2025 NHL Draft Discussion

[Waiver Draft]

w/o a 1st this year, and picking fairly late in the 2nd round, i am having a hard time getting worked up about the draft. I'm paraphrasing here, but scouts are saying that the talent in the draft falls off hard after the first 10-15 players, so that a late 1st is like a 2nd most years, and a 2nd rounder like a 3rd.

If true, then not a bad year to trade our pick, assuming that we finish high up in the standings.

That seems to be the word on this draft, a couple drop offs and not much depth.

“'Nos. 1 to 8 are quite strong, but there’s a bit of a drop off after eight and then again a bigger drop off between 15 and 20,' said another scout.

One scout went so far as to say a lot of the players who will be drafted in the bottom half of the first round would in prior years be better suited to being second-round picks.

'It’s all relative of course,' the scout said, 'but I’d say the second rounders this year would be third rounders in previous years where there was greater depth.'” - McKenzie

 

[Prior]

Should be able to get a good look at Cooper Simpson today playing for Shakopee at 2:30 for HDM. Believe he’s #21. Was 67 on the NA Skaters midterm rankings.

He’d be a great high reward type selection with their minimal picks. Can really shoot the puck and is going to develop well at North Dakota. Something like an Alex Bump emergence without the questions he had around draft time.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Trade the 2nd, give the scouts the rest of the year off.

 

[Waiver Draft]

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