Toronto Maple Leafs 2021 Draft Review: One Year Later

WORCESTER, MA - MARCH 25: Matthew Knies #89 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers skates against the Massachusetts Minutemen during the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Northeast Regional game at the DCU Center on March 25, 2022 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Golden Gophers won 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images) /

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It’s draft season for the Toronto Maple Leafs!

As we’re all excited for the 2022 NHL draft and most importantly, who the Toronto Maple Leafs will pick. figured I’d take a look back at last years draft and see how the prospects have performed thus far.

As most drafts go, it takes some time to see how draft picks pan out. Unless you’re picking in the top-five or top-ten most picks themselves take anywhere from three years or more to even make the NHL, let alone hit their peak.

However, it’s good to look back periodically and keep updated on how the draft picks pan out post-draft. In the case of their 2021 Class, the Toronto Maple Leafs picks seem to look much better only one year later.

They only had three selections: Matthew Knies (second round, 57th overall), Ty Voit (fifth round, 153rd overall), and Vyacheslav Peksa (sixth round, 185th overall).

At the time, they were met with very little optimism by most people. It’s hard to “win the draft” when you only have three picks and by no means is anyone claiming they did only year out. So, let’s take a look at who they took and how they’ve progressed so far. (stats hockeyreference.com).

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