9. Ty Voit
Age: 21
Height/Weight: 5'10",157 LBS.
Position: Winger
Shoots: Right
Draft: 5th Round, 153rd Overall 2021
There are very few rankings that you will find that have Ty Voit ranked in the top 10 Toronto Maple Leafs prospects. I however, rank potential above all things, and Voit is absolutely loaded with it.
What happened with Voit is basically this: He was drafted in 2021 when no one knew what they were doing, and he was a highly talented lottery ticket who looked like a potential steal. In his two post-draft years in the OHL, he scored 80 and then 105 points.
Voit is the classic talented but small player who is immediately dismissed as soon as injuries strike. Now, it's possible he was injured because he is small and that he won't be strong enough to make the NHL because of it. It's also possible that his injuries were just flukes that happen when playing a dangerous game, and that a larger player would have been just as injured.
Last year Voit was injured during rookie camp, then he tore it up during a conditioning stint in the ECHL, then got hurt in his first game back in the AHL.
This year they started him in the ECHL, and we'll have to see what happens. Regardless, I like this player because he's tenacious and he can score. He might not make it, but if he does, I think he makes it as a surprising star.
He is a longshot, but he's got more upside than a lot of the Leafs prospects who are more likely to make the league as role players.