Throughout the season, we will check in on the Toronto Maple Leafs prospects to see how they are progressing. The 2024 Draft in Las Vegas was another where the Leafs expended some of their draft capital to make a run at the Stanley Cup.
Here is how the the top half of the players selected in the 2024 are doing so far this season:
Ben Danford – D – 1st round (31st overall) – Brantford (OHL)
The Madoc, ON native, similar to 2023 first-rounder Easton Cowan, is a lifelong Leaf fan who improved his stock in the second half of his draft year and in a deep OHL playoff run. Last season, he was named captain of the Oshawa Generals and put up 25 points (5 goals, 20 assists) in 61 games. Known primarily as a physical, right-handed shutdown blueliner, Danford is someone who plays a smart, consistent, competitive, and simple game and has good habits.
This season, the 20-year-old played for Team Canada at the 2026 World Junior Championships, and was dealt from the Generals to Brantford last October. Between the two clubs, Danford has 17 points (2 goals, 15 assists) in 30 games.
Victor Johansson – D – 4th round (120th overall) – Oskarshamn IK (Sweden)
Drafted at a gangly 6’1”, 143 lbs., Johansson’s metamorphosis was him physically building up. Now 165 lbs., the 19-year-old blueliner posted 39 points (7 goals, 32 assists) in 47 games with Leksands Jrs, and surprisingly 113 penalty minutes last season. The slick skating defenseman impressed at the World Junior Summer Showcase last summer and made Sweden’s 2026 World Junior squad, going scoreless in five games for the gold medal winning squad. This season, he played briefly at the junior level, was promoted to the second-level pro Allsvenskan, where he scored five points in 15 games and was promoted again to the SHL club, where he has three assists in eight games for Leksands IF.
Miroslav Holinka – C – 5th round (151st overall) – Edmonton (WHL)
The 20-year-old center came to North America and played for the WHL’s Edmonton Oil Kings last season, averaging nearly a point-per-game (19 goals, 26 assists in 47 games), and playing for Czechia in the 2025 IIHF World Junior. This season, Holinka is 11th in the WHL scoring with 65 points (30 goals, 35 assists) in 45 games.
Alexander Plesovskikh – LW – 5th round (152nd overall) – Moscow Spartak Jr. (MHL- Russia)
The 19-year-old played primarily with the Moscow Spartak Jrs. and scored 38 points (15 goals, 23 assists) in 50 MHL games and eight goals in 21 playoff games last season. Plesovskikh appears well on his way to surpassing his 2025 totals in the MHL this season, with 37 points (19 goals, 18 assists) in 41 games.
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