Quoting: Barilko14
There's 600 Ekholm to the Leafs suggestions here today, if you wanted some other opinions, pretty easy to click on any of those.
Grundstrom and Durzi were both top 5-10 prospects for the Leafs at that time. Definitely a step above an overager like Abruzzese and our 5th best (probably generous) D prospect.
Those two are dime a dozen.
Also, our 1st should be lower this year, and who knows how they'll be valued this year in general considering the lack of playing time and video teams will have on prospects this year.
https://theleafsnation.com/2020/12/12/leafs-prospects-ranked-by-our-readers/
Abruzzese is ranked by fans as our 8th best prospect. Sure he's overage, but he's scoring at a 1.5 PPG pace.
Kokkonen is ranked as our 9th best prospect.
Sure, it's no Amirov (3) or Liljegren (4), but the prospects aren't pushovers.
Edit: Abruzzese was slightly less than 1.5x PPG in his first year at Harvard
31 GP 14 G 30 A 44P
Also didn't know he wasn't playing this year (maybe injury or pandemic concerns? Unsure).
Could swap Abramov in who's ranked higher on the fan list.