The Toronto Maple Leafs development model of choosing skill and intelligence over phsyical attributes like size has been working very well so far.
Despite the Leafs true ‘blue chip’ prospects playing in North American professional leagues, the Leafs still have a number of very promising young players plying their way in Junior, College or European leagues.
Editor in Leaf recently published our updated top 10 Leafs Prospects and Rasums Sandin was ranked #1. Since he is verging on transitioning from Top Prospect to NHL Regular, I thought it would a good time to run through some candidates to take over for him.