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Leafs' Prospect/Marlies Discussion Thread!

Leafs' Prospect Discussion Thread!

Pretty optimistic about Johnsson, Kapanen, Liljegren, Dermott, Rasanen, Grundstrom. Thanks for posting.
 
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l'il Liljegren

Nice play here where he gets stopped on the rush, circles back and makes a beauty pass to gain zone entry

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With Timmy, Rasanen, and Gordeev all having strong starts to the season, the defensive pipeline is looking pretty strong right now. Dermott is probably NHL ready, and Nielsen is still extremely intriguing (basically a left handed Cody Franson in the making). That's a pretty good group of kids.

Up front we lack high end talent (other than maybe Kappy who I still think can be a 25/25+ type top 6 winger) but have some top 9 type forwards who can play good 2 way games, and have enough skill to play with higher skill forwards (Grundstrom, Johnsson) as well as some high skill lottery tickets (Bracco, Brooks, Tima)

Pickard-Woll-Scott is actally a decent or better goaltending pipeline as well. For how deep the NHL team is in young or prime aged talent, we're positioned really well to add to the group from inside the organization or trade non core types (Brown, Kappy, etc) for impact talent and replace the depth from inside.
 
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Timmy's assist today:


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It's continuing to be a hell of an impressive start for him.
 
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Looks like the Leafs have found a way to get all three of their goalies regular AHL starts in the wake of the Calvin Pickard trade.

They've loaned Kasimir Kaskisuo to the Chicago Wolves, Vegas's AHL affiliate. The Wolves recently lost both their goalie to Vegas, with Fleury & Subban both going down to injury.
 
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Man, that Timmy assist still.

If you look closely, he gets the puck on its edge and fires it over.

That was actually a pretty tough pass to accept and convert like that. Props to Marchment.
 
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James Mirtle
@mirtle
@FriedgeHNIC reporting Leafs will sign Russian defenceman Igor Ozhiganov. Right shot D with CSKA
 
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Pension Plan Puppets
@PPPLeafs
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More on Ozhiganov. He's behind Nikita Nesterov and Alexey Marchenko on his team now, as well as Mat Robinson, an older import.
 
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Kucherov was trying to get the Lightning to sign Ozhiganov:

Interviewer: Could you persuade Steve Yzerman to take Nikita Gusev to Tampa?

Kucherov: I always say this to the Lightning; not only about Gusev, but about Igor Ozhiganov too. It’s not about our friendship. Both are great players, they could help Tampa to win a Stanley Cup. I wouldn’t have recommended them if they weren’t able to. By the way, I spoke to them about taking their chances in the NHL. It’s an opportunity to play against the best players in the world. We have known each other since childhood, it would be great to win the Stanley Cup together.
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https://www.rawcharge.com/2017/5/2/...usev-ozhiganov-local-media-andrei-vasilevskiy
 
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Korshkov has 9 pts in his past 10 games in the KHL. Apparently, a coaching change led to much greater usage and he's responded really well.
 
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Yep, we SO need a Felix Potvin (who doesn't tail off after his first 2 seasons)
 
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Deckie007 said:
https://twitter.com/FutureOfThe6/status/926804949945630720

So that's nice too. Guess the Leafs saw something they liked and he's off to a great start.
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The season didn't start off great for Scott. He pulled an abdominal muscle 40 minutes into the first game of the season, and then sat out for an entire month. But he's hit the ground running in his first five games back, which is really nice to see.

Whether you think they're prospects or not, our AHL goalies are doing well too. Surprisingly, Pickard is the worst of the three so far:

Garret Sparks: GP 7, 6-1-0, 1.44 GAA, .943 SV%, 2 SO
Kasimir Kaskisuo: GP 4, 2-2-0, 2.06 GAA, .937 SV%, 1 SO
Calvin Pickard: GP 3, 1-2-0, 3.44 GAA, .892 SV%, 0 SO

In the NCAA, Joseph Woll has been struggling this year, but he did bounce back by posting wins in back to back games this weekend, surrendering only one goal in each game. So, that's bumped his numbers back up closer to respectability. Hopefully he can get it back on the rails, because the US starting goalie job at the WJC's is sitting there waiting for him after his performance as their back up last year.

Joseph Woll: GP 8, 3-4-1, 2.62 GAA, 905 SV%, 0 SO
 
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