Topi Niemelä News & Stories
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Aug 26th, 20:00Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2024 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 20-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitch Brown takes you through the Toronto Maple Leafs 20th-ranked prospect pool going into the 2024-25 NHL season with scouting reports and tools grades on its 17 best players.
Feb 28th, 13:00NHLTaking Stock: A look at the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect trade chips ahead of 2024 deadline
David St-Louis, Lassi Alanen, and Mitch Brown team up to give an updated look at the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect pool ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline.
2023-09-28, 13:00Fantasy HockeyFantasy Hockey Rundown: Real life vs fantasy value - prospect edition (Part III)
In the first two parts of this series, we explored 10 prospects from the EP Rinkside top 51-100 affiliated prospects. Those players primarily featured towards the end of that list,...
2023-08-30, 20:10Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2023 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 25-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitch Brown tees up the Toronto Maple Leafs' 25th-ranked system, with scouting reports, tools grades, etc. on their 18 best prospects.
2023-08-21, 16:01Prospect Pool RankingsRanking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2023: Skaters 100-51
The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown begins with a look at the 100th to 51st-best skater prospects.
2023-02-15, 17:012023 NHL Trade DeadlineTaking Stock: A look at the Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect pool ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline
Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the Toronto Maple Leafs system ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.
2022-09-22, 17:45Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2022 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 20-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking Series continues with the 20th-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs.
2022-09-13, 12:00Prospect Pool RankingsRanking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2022: Skaters 50-26
The EP Rinkside top 100 affiliated skater prospects countdown continues with Mitch Brown's article on the prospects ranked between 50-26.
2021-12-14, 19:31World Juniors 2022Meet the Team: An early look at what Finland might look like at the 2022 World Juniors
Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen offers a player-by-player breakdown of the players likely to suit up for Finland at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.
2021-11-04, 11:47NHL ProspectsFilm Room: How activation launched Topi Niemelä to the top of the Liiga scoring ladder
Topi Niemelä, the Toronto Maple Leafs third-round pick in the 2020 draft, is leading all Liiga defencemen in points. Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room™️ to show you how he does it.
2021-09-07, 19:21NHL ProspectsRanking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2021: Skaters 100-51
Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. They start today with a look at the players they ranked between 100-51.
2021-01-11, 14:00World Juniors 202110 final thoughts on the World Juniors using manually tracked data
Mitch Brown, our Dir. of North American scouting, manually tracked data from every single game of the 2021 World Juniors, and now he's sharing some insights made with that data on Rinkside.
