HF Habs: 2025 NHL Draft: Part II

[Garbageyuk]

Pronman has us taking Carter Bear (16) and Jackson Smith (17) in his latest mock. This was with Carbonneau, Lakovic, and Hensler still on the board.

For a reminder Wheeler had us taking Lakovic and Cameron Reid.

Reid would be one of the worst picks at 16/17 for me. A small soft defensive D? No thanks. The only thing that justifies taking a small defenseman is supreme offensive ability and skating. This guy has neither, being just “not bad” in those areas. He reminds me of Cam York, but with slightly lesser offensive skills. This is the last type of player MTL needs. Wheeler’s takes are always cracked. Then again, Pronman having us take Jackson Smith makes no sense either - we’ve got Hutson and Guhle on the left side for years to come, and Smith isn’t a BPA, “can’t miss” type of talent. Just dumb.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Aitcheson + Carbonneau confirmed at 95% (E5)

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Aitcheson + Carbonneau confirmed at 95% (E5)

That's Desnoyers wearing Aitcheson's jersey lol.

Anyway Carbonneau remains my guy at 16. My hot take is he will have a better NHL career than Martone will.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

A long article on Aitcheson from february, for those who might not be too familiar with the kid. I don't remember if I posted it or not back then. He definitely checks the ''intangibles'' box. Him and Martin just ooze work ethic.

Meet Kashawn ‘Kash’ Aitcheson, the 2025 NHL Draft’s meanest prospect: ‘He’s got that extra’

Draft-eligible defenseman Kashawn Aitcheson hits hard on the ice, but works even harder off it.

www.nytimes.com

 

[McGees]

A long article on Aitcheson from february, for those who might not be too familiar with the kid. I don't remember if I posted it or not back then. He definitely checks the ''intangibles'' box. Him and Martin just ooze work ethic.

Meet Kashawn ‘Kash’ Aitcheson, the 2025 NHL Draft’s meanest prospect: ‘He’s got that extra’

Draft-eligible defenseman Kashawn Aitcheson hits hard on the ice, but works even harder off it.

www.nytimes.com

would love to get those 2.

 

[Lockin17]

I like it

 

[McGees]

Anyway Carbonneau remains my guy at 16. My hot take is he will have a better NHL career than Martone will.

My hot take is his game won't translate - skilled selfish player with IQ of a potato

 

[TT1]

Aitcheson and Spence would be a homerun imo, i have a feeling both are gonna go around #10 tho, Aitcheson in particular is gonna go way higher than expected most likely

 

[Garbageyuk]

Aitcheson and Spence would be a homerun imo, i have a feeling both are gonna go around #10 tho, Aitcheson in particular is gonna go way higher than expected most likely

#4D and 3rd liner upside respectively. Two of the oldest players in the draft and both have rather pedestrian numbers as well. No thanks.

 

[LesCactus]

I wouldn’t mind the Habs taking Bill Zonnon.

 

[DesmondDekker]

I wouldn’t mind the Habs taking Bill Zonnon.

With one of our second round picks!? Sure why not, pretty confident he’ll get to play some minutes in the NHL in a bottom 6 role.

 

[calder candidate]

Are you concerned with Bear's injury?

It might be concerning if you are picking 6-12 but at 16 I would make the pick.

 

[DesmondDekker]

Off topic: is it just me or is Grant’s Recrutes stuff off of YouTube!?

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Off topic: is it just me or is Grant’s Recrutes stuff off of YouTube!?

He said he had to leave because he didn't have time anymore. He's going back to work on his own website.

I think they are turning that channel into a Laval rocket channel so they removed everything.

 

[Walksss]

Hensler, Spence, Reschny, Fiddler, Bear, McQueen, Aitcheson, Lakovic, even Zonnon. There are so many interesting prospects if we want to take 2 swings here. I'm only trading if its for an established young 2C, or Crosby, otherwise I think there's great pieces that could be helpful to winning a cup in this range.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

#4D and 3rd liner upside respectively. Two of the oldest players in the draft and both have rather pedestrian numbers as well. No thanks.

Didn’t Aitcheson score close to 30 goals this year and lead the team in OT winners? The kids a gem

 

[Lockin17]

Didn’t Aitcheson score close to 30 goals this year and lead the team in OT winners? The kids a gem

yeah but do we need a LHD ?
With Guhle. Hutson, in our top 4 ?

 

[WeThreeKings]

yeah but do we need a LHD ?
With Guhle. Hutson, in our top 4 ?

Not really, no. I like Aitcheson a lot but I don't see it making that much sense for us.

Still have Matheson, Xhekaj, Struble and Engstrom.

 

[montreal]

Not really, no. I like Aitcheson a lot but I don't see it making that much sense for us.

Still have Matheson, Xhekaj, Struble and Engstrom.

I haven't seen him but if he's BPA it makes a ton of sense as who's to say which if any of those names will be in 3-4 years.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I haven't seen him but if he's BPA it makes a ton of sense as who's to say which if any of those names will be in 3-4 years.

No real BPA's in the middle of the first round unless there's a massive faller. It's all about fit and identity.

 

[sheed36]

The latest draft ranking from Sportnet's Sam Cosentino from earlier today.

Sportsnet's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: May Edition

Sam Cosentino shares his latest rankings of the top 32 prospects for the NHL Draft, with a familiar name once again atop the list.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[MasterMatt25]

Aitcheson and Spence would be a homerun imo, i have a feeling both are gonna go around #10 tho, Aitcheson in particular is gonna go way higher than expected most likely

I don't see Spence going that high. I could see him fall to the 20s

 

[montreal]

No real BPA's in the middle of the first round unless there's a massive faller. It's all about fit and identity.

I don't believe that

 

[MasterMatt25]

Which draft seems to be bigger crapshoot (in terms of guessing who goes where), this draft or the 2021 draft?

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't believe that

When we see a unanimous list of mid first round players across all scouts, teams, and public lists.. then we can say there's clear BPAs at that point in a draft class.

BPA gets extremely more difficult to ascertain the deeper into a draft you get.. and the BPA debate gets heated earlier in more shallow drafts.