We begin our annual Toronto Maple Leafs prospect rankings by taking a look at the players who did not make the top 10 — the honourable mentions.

With the Toronto Maple Leafs development camp behind us, we will begin our annual prospect rankings this week where we’ll countdown from honourable mentions, to 10-6, to 5-1. In case you missed it, here’s a review of our top 10 prospect rankings prior to the 2016-17 World Junior Championships.

Of course, since there are new players in the Leafs’ system like Timothy Liljegren, the prospect rankings need to be updated accordingly. Without further ado, here’s a look at our honourable mentions of players who did not make the top 10.

Yegor Korshkov:

Left wing, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)

Looking over the Maple Leafs past two drafts, Mark Hunter has done an incredible job finding players. Not only has he picked up two bona fide superstars in Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, but he has picked as many as four players who are expected to play with the Leafs in the not too distant future.

An impressive haul nonetheless, but out of his past two drafts, one pick stood out as not only a reach, but a pick that came completely out of left field, and that pick was last years 31st pick, Yegor Korshkov.

I remember watching the draft play out thinking the Leafs could snap up yet another one of the consensus top 30 players like (Pascal Laberge, Libor Hajek, Rasmus Asplund, or Nathan Bastian). But Hunter shocked me picking Korshkov, who was an overager playing in the KHL and starred for the Russians at the World Juniors. I was intrigued with the pick but still confused.

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One year later and I’m beginning to see why Korshkov would be a fit in blue and white over the next few years. He’s big, strong, has impressive hands, and can really skate. Korshkov made strides last season with an increased role for Lokomotiv, but unfortunately a broken leg put a hold on his season.

Look for Korshkov to spend at least another year — if not two — in the KHL (hopefully with a bigger team) before heading over to North America. With the right development he could be what Valeri Nichushkin was thought to be.

Jesper Lindgren

Defenceman, MODO Hockey (Allsvenskan)

A relatively unknown fourth round pick from 2015, Lindgren has shown some promise with his play this past season, helping MODO win the J-20 Championship over in Sweden. The main reason I’m shining a light on Lindgren is mainly due to the fact that he is right-handed and could eventually put together a pro career.

Listed at 6-feet and a shade over 160 pounds, Lindgren recently signed to play in Finland’s top division with HPK, home to some of hockey’s best young prospects. This could be major step in Lindgren’s development after an impressive display in the Swedish Junior leagues.

A talented young two-way defender, next year should give us a better barometer to what type of talent the Leafs drafted, since playing against men in one of the better leagues in the world should be a good test.