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PPP: 15. Victor Johansson Getting into the gooder stuff now. I do hope it works out for Johansson with the Leafs, even though it was a very long shot to begin with. He's going to get reps as a very junior member of a mens team. TLN/DFO: 4. Tinus Luc Koblar I like him and I am pretty certain...

Nylander* signs PTO with hometown** Calgary Flames * Alex ** technically

how old do we want the team to be... but worth it for the lolz

This would be so funny

Just based on the way he looked compared to the rest of the D, I think the coaching staff would've played him more if he was already there for even half the season and had more time in the prep meetings and system training, rather than just half the playoff run. They had plenty of other, older...

PPP: 16. Harry Nansi I like that the article holds up Koblar as an in-system comparable to Nansi's potential path: tall C/W with two-way power games, but need to fill out frames and strength, and in Nansi's case skating. He's not up to Koblar's level at this time (and TLK is trending up quickly)...

wut (oh, it's the jersey number)

Just a note on preseason: the Leafs are slated for 4 games, but only playing on two nights (Sept 19, 23) vs Montreal and Ottawa. i.e. everyone is playing split-squad away and at home at the same time; home games are usually where the money makers play, while B squads get the away treatment. How...

PPP: 17. William Villeneuve This is his final year of eligibility for this list, and no longer waiver exempt, so it's make or break on all levels for Villeneuve to show he has the chops to lock down routine minutes in the NHL. Given that he didn't even play top dog minutes for the Marlies, I'd...

What is the psychology behind this

PPP: 18. Zach Olsen The biggest question mark to me is which abbreviation this 2026 3rd rd pick goes by: listed as Zac, but his social handles are Zach. He reminds me of Zach Hyman, so I lean towards the one with the H. As previously mentioned upthread by TLN, Olsen is really hard to play...

They gonna fight, right? I do think it's admirable Pronman is pretty consistent within his reality.

PPP: 19. Noah Chadwick This is a good read about Chadwick; evaluating defensemen takes a lot of video that doesn't make it to the highlight reels unless the coach attaches him to the offensive generators up front. At this time, I don't see him driving a pairing, more like complementing a better...

PPP. 20. Yaroslav Fedoseyev Hard to know much about a very recent 6th round pick, but the Leafs traded 'up' for him, hilariously using the 5th rder from Ottawa for Ersson's rights. If he turns into anything, that'll be quite the red paper clip moment. I like his profile (drafting RD and C for...