The Leafs have traded a lot of their draft capital the past few seasons. 38 in 2022 Tier: Projected to play NHL games Skating: Below NHL average Puck skills: NHL average Hockey sense: NHL average Compete: NHL average Shot: Above NHL average Analysis: Minten had a good season playing a big role on a top WHL team. 64 in 2020 …
MINNEAPOLIS — Matthew Knies hunches forward eagerly in a plush, leather couch. Knies remembers Doan leaning on him, telling him that the NHL is “everything.” “He’s so eager to play hockey again, that he was pushing me to do it,” Knies said. “Since I’m a sophomore in the dorms,” Knies said, “I feel like a parent in there.” Knies is …
Josh Doan has been friends with Matthew Knies for over 10 years and knows him better than most. “You could tell what it meant to him to be selected to that team,” Doan said of Knies, the Maple Leafs’ second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. Gophers assistant coach Garrett Raboin said during the team’s first few skates of the …
Welcome to Scott Wheeler’s 2022 rankings of every NHL organization’s prospects. Matthew Knies, LW, 19 Knies has become one of the best early stories of the 2021 draft class with his play at the University of Minnesota, where he has produced at a point per game as a freshman to work his way onto USA’s men’s Olympic team. But he’s …