Prospect Info: 2021 Leafs Board Prospect Rankings #5

[Morgs]

Holmberg was added with 3 votes. 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.

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%
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On the Docket:

Player	Position	Age	League	GP	Goals	Points	PPG	NHLe	Acquired
Topi Niemela	RHD	19.4	Liiga	15	0	4	0.27	7.9	3rd Round Pick 2020
Matthew Knies	W	18.9	USHL	44	17	42	0.95	9.2	Pittsburgh Trade
Mikhail Abramov	C/W	20.4	QMJHL	25	12	30	1.20	15.6	4th Round Pick 2019
Veeti Miettinen	W	19.9	NCAA	31	11	24	0.77	11.2	6th Round Pick 2020
Mikko Kokkonen	LHD	20.6	Liiga	50	1	10	0.20	5.9	3rd Round Pick 2019
Roni Hirvonen	C/W	19.6	Liiga	54	6	15	0.28	8.2	2nd Round Pick 2020
Nick Abruzzese	W	22.2	NCAA	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	4th Round Pick 2019
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev	C	20.9	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

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Next:

Player	Position	Age	League	GP	Goals	Points	PPG	NHLe	Acquired
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
Axel Rindell	RHD	21.3	Liiga	47	7	19	0.40	12.0	6th Round Pick 2020
Alex Steeves	C/W	21.7	NCAA	29	15	32	1.10	20.9	UDFA
Ty Voit	W	18.2	OHL	0	0	0	0.00	0	5th Round Pick 2021
Pavel Gogolev	W	21.5	AHL	13	6	12	0.9	31.2	UDFA
Ryan Tverberg	C	19.6	NCAA	14	4	7	0.50	8.4	7th Round Pick 2020
William Villeneuve	RHD	19.4	QMJHL	33	3	20	0.61	7.9	4th 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	18.9	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	22.3	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
Ahktyamov, Artur	G	19.8	VHL	14	0.927	4th Round Pick 2020
Scott, Ian	G	22.6	AHL	1	0.857	4th Round Pick 2017
Woll, Joseph	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]

The guy I think is closest to getting in the top-4 tier, Topi Niemela. Opens up a lot at this point, but I think Niemela, Knies, Abramov, Miettinen, Kokkonen, and Hirvonen stand out a bit more from the rest of the pack.

Add Kral.

 

[ottomaddox]

R.H. from Finland

 

[Gamble9]

voted knies but topi or ronin could be the choice also I just like the trajectory on knies

 

[kb]

Niemela, and one vote to add Gogolev

 

[Maplebeasts]

Niemela. Add Kral. Gogolev and Koster should also be there.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Niemela, followed by Hirvonen.

Then probably Abramov/Knies.

 

[Kiwi]

Abramov

When I watch him I think winger rather than center but his ability to carry the puck in transition and vision/playmaking/shot combination make me believe he could be an effective option in our top 6 if everything works out

 

[aingefan]

I would like to take a second to thank the Ottawa Senators.

 

[Prominence]

I would like to take a second to thank the Ottawa Senators.

They were also kind enough to take on zaitsev.

 

[ponder]

Topi - just so smart, and so good at both zone exits and entries. Personally I slightly prefer him to Liljegren.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Sloppy Topi

 

[Lauro]

Niemela, add Gogolev

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Niemela easily. Hopefully has another great year.

 

[Dayjobdave]

Voted Nies but I really like Niemela as well.

vote to add Gogolev to the list

 

[al secord]

It would be such a shot in the arm if we hit on Niemela. Hopefully he shines again this year.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Gonna go off the board and say Gogolev.
He had great production in limited games last year but it really didn’t seem like a lucky streak to me. I wonder how much further he can be developed? Serious offensive talent.

 

[Magic Man]

Voted Knies.

Add Gogolev.

 

[Apex Predator]

Voted Niemela

add Gogolev

 

[TheGreatOne11]

I believe Abramov has what it takes to play at the NHL level and is going to work out for us quite well one day.

 

[tmlfan98]

Add Kral

 

[SprDaVE]

Gonna go off the board and say Gogolev.
He had great production in limited games last year but it really didn’t seem like a lucky streak to me. I wonder how much further he can be developed? Serious offensive talent.

If he can continue his torrid pace in a full season, he'll shoot up the prospect rankings.

I am very skeptical that he can produce at the NHL level though even with great AHL production. His skating is very suspect. I think it's a lot more likely he becomes an AHL star but NHL tweener like many before him have become... just my dumb prediction though.

 

[96]

RIP Schenn <3

Anyway we can commemorate his memory by naming this list "Schenn's top Leafs prospect rankings"? It would mean a lot.

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

By the looks of this poll, it's crazy to think Kokkonen is going to end up being ranked outside the top 10. It's insane how little love this guy gets.
Elite Prospects - Liiga Stats All-time season
That is a list of every player to play in the Finnish Liiga as a U16 player. Only 2 players have ever done this, although those 2 players only played 3 and 1 games respectively.

Kokkonen is also 15th all time in games played as a U17 (16 years old) player out of 48 players all time. For U18 (17 years old) players, his season is the 17th best all time in points, 48th all time in points per game out of 282 players. It was the 4th best season all time as a defender for total points (first since 1980-81 season), and 11th all time in points per game behind only Heinola (14 points in 34 GP) and Anttoni Honka (9 points in 20 GP) minuim 5 GP, since 1993-1994 (there are 2 players who each had 1 point in 2 GP). He's done all this while playing for one of the worst teams and playing tough minutes while doing it.

 

[Morgs]

By the looks of this poll, it's crazy to think Kokkonen is going to end up being ranked outside the top 10. It's insane how little love this guy gets.
Elite Prospects - Liiga Stats All-time season
That is a list of every player to play in the Finnish Liiga as a U16 player. Only 2 players have ever done this, although those 2 players only played 3 and 1 games respectively.

Kokkonen is also 15th all time in games played as a U17 (16 years old) player out of 48 players all time. For U18 (17 years old) players, his season is the 17th best all time in points, 48th all time in points per game out of 282 players. It was the 4th best season all time as a defender for total points (first since 1980-81 season), and 11th all time in points per game behind only Heinola (14 points in 34 GP) and Anttoni Honka (9 points in 20 GP) minuim 5 GP, since 1993-1994 (there are 2 players who each had 1 point in 2 GP). He's done all this while playing for one of the worst teams and playing tough minutes while doing it.

I'd be a little surprised. He's not the guy that should go yet, but he'll go around or before 10 as long as people have been paying attention to the player and not the points.