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Prospect Info: Marlies, Cyclones, and Prospect Discussion

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Is it possible that the leafs staff viewed Minten as repalceable by a guy like Quillan? Just throwing it out there but they have watched them closely all season

They also were in London for Cowan’s hat trick last week so maybe they liked what they saw and decided to keep him unless the offer was like a Rantannan type
 
LaPlante94 said:
It's not great if you look at it like we're a rebuilding team needing high end prospects who can be top 6 players. For what we need some look very promising and could potentially save us a lot of draft picks in the future.
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Yeah and I like our chances of landing a couple good prospects with our second and third rounders this year. We have a good scouting staff
 
The Shadow said:
Is it possible that the leafs staff viewed Minten as repalceable by a guy like Quillan? Just throwing it out there but they have watched them closely all season

They also were in London for Cowan’s hat trick last week so maybe they liked what they saw and decided to keep him unless the offer was like a Rantannan type
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I imagine that’s the thinking, or even this class of college UDFA’s.

If they can sign a couple from the top of the class, the current prospect pool is roughly the same as it was.

Not to downplay Minten’s upside, he could end up anywhere from 4c to 2c depending on situations and having a legit line driver. But most project him as an excellent 4c, capable 3C….there’s a couple UDFA kids who project that way.
 
Could be a big summer for Topi and WillyNeuve. The only real open spot on the D for the next few years is 3RD and they’d be competing with Phillipe Myers - assuming no one else is brought in.

You could see OEL being a great mentor for his partner.
 
It'll be interesting to navigate the prospect turnover this summer.

Of U25 prospects, they'll have Kokkonen, Hirvonen, Niemela, Villeneuve, and Hildeby expiring as RFA's. Tverberg still has one-year term from the '20 class and can hopefully return closer to 23-24 form. I can envision movement on Niemela mainly, but could see the others back.

Cowan, Chadwick, and Valis will turn Pro and Sharpe is probably the main consideration to jump from ECHL to AHL full time - Kressler and Voit too I suppose. Holinka and McCue are late '05's so they could even do it too if TOR decides. They have all of Koster, Miller, Fusco, Schingoethe, Moldenhauer, and Malinoski in the NCAA now - a few probably expire and are non-prospects; but I wonder about Miller and Malinoski imminently the most. Do they bring Obvintsev over too? He's completely on the sidelines in his current org

Then you get into the FA class, which will largely be NCAA-based because most CHL OA's are going there instead of Pro. Valis was one, and the only CHL find in the league, so far. I wonder about Sam Alfano still. Tre scouted an Erie-Owen Sound game awhile back post McCue to Flint trade. TOR has been linked to two of the marquee NCAA names in Haymes and Dorwart, and also D Caleb MacDonald . They also had Hutson and Ricketts at Dev Camp last year - the latter being older and more of an AHL deal consideration. They could get in on the Euro market too, but haven't been too solidly linked to anyone from what I've seen yet.

25-26 Marlies:
Forwards: Barbolini (AHL), Cowan, Hirvonen, Kressler, Quillan, Shaw (AHL), Tverberg, Valis, Voit (Holinka, Malinoski, McCue, Miller, + prospect and vet FA's)

Defense: Benning, Chadwick, Kokkonen, Parsons (AHL), Rifai, Sharpe (AHL), Villeneuve, Webber (Niemela + prospect and Vet FA's)

Goalies: Akhtyamov, Hildeby, Peksa (Obvintsev)
 
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