2025 DRAFT Discussion

[bearball]

I saw a few tweets that suggested that his medical issues had perhaps been overstated. If he is somehow there at 13 then I will run from England to make the pick.

 

[Frk It]

Why?

Mrtka is everything the Wings usually like in a defenseman.

 

[Fyodorov]

Talk of Utah planning to draft Brady Martin at 4. He's been the biggest riser as far as I can tell.

looks like a third line player to me, but he's a gritty Canadian farmboy so it's like catnip to your average GM.

 

[deca guard]

 

[lilidk]

Mrtka said Seider and Hedman are his favorite players.
How about:
Lakovic Danielson MBN
As your second or third line in about 3-4 years

 

[lilidk]

He could always change his mind , right? It's still 50-50,

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Mrtka said Seider and Hedman are his favorite players.
How about:
Lakovic Danielson MBN
As your second or third line in about 3-4 years

We don't have 3-4 more years of this product. How about 2 years max.

 

[RedHawkDown]

more from hockey writers below . ide be totally happy with pick if yzerman sees him a a stud two way 3C as im for depth over being top heavy . draft tons of two way guys and sign them long term early to build the YZER'FENCE

Braeden Cootes - 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - The Hockey Writers Latest News, Analysis & More

Braeden Cootes is an intriguing prospect ahead of the 2025 Draft, blending a strong work ethic, high intelligence, and a great set of tools.

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Connor mcdavid, Leon Draisaitl, Matthew Tkachuk, and Alex Barkov will bulldoze right through your “yzerfence”. You can’t build a team with just depth. Then you get the Calgary flames

 

[RedHawkDown]

On topic, Mason west could be a really good dark horse pick in the 2nd/3rd

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

After reading the EP draft guide my first round favorites are still about the same.

Martin, Bear, Aitcheson, Eklund. Cootes is someone I consider here. Also maybe Fiddler. Not really higher or lower on anyone here.

The rest of this draft looks supremely disappointing to me and I dot expect many top 6ers to develop from it, but we can mine for solid bottom of the lineup depth, which we sorely lack in the system and on the team now.

Theres some solid 3rd line upside options in the second I like.
Cole McKinney will almost certainly be at least a good 4th liner and defensive forward.
Cullen Potter if he falls because his size might be a steal but has a lot of bust potential.
William Moore is another guy that I think has a safe floor of a positive 4th liner.
Mason West might be worth a pick as a project. I haven’t seen any of him and he barely played USHL so he’s hard to judge,
Charlie Tretheway has been a favorite of mine for months but might go late 1st. He looks like a safe bet #5 that could become a 3 or 4.
William Horcoff would be great but I think he’s gone in the 20s. If his skating gets better he might turn into a top notch 3rd liner.
Eddie Genborg might become another Oskar Sundqvist. I’ve got time for that in the 2nd. Even better in the 3rd.

 

[Frk It]

He could always change his mind , right? It's still 50-50,

Yeah, that’s a tricky one.

I mean what if he plays well during his senior season of football and gets some better offers?

Easy to say you are committing to hockey long term when you are comparing offers from BC/Mich st to some MAC school offers in football. But what if the bigger football programs have interest?

 

[lilidk]

Yeah, that’s a tricky one.

I mean what if he plays well during his senior season of football and gets some better offers?

Easy to say you are committing to hockey long term when you are comparing offers from BC/Mich st to some MAC school offers in football. But what if the bigger football programs have interest?

Probably third round?

 

[deca guard]

FITNESS TEST RESULTS FROM TODAY

https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/public/attachments/2025/06/19060/2025ScoutingCombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

 

[deca guard]

cootes and nesbit had some good results

and im moving back towards my very first pick in lakovic , this guy has offensive talent , skates and great reach .
and i dont care if hes a finess player as long as he can deal with opponants rough treatment . theres also
bear , this guy is a competitor with smarts n competitive ruggedness that could play in the top 6

 

[SantosHalper]

No stories on, whom Wings took to dinner? Or interviewed? Horcoff was interviewed at least but who else?

 

[Run the Jewels]

cootes and nesbit had some good results

and im moving back towards my very first pick in lakovic , this guy has offensive talent and great reach .
and i dont care if hes a finess player as long as he can deal with opponants rough treatment . theres also
bear , this guy is a competitor with smarts n competitive ruggedness that could play in the top 6

If Bear hits I could see a line of Bear-Kasper-MBN doing work.

 

[deca guard]

No stories on, whom Wings took to dinner? Or interviewed? Horcoff was interviewed at least but who else?

been looking and found zilch

 

[Holden Caufield]

No stories on, whom Wings took to dinner? Or interviewed? Horcoff was interviewed at least but who else?

Rumor has it upper management from the Red Wings have been having dinners with Horcoff 3/4 times a week for his entire life. Long game…

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Pyrite

 

[Austrianwing]

Pyrite

What a foolish take

 

[SantosHalper]

Doesn't really involve this draft but the next one, just opened up EP and i saw Moldovian Alexander Karmanov trending in the top. And i thought who the hell is that... 7'0''/214 cm & 273 lbs/124 kg at the age of 17
Alexander Karmanov - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

man among children


What have they been feeding to this kid and how massive his parents are

 

[deca guard]

article behind pay wall so ive not read . ide pay but not when they force you to go on auto payment , if it was a yearly one time payment ide join :

https://x.com/m_bultman
Max Bultman
https://x.com/m_bultman
NEW from the NHL Draft Combine in Buffalo: Five winger candidates who met with the Red Wings this week, their potential fits with Detroit, and what they said:

 

[Snuggs]

All of those teams draft in the top 7…. I’ve been saying Martin and O’Brein would each be in my top 5 or 6.

Crap, I really liked Martin. Hopefully just smoke.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

article behind pay wall so ive not read . ide pay but not when they force you to go on auto payment , if it was a yearly one time payment ide join :

https://x.com/m_bultman
Max Bultman
https://x.com/m_bultman
NEW from the NHL Draft Combine in Buffalo: Five winger candidates who met with the Red Wings this week, their potential fits with Detroit, and what they said:

Eklund
Bear
Lakovic
Carbonneau
Reschny

 

[Snuggs]

looks like a third line player to me, but he's a gritty Canadian farmboy so it's like catnip to your average GM.

Whoa, now I really want him. lol. Guess I enjoy some Knip myself.