Sometimes an injury at just the wrong time can derail a rookie’s entire year. This happened with highly-touted Tampa prospect Jonathan Drouin, who broke his thumb during training camp and ended up watching games from the press box.
And this happened to last year’s #7 "Top 25 under 25," Leafs prospect and 35th-overall pick in 2012, Matt Finn. Falling to #24 this year, his sparse performance was yet marked by hope.
Everybody knows that young defencemen take longer to mature; everybody knows that this former Guelph Storm C has a lot to offer -- we went over his worth extensively in last year’s Top 25.