We’ll start with a couple of Finnish prospects from the organization’s ’20 class in today’s Leafs Prospect Update.
Axel Rindell, Topi Niemelä lead Karpat to 2-0 week
In the last edition of Leafs Prospect Updates, I mentioned that 2020 sixth-round pick D Axel Rindell had been traded from Jukurit to Karpat in the Finnish Liiga.
Rindell is an offensive defenceman through and through. He’s put up 48 points in 94 games the past two seasons as a defender on a team that didn’t score very much. That’s why it was shocking when this season — in a year where he must earn a contract from the Leafs to retain prospect status — the 21-year-old started off his season with no goals and five points in 16 games.