	0.13	6.6	4th Round Pick 2017

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Player	Position	Age	League	GP	SV%	Acquired
Ian Scott	G	22.6	AHL	1	0.857	4th Round Pick 2017
Joseph Woll	G	23.1	AHL	15	0.892	3rd Round Pick 2016
Vyacheslav Peksa	G	19.0	MHL	17	0.909	6th Round Pick 2021

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Past Results:
Prospect Info: - 2019 Leafs Board Prospect Ranking #20
Prospect Info: - 2020 Leafs Board Prospect Rankings #20

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[Morgs]

Imo this is where it really opens up. Any player has a case to go at this point except Villeneueve, and probably Voit even though he's interesting as hell.

I think I'm going to go Holmberg as he's the only guy I'm around 75% certain will play 100+ NHL games left, but I do question his upside outside the bottom-6. Any of SDA, Ovchinnikov, Gogolev, Kral, or Koster I believe would be a good choice.

Add Steeves.

 

[stickty111]

SDA because of his upside and somewhat answering floor questions this season.

 

[kb]

Gogolev. Nearly a point per game in his first look at the AHL. Has size and something you can't teach....a touch around the net. Add Steeves

 

[Apex Predator]

Voted Gogolev

Add Steeves

 

[ponder]

Voted Gogolev/Steeves at 11, voting them again now

 

[Ashdown2]

the 3 russians should be all selected as the next 3

add mac he should already be in the selectable list

 

[Canada4Gold]

Holmberg and Ovi are the next 2. Pretty polar opposites upside/floor but they’re around the same level of value IMO

probably time for SDA at that point

 

[TimeZone]

Ovchinnikov for me for the upside, though he's far more likely to amount to nothing than some others he has the highest ceiling of the group, or near it at least.

 

[Lauro]

Ovchinni, add Steeves

 

[aingefan]

Any of the top six on the list, reminding us that this is a deep pool of complementary guys.
Still going Kral though some of the forwards are shinier or more predictable.
Add Steeves. Who could be sneaky good.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Voted Ovchinnikov, but he's a wild card considering level of competition this past season. Could be a big riser/faller this year.

Also considered Kral/Holmberg.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

I still think SDA has the highest potential out of the remaining names. So I gotta go with him.

 

[tmlfan98]

Add Hollowell

 

[Knies iT]

I still think SDA has the highest potential out of the remaining names. So I gotta go with him.

I think Ovchinnikov has higher upside. Of those left:

Highest ceiling: Ovchinnikov
Highest floor: Holmberg

SDA’s skating and apprehension to shoot the puck will be his kryptonite. If you refuse to shoot the puck and don’t have separation speed at the NHL level, good luck. Way too predictable and easy to defend. On top of that, his production has never been standout.