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Ranking Prospects 2025-26

15 powerplay points in 18 games this season. Last season in 67 games he had........ two (2).

That looks like they didn't give him PP minutes last season.

Nansi was in the bottom 6 (usually 4th line) last season.

This year he's playing top-6 deployment on the wing.
 
“I had no idea how good Tinus was,” Leksands coach Johan Hedberg told The Athletic in October. “If he keeps going like he’s been going, he’s going to be our best player by the end of the year.”

Teenagers aren’t supposed to be playing as well in the SHL as Koblar has. Fellow 2025 second-round pick Theo Stockselius is playing the majority of his season in Sweden’s junior league.

Among 18-year-olds, the Norwegian-born Koblar is sixth in SHL scoring with five points in 21 games. His blend of playmaking and physicality makes him a rare player.

“(Koblar) has taken the chance to play well and he’s made it easy for us to play him,” Persson said.

The Leksands coaching staff insists it never intended for Koblar to become so vital to the senior team this season.

He started out on the 4th line in spot duty, and has since shifted to middle 6 centre, ~17min per game as an 18 year old in a professional mens league.

He will be featuring prominently on Norway's World Junior team.
 
That's awesome. I'm hoping that they have hit on some diamonds in the rough in the last couple of drafts. It would be great if Danford ended up channeling his inner Barret Jackman. Just need a couple of hits. This draft is the one that really crippled the prospect pool. Which is funny because they had a lot of picks:




DraftNum.RoundPlayerPosDrafted FromGPGAPtsPIM

2020 Entry

15

1

Rodion Amirov

L

Ufa Salavat Yulayev [KHL]

2020 Entry

59

2

Roni Hirvonen

C

Assat Pori [SM-liiga]

2020 Entry

64

3

Topi Niemela

D

Karpat [SM-liiga]

2020 Entry

106

4

Artur Akhtyamov

G

Kazan Jrs. (Russia)

2020 Entry

122

4

William Villeneuve

D

Saint John Sea Dogs [QMJHL]

2020 Entry

137

5

Dmitry Ovchinnikov

C

Novosibirsk Jrs. (Russia)

2020 Entry

168

6

Veeti Miettinen

R

Espoo Jrs. (Finland)

2020 Entry

177

6

Axel Rindell

D

Jukurit Mikkeli [SM-liiga]

2020 Entry

180

6

Joe Miller

C

Blake School (Minn. H.S.)

2020 Entry


189


7


John Fusco


D


Dexter Southfield (Mass. H.S.)


2020 Entry


195


7


Wyatt Schingoethe


F


Waterloo Black Hawks [USHL]


2020 Entry


213


7


Ryan Tverberg


C


Toronto Jr. Canadiens [OJHL]



Nobody from that draft has played an NHL game, and unfortunately Rodion Amirov passed away. This is the worst draft in the Leafs history. There are a couple of others that come close, like the 1999 draft and the 2004, but usually someone the Leafs draft plays a couple of games in the NHL. I still hold out hope that Villeneuve makes the jump at some point.
 
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Watching the World Juniors...I'm not seeing the appeal of Ben Danford
He had some good moments and def some rough ones too, pretty much like all of the kids. Some people are saying McKenna won't be #1 now. I remember people were ripping Cowan and Minten as well. I try not to get to hyped or down on any of them based on this short tourney. We'll see what happens with him and hopefully we'll see him in the line up one day.
 
Watching the World Juniors...I'm not seeing the appeal of Ben Danford
I was a Sam O'Reilly (picked 1 spot later) guy at the draft and he seemed to have a much better showing, although I'm not entirely sure I agree with him being named one of the top 3 players on the team. It's also a little tough to see Igor Chernyshov (picked 2 spots later) lighting it up in his very early NHL career: 8 points in 8 games with San Jose. Not sure he was really on very many people's radars at the time though.
 
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