{"id":30444,"date":"2025-03-20T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:05:23","slug":"maple-leafs-sign-defenceman-john-prokop-to-a-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 23-year-old defenseman John Prokop to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season. Prokop will join the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs&#8217; AHL affiliate, for the remainder of the 2024-25 season on an amateur tryout. \ue200cite\ue202turn0search0\ue201\ue206<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Standing 6&#8217;3&#8243; and weighing 195 pounds, Prokop recently completed his third season with Union College in the NCAA. In 36 games this season, he led all Union defensemen with 27 points, including eight goals and 19 assists. Over his collegiate career, Prokop accumulated 85 points (20 goals, 65 assists) in 107 games. His performance earned him a spot on the NCAA (ECAC) First All-Star Team and the NCAA (East) Second All-American Team for the 2023-24 season. \ue200cite\ue202turn0search0\ue201\ue206<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before attending Union College, Prokop played four seasons in the USHL with teams such as the Omaha Lancers, Muskegon Lumberjacks, Green Bay Gamblers, and Des Moines Buccaneers. He also participated in the Vegas Golden Knights&#8217; development camp in 2024. \ue200cite\ue202turn0search4\ue201\ue206<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prokop&#8217;s combination of size, skill, and experience adds depth to the Maple Leafs&#8217; defensive prospects, and his immediate integration with the Marlies offers an opportunity for further development at the professional level.\ue206<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 23-year-old defenseman John Prokop to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season. Prokop will join the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs&#8217; AHL affiliate, for the remainder of the 2024-25 season on an amateur tryout. \ue200cite\ue202turn0search0\ue201\ue206 &nbsp; Standing 6&#8217;3&#8243; and weighing 195 pounds, Prokop recently completed his third season with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-30444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"416\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"234\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Commy Msuurshima\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Commy Msuurshima\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Commy Msuurshima\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed\"},\"headline\":\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Toronto maple leafs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Toronto Maple Leafs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444\",\"name\":\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed\"},\"description\":\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg\",\"width\":416,\"height\":234},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=30444#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"description\":\"Sport News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed\",\"name\":\"Commy Msuurshima\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Commy Msuurshima\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/Letsportsrock.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","description":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","og_description":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444","og_site_name":"letsportsrock","article_published_time":"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":416,"height":234,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Commy Msuurshima","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Commy Msuurshima","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444"},"author":{"name":"Commy Msuurshima","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed"},"headline":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","datePublished":"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444"},"wordCount":202,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","keywords":["Toronto maple leafs"],"articleSection":["Toronto Maple Leafs"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444","name":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-03-20T18:05:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed"},"description":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","width":416,"height":234},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=30444#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman John Prokop To A One-year Contract.."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/","name":"letsportsrock","description":"Sport News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48a7d50d6b0e142e624de09fb01c90ed","name":"Commy Msuurshima","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93ebd91bfe49a370e03292e81b65e6f106b4c734b18cac41570aa99a1503b409?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Commy Msuurshima"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Letsportsrock.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sehibyly7gdjchaui3ub-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30446,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444\/revisions\/30446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}