2025 7-Round Mock Draft 2.0

[LT]

Joshua Avery, C, Brantford (OHL)

@5cotland up

 

[5cotland]

Crazy that this guy fell this far.

select Lev Katzin

@Dahlicious

 

[5cotland]

Noooooo. Western New Yorkers must only play for Buffalo.

It's all we have.

You took him with the very last pick in the 1st mock as well.

 

[Dahlicious]

With the 216th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, the Tampa Bay Lightning are proud to select...

...from Farjestad in the Swedish J20 League...

Mans Goos

Draft Picks​

Pick	Pos	Name	Ht	Wt	Nationality	From
2 (57)	RW	Ben Kevan	6' 0"	182 lbs	USA	Des Moines (USHL)
4 (120)	G	Lucas Beckman	6' 2"	182 lbs	Canada	Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
5 (144)	C	Teddy Mutryn	6' 1"	207 lbs	USA	US NTDP (USHL)
6 (184)	LHD	Asher Barnett	6' 1"	198 lbs	USA	US NTDP (USHL)
7 (193)	C	Lucas Karmiris	5' 11"	190 lbs	Canada	Brampton (OHL)
7 (205)	LHD	Jesper Kotajarvi	5' 11"	183 lbs	Finland	Tappara (U20 SM-sarja)
7 (215)	G	Mans Goos	6' 5"	190 lbs	Sweden	Farjestad (J20 Nationell)

Happy with this group overall. Bolts need to draft multiple goaltenders this year, with only one in the pipeline and both of their AHL goaltenders being over 29.

@Strawberry Fields is up.​

 

[WhatTheDuck]

You can't just go and take a man's goose

 

[Dahlicious]

You can't just go and take a man's goose

He's destined for greatness. Just imagine the play by play possibilities.

 

[flyersdad]

Trade Announcement

receive 2028 7th Round Pick

receive Carson Soucy & 2028 4th Round Pick

@flyersdad

Flyers confirm

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I had Lev Katzin all lined up to be my last pick and he goes two ahead of me

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Los Angeles selects LD Niklas Nykyri, HIFK

23- RW Ben Kindel/Calgary (WHL)
89- C Topias Hynninen/Jukurit (Finland)
121- RW Dmitry Isayev/Yekaterinburg (MHL)
153- LD Francesco Dell'elce/UMass-Amherst (NCAA)
185- RW Ethan Wyttenbach/Sioux Falls (USHL)
198- G Elijah Neuenschwander/Chur (SL)
217- LD Niklas Nykyri/HIFK (Liiga)

@Hasbro PMed

 

[uncleben]

Noooooo. Western New Yorkers must only play for Buffalo.

It's all we have.

Schneid for Helenius?

 

[Rare Jewel]

He's destined for greatness. Just imagine the play by play possibilities.

"Goos, rubbed out along the wall."

"Goos rims it around the glass."

"Goos gets eaten 5 hole."

 

[Strawberry Fields]

He's destined for greatness. Just imagine the play by play possibilities.

Needs to be drafted by Anaheim. Duck Duck Goos.

 

[Hasbro]

The Colorado Avalanche select Jacopo De Luca, F, Ambriota​

#17​

@Duke16

 

[Duke16]

Owen Griffin

1-19: Cameron Reid, LHD, Kitchener (OHL)
4-123: Petteri Rimpinen, G, Espoo (Liiga)
6-187: Roman Luttsev, C, Yaroslavl (MHL)
7-204: Yegor Borikov, LW, Minsk (KHL)
7-219: Owen Griffin, C, Oshawa (OHL)

PMing

 

[LT]

Jere Somervuori, LW, HIFK (U20 SM-sarja)

@Gecklund up

 

[uncleben]

The Colorado Avalanche select Jacopo De Luca, F, Ambriota​

#17​

@Duke16

Damn. Thought I could get him with my last pick

 

[Gecklund]

take Samuel Meloche

@uncleben

 

[OB5]

MANS GOOS

 

[uncleben]

With the 222nd selection,
the St. Louis Blues pleased to select,
from the USNTDP,
LD Donny Bracco!



@Dahlicious PMd

 

[Dahlicious]

With the 216th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres are proud to select…

…from HIFK in the Finnish U20 League…

Jasper Kuhta

@Hasbro is up with Mr. Irrelevant.

Draft Picks​

Pick	Pos	Name	Ht	Wt	Nationality	From
1 (4)	C	James Hagens	5' 11"	177 lbs	USA	Boston College (NCAA)
3 (68)	RHD	David Bedkowski	6' 5"	215 lbs	Canada	Owen Sound (OHL)
4 (100)	RHD	Maxim Agafonov	6' 2"	198 lbs	Russia	Ufa (MHL)
4 (117)	C	Jan Chovan	6' 2"	185 lbs	Slovakia	Tappara (U20 SM-sarja)
5 (130)	LW	Viggo Nordlund	5' 9"	165 lbs	Sweden	Skelleftea (J20 Nationell)
6 (164)	C	Matthew Lansing	6' 0"	188 lbs	USA	Chicago (USHL)
7 (195)	G	Michal Pradel	6' 4"	195 lbs	Slovakia	Tri-City (USHL)
7 (196)	LHD	Jan Skok	6' 0"	198 lbs	Czechia	Plzen (Czech Extraliga)
7 (216)	C	Jasper Kuhta	6' 2"	181 lbs	Finland	HIFK (U20 SM-sarja)

Kind of an underwhelming group all things considered, but Hagens is certainly a huge get. Also wanted to highlight that I inadvertently drafted players from 7 different countries.

​

 

[Thornbury]

Trade #1
To Buffalo: Bryan Rust, 2025 5th (#130)
To Pittsburgh: Peyton Krebs, 2025 2nd (#36)

Trade #2
To San Jose: Roman Josi
To Nashville: Sam Dickinson, Kasper Halttunen, 2026 1st (EDM), 2025 2nd (#33)

Trade #3
To Toronto: Filip Hallander
To Pittsburgh: Matt Benning

Trade #4
To Ottawa: Erik Karlsson (50% retained), Philip Tomasino, 2026 6th (NSH)
To Pittsburgh: Shane Pinto, Tyler Kleven, Tyler Boucher, 2026 2nd (BUF)

Trade #5
To Dallas: Brady Tkachuk, Michael Amadio, Niklas Matinpalo
To Ottawa: Jason Robertson, Mason Marchment, Matt Dumba, Arno Tiefensee

Trade #6
To Carolina: Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly, 2026 4th (PIT)
To Nashville: Andrei Svechnikov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Dominik Badinka

Trade #7
To Nashville: 2025 1st (#10)
To NY Islanders: Matthew Wood, 2025 1st (#30), 2025 2nd (#33)

Trade #8
To Philadelphia: Owen Power, J-J Peterka, Sam Lafferty
To Buffalo: Cam York, Travis Konecny, Garnet Hathaway, 2025 2nd (#38)

Trade #9
To Montreal: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang
To Pittsburgh: Josh Anderson, Michael Hage, Sean Farrell, 2026 1st (MTL), 2026 2nd (MTL)

Trade #10
To Calgary: 2025 1st (#12)
To NY Rangers: 2025 1st (#19), Matvei Gridin, Jeremie Poirier

Trade #11
To Nashville: Owen Tippett
To Philadelphia: Fyodor Svechkov, Michael Bunting, Teddy Stiga

Trade #12
To Calgary: Egor Zamula
To Philadelphia: 2026 3rd (CGY)

Trade #13
To Detroit: Nicolas Hague
To Vegas: Jonatan Berggren

Trade #14
To Ottawa: Nick Robertson, Antoine Dorion
To St. Louis: Simon Benoit, Jamieson Rees
To Toronto: Matvei Korotky, 2025 4th (#97)

Trade #15
To Ottawa: Travis Sanheim
To Philadelphia: Matt Dumba, Javon Moore, 2025 1st (#20)

Trade #16
To Colorado: Nick Blankenburg
To Nashville: Josh Manson, Zakhar Bardakov

Trade #17
To Toronto: Ross Colton
To Colorado: Brandon Carlo, Pontus Holmberg

Trade #18
To Buffalo: Michael Kesselring
To Utah: Isak Rosen, Mattias Samuelsson, 2025 2nd (#38)

Trade #19
To Tampa Bay: Blake Coleman (50% retained)
To Pittsburgh: 2026 3rd (TB), 50% of Coleman's contract
To Calgary: Isaac Howard

Trade #20
To Carolina: 2025 1st (#19), 2025 7th (#204)
To NY Rangers: 2025 1st (#27), 2024 3rd (#88), Justin Poirier

Trade #21
To Vegas: Rickard Rakell
To Pittsburgh: Trevor Connelly, Matyas Sapovaliv, Jakub Demek

Trade #22
To Detroit: Evgeni Malkin, 2025 3rd (#71)
To Pittsburgh: J.T. Compher, Michael Rasmussen, Max Plante, 2025 2nd (#43)

Trade #23
To Detroit: Alexander Romanov
To NY Islanders: Carter Bear, Antti Tuomisto

Trade #24
To San Jose: Connor Clifton
To Buffalo: Thomas Bordeleau

Trade #25
To Nashville: Jack Quinn, 2025 5th (#132)
To Buffalo: Joakim Kemell, Jeremy Lauzon, 2025 3rd (#67)

Trade #26
To Buffalo: Connor Murphy (50% retained)
To Chicago: 2025 3rd (#67), Simon-Pier Brunet

Trade #27
To Detroit: 2025 3rd (#79)
To Edmonton: Erik Gustafsson, Dylan James

Trade #28
To Toronto: 2025 4th (#108)
To NY Rangers: 2025 4th (#119), 2025 7th (#215)

Trade #29
To Detroit: 2025 5th (#141)
To Utah: 2026 4th

Trade #30
To Tampa Bay: 2025 5th (#144)
To Vancouver: 2025 5th (#152), 2025 7th (#213)

Trade #31
To Detroit: 2025 5th (#154)
To San Jose: 2027 4th (DET)

Trade #32
To Toronto: 2025 5th (#157)
To Florida: Roni Hirvonen

Trade #33
To Columbus: Brett Leason
To Anaheim: 2026 4th

Trade #34
To Detroit: 2025 6th (#180)
To Ottawa: 2025 7th (#203), 2025 7th (#207)

Trade #35
To San Jose: Alexander Alexeyev
To Washington: 2026 4th

Trade #36
To Minnesota: 2025 7th (#202)
To NY Islanders: 2026 5th

Trade #37
To San Jose: Chris Kreider
To NY Rangers: 2026 2nd

Trade #38
To St. Louis: 2025 7th (#213)
To Vancouver: 2026 7th

Trade #39
To Columbus: Nick Leddy
To St. Louis: Jordan Harris, 2025 7th (#222)

I'm sorry, but trade #17 with the Leafs trading Brandon Carlo is laughable.

 

[Dahlicious]

Winnipeg is awarded Brady Peddle to end it.

I have a busy weekend coming up so I don't know how much UFA stuff I'll get to, but I'll do my best. Otherwise it'll be next week.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Development camp invites


RW Tanner Lam, Kitchener (OHL)
RW Ryan Miller, Portland (WHL)
LD Drew Schock, USNTDP (USHL)
RD Owen Schoettler, Spokane (WHL)
G Ondrej Stebetak, Portland (WHL)


RW Travis Hayes, Soo (OHL)
C Carson Harmer, Saginaw (OHL)
RD Jonas Woo, Medicine Hat (WHL)
RD Josh McGregor, Swift Current (WHL)
G Ben Hrebik, Barrie (OHL)

 

[Rare Jewel]

I'm sorry, but trade #17 with the Leafs trading Brandon Carlo is laughable.

I'm glad I asked...

 

[SimGrindcore]

Development camp invites:

C Atte Joki
C Ryan Rucinski
C Jasu Mensonen
RW Alexander Pershakov
W Jacob Kvasnicka
LD Oliwer Sjostrom
RD Wilhelm Hallquisth
LD Felix Ohrqvist
G Gabriel D'Aigle