Maple Leafs announce roster for 2024 prospect showdown

The Toronto Maple Leafs have invited 26 top prospects to participate in an upcoming showcase in Montreal.

The Maple Leafs prospects will face a team of Canadiens prospects in two games this weekend at the Bell Centre.

Toronto’s roster features 15 forwards, eight defencemen and three goaltenders.

Top prospects Easton Cowan (first-round, 2023) and Fraser Minten (second-round, 2022) headline the Maple Leafs roster. Four players from the 2024 draft have also been invited, including first-round pick Ben Danford.

Below is the full roster:

FORWARDS
Roni Hirvonen, (Toronto, AHL)
Fraser Minten, (Saskatoon, WHL)
Maxim Muranov (Calgary, WHL)
Robert Mastrosimone (Toronto, AHL)
Ty Voit (Toronto, AHL)
Easton Cowan (London, OHL)
Jacob Quillan (Quinnipiac, NCAA)
Braeden Kressler (Ottawa, OHL)
Marshall Finnie (Edmonton, WHL)
Matthew Barbolini (Miami Ohio, NCAA)
Nikita Grebenkin (Magnitogorsk, KHL)
Sam McCue (Owen Sound, OHL)
Sam Stevens (Boston University, NCAA)
Brandon Lisowsky (Saskatoon, WHL)
Miroslav Holinka (HC Ocelari Trinec, Czechia)

DEFENCEMEN
Ben Danford (Oshawa, OHL)
Topi Niemela (Toronto, AHL)
Cade Webber (Boston University, NCAA)
Noah Chadwick (Lethbridge, WHL)
Ryan McCleary (Swift Current, WHL)
Nathan Mayes (Spokane, WHL)
Rhett Parsons (Medicine Hat, WHL)
Chas Sharpe (Mississauga, OHL)

GOALTENDERS
Dennis Hildeby (Toronto, AHL)
Vyacheslav Peksa (Newfoundland, ECHL)
Artur Akhtyamov (Ak Bars Kazan, KHL)