While the NHL holds out hope that they can salvage this season, the CHL, NCAA and European leagues have all cancelled their seasons. As a result, we can now assess the seasons of various Maple Leafs prospects.



The Athletic spoke to players, coaches and management and here’s what we learned:



Riley Stotts, centre, 20Calgary Hitmen, drafted 83rd overall in 2018



In his fourth WHL season, the 6-foot, 185-pound Stotts was tied for first in scoring with 68 points in 64 games for the Hitmen.



Head coach Steve Hamilton said Stotts has always been a safe player who never wants to get caught out of position defensively. This season the coaching staff encouraged him to play “more freely, because he does have the ability to recover.”



Hamilton asked the pass-first playmaker to expand his game. And throughout the season, Stotts did just that. He improved his release and his shot totals rose from 113 in 2018-19 to 187 shots this...