Elite Prospects 2025 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 27-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs

In Leafsland, in the Treliving era, you now have to be at least 6-foot-1 to slide into the prospect pool. The team hasn’t drafted a smaller prospect in the past couple of drafts and we anticipate that they will continue to target size in the next classes. 

This represents a massive shift in thinking from the Kyle Dubas era, when the team favored “big brains” over “big boys”, but the new strategy has merit. That league is getting taller and stronger and, even more than in previous years, those two characteristics seem to drive playoff success. 

Yet, their top prospects remain their smarter ones. Easton Cowan and Ben Danford can play a physical brand of hockey, applying pressure on the opposition and winning back pucks, but it’s their abilities to read the unfolding play and influence it that