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Toronto Maple Leafs Top 10 Prospect List Summer 2019

By James Tanner

CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 28: Toronto Marlies defenceman Timothy Liljegren (7) passes the puck during the second period of the American Hockey League game between the Toronto Marlies and Cleveland Monsters on November 28, 2018, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 28: Toronto Marlies defenceman Timothy Liljegren (7) passes the puck during the second period of the American Hockey League game between the Toronto Marlies and Cleveland Monsters on November 28, 2018, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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VICTORIA , BC – DECEMBER 21: Ian Scott #31 of Team Canada skates to the bench following a game versus Team Slovakia at the IIHF World Junior Championships at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on December 21, 2018 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
VICTORIA , BC – DECEMBER 21: Ian Scott #31 of Team Canada skates to the bench following a game versus Team Slovakia at the IIHF World Junior Championships at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on December 21, 2018 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images) /

#10 – Ian Scott

Ian Scott was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 4th round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

He played last year for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, and he had an absolutely fantastic season.

Ranking him tenth on this list is probably unfair based off of his performance last year,  but the reason I have him so low is that goalies are completely unpredictable.

It’s nearly impossible to predict how an established NHL goalie is going to perform year-to-year, so I don’t know how anyone could accurately gauge a prospect goalie’s NHL potential.

Who – for instance – could have predicted that last year’s two best NHL goalies would be Jordan Binnington and Robin Lehner? No one, that’s who!

Even though we don’t know whether he’ll be a good pro or not, Ian Scott had a fantastic year that is worthy of recognition.

He was 38-8 with a .932 Save Percentage and a goals-against under 2.

Who knows if he can keep it up, but he is at least for now, the top goalie in the Toronto Maple Leafs system.

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