#6 Pierre Engvall
Pierre Engvall is a 6’5 23 year-old who was drafted in the seventh round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
This is season, in what may be one of the more interesting developments surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs, Engvall was recalled about the time the team made his AHL coach the coach of the NHL team.
Instead of being ignored by Mike Babcock, the Toronto Maple Leafs nearly forgotten, least-hyped prospect was given a regular roll my incoming coach Sheldon Keefe.
Engvall has since gotten into 27 NHL games and may have played his last game in the AHL.
I still rank him on this list though because he’s an intriguing player who we still aren’t sure about.
Will he be a quality fourth line scoring option? Or will he break out into a top six player? The jury remains out on the questions.
I’ve got him sixth on this list because he’s still mysterious enough to be a prospect, but I don’t think his ceiling is all that high.
Engvall has seven goals in 27 games, while skating mostly with Kapanen and Ceci. Interestingly, he jumps to being a 57% player when away from Ceci. (all stats naturalstattrick.com).
He appears to be a great skater for his size, and to have some untapped offensive potential. He has gotten in about 40 minutes with one of the Leafs top two centres and hasn’t looked out of place.
His points per 60 rating is 2.27 which is first line production. Now he would obviously have to do that on the first line and for an extended time before we could say he is capable of actual first line production, but it’s encouraging never the less.
Engvall is a late pick that has developed into an NHL player and still has a ceiling. That’s good enough to make him the Toronto Maple Leafs sixth best prospect.