Usually the NHL Entry Draft is the big kickoff to prospect season for Maple Leafs fans. After last year’s spree of new draftees and signings, this summer might be a little more low key. As of now there are only three draft picks in Leafs’ possession, all for the Saturday portion of the draft. Last year was the big spend on prospects ahead of what we likely should expect to be frequent purchases at the trade deadline and in the offseason on NHL-ready players.
Last year’s draft dominates the list of unsigned draft picks:
Maple Leafs Unsigned Draft Picks July, 2021
| Roni Hirvonen | January 10, 2002 | C | 2020 | 2 | 59 | June 1, 2024 |
| Topi Niemelä | May 25, 2002 | RD | 2020 | 3 | 64 | June 1, 2024 |
| William Villeneuve | March 30, 2002 | RD | 2020 | 4 | 122 | June 1, 2022 |
| Dmitri Ovchinnikov | August 19, 2002 | C, LW, RW | 2020 | 5 | 137 | IND |
| Veeti Miettinen | September 20, 2001 | RW | 2020 | 6 | 168 | August 15, 2024 |
| Joe Miller | September 15, 2002 | C, LW, RW | 2020 | 6 | 180 | August 15, 2025 |
| Axel Rindell | April 23, 2000 | RD | 2020 | 6 | 177 | June 1, 2022 |
| John Fusco | June 13, 2001 | LD | 2020 | 7 | 189 | August 15, 2024 |
| Wyatt Schingoethe | August 3, 2002 | C | 2020 | 7 | 195 | August 15, 2025 |
| Ryan Tverberg | January 30, 2002 | C | 2020 | 7 | 213 | August 15, 2025 |
| Mikko Kokkonen | January 18, 2001 | LD | 2019 | 3 | 84 | June 1, 2023 |
| Nick Abruzzese | June 4, 1999 | C | 2019 | 4 | 124 | August 15, 2023 |
| Mike Koster | April 13, 2001 | LD | 2019 | 5 | 146 | August 15, 2024 |
| Kalle Loponen | March 13, 2001 | RD | 2019 | 7 | 204 | June 1, 2023 |
| Ryan O'Connell | April 25, 1999 | LD | 2017 | 7 | 203 | August 15, 2022 |
| James Greenway | April 27, 1998 | LD | 2016 | 3 | 72 | August 15, 2021 |
At the bottom of this list, taken from Cap Friendly, so it includes Fabrice Herzog who I like to forget about, is dominated by players like him who aren’t prospects anymore, but are held by indefinite rights.