NHL Prospect Watch – Toronto Maple Leafs
In the lead-up to the 2023-24 NHL season, we’re taking a look at the current and former WHL talent in each NHL Club’s prospect pool. In this 32-part series, we’ll highlight the WHL players signed to an NHL contract or recently drafted, 25 years of age or younger with 50 or fewer NHL games played. Join us for a brand-new season of NHL Prospect Watch!
We continue with the prospect pool of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Noah Chadwick
Defenceman Noah Chadwick heard his name called by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL Draft after a solid rookie campaign with the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Chadwick, who calls Saskatoon, Sask. home, scored five goals, amassing 20 points from the Lethbridge blue line while appearing in all but one of the Hurricanes’ 68 regular season contests. Originally selected by Lethbridge in the second round of the 2020 WHL Prospects Draft, Chadwick has totalled 25 points (8G-17A) over his 82 career WHL regular season games with the Hurricanes.
Need a goal? We Noah guy. 😉@WHLHurricanes pic.twitter.com/jGJJ2DobCa
— The WHL (@TheWHL) November 27, 2022
Brandon Lisowsky
A seventh-round selection by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2022 NHL Draft, forward Brandon Lisowsky scored 38 goals for the Saskatoon Blades last season. The 2022-23 campaign marked Lisowsky’s second WHL season with 30 or more goals; the product of Port Coquitlam, B.C. added 13 more points (3G-10A) during the WHL Playoffs, helping the Blades reach the Conference Championship series for the first time since 1994. Originally selected ninth-overall by Saskatoon in the 2019 WHL Draft, Lisowsky has totalled 150 points (80G-70A) over his 163 career WHL regular season appearances with the Club.
The @BladesHockey go in front thanks to Brandon Lisowsky!@MapleLeafs | #WHLPlayoffs | #FeedingTheFuture pic.twitter.com/iPmbEqbQaE
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 20, 2023
Fraser Minten
Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., forward Fraser Minten enjoyed a career year in 2022-23 with the Kamloops Blazers, scoring 31 times while totalling 67 points for the Club. Selected in the second round of the 2022 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Minten signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Club in October of 2022. The 19-year-old is a proven playoff performer, too, with 20 post-season points over Kamloops’ past two seasons, both of which saw the Blazers reach the Western Conference Championship. He added a goal in four games this past spring at the 2023 Memorial Cup, which Kamloops hosted. Since being selected by the Blazers in the fourth round of the 2019 WHL Draft, Minten has totalled 55 goals and 140 points over his 144 regular season games with the Club.
Hey @MapleLeafs Social Team!
Apologies for the Twitter spam the last couple of days.
Anyways, we thought you would be interested to hear that your guy and @blazerhockey Fraser Minten has registered his second hat-trick in back-to-back nights!
Warm regards,
WHL Socials Team. pic.twitter.com/hoUfby9fDN
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 29, 2022