Leafs 2nd round pick displaying utter dominance in his D+1 season
Selected in the second round, 38th overall by the Leafs in the 2022 draft, Fraser Minten impressed at the Leafs' annual rookie camp. He impressed the Leafs brass so much that he was invited to main training camp where he was again impressing the coaching staff and management. Unfortunately, a wrist injury cut his training camp short before he was sent back to his WHL team the Kamloops Blazers.
Since returning from his wrist injury, Minten has played in 14 games for the Blazers where he has been raking in the points. In those 14 games he has 9 goals and 22 points, producing at a 1.57 point-per-game pace. The rate at which he is producing is somewhat surprising given that last season in 67 games, he totaled 55 points. In less than a third of the games he played last season, he is almost half way to his point total.
When they drafted Minten, Kyle Dubas said the Leafs had him in their top-15. Central Scouting had him ranked as a mid-second round pick or early third round pick. Given the way he has produced this season, Minten recently earned a promotion to the Blazers' first line and last night against obvious first overall pick Connor Bedard, he registered 2 goals as Kamloops dismantled Regina 9-2. Minten has surged past his expected development curve so far this season and even if his numbers level out a bit, it would appear the Leafs got another second round steal behind Matthew Knies and Nick Robertson.
Well done, Kyle Dubas. Well done.
| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 1 | 206 ANSWERS Leafs 2nd round pick displaying utter dominance in his D+1 season Is Fraser Minten a first-round talent, like the Leafs believe he is? | ||
| Yes | 167 | 81.1 % |
| No | 39 | 18.9 % |
| List of polls | ||
