UnSandvich
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tbh if im bottoming out, i could care less about Hagens. He's an Islanders fan anyway.
I want McKenna
I want McKenna
Draft 2025 NHL Draft Prospects & Undrafted Free Agents
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Lion Hound
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Pronman Changing his tune on 1OA.
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NHL Draft 2025 top prospects: Porter Martone ranks No. 1, James Hagens drops to No. 2
Boston College center James Hagens and Brampton Steelheads winger Porter Martone are neck and neck for me in the first-overall pick conversation, as they were entering the season.
Hagens is a smaller but dynamic play-driving center, and Martone is a highly skilled big winger with a lot of athleticism. It’s not completely analogous, but their skill sets and positions remind me of how Logan Cooley was contrasted to Juraj Slafkovský ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft. I leaned Hagens entering the year; today I lean Martone, and my lean could change in my next update. I have Erie defenseman Matthew Schaefer at No. 3 on my list, but he’s in the conversation to go No. 1 or 2 in part due to the fact that there is a giant chasm between him and the next-best defense prospect in this class.
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This team should be drafting only centers and LHD the next two years.
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No doubt they need Centers. Personally i would rather Hagens. He literally is from my neighborhood. Would be amazing to see a Hauppauge kid go 1OA.
Some of the draft specialists are changing their tune on 1OA. Not a 1 man show anymore. Turning into a 3 horse race.
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Agreed. Martone's numbers as a D-1 are getting harder and harder to ignore. Don't think 1st overall good but top 3 for sure. I still expect the top 3 to go Hagens, Schaefer, and Martone barring a huge or disappointing WJC from one or two of them.
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GAGLine
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I don't think we're drafting either Hagens or McKenna, so it's moot, but Perreault has played all of 16 games with Hagens, and not all of them on the same line. I'm pretty sure that, in the very unlikely event that we draft McKenna, Perreault would be able to build chemistry with him.
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pronman is a dolt
Schaefer.
Misa is nasty and will go way later than he should though.
Schaefer.
Misa is nasty and will go way later than he should though.
Whenever the Rangers draft centers regardless of two way players, top end talent or bottom line forwards like MCConnell-Barker, Rempe, Korczak, this team moves them to wing. Cant wait for them to do this with Laba. That is. Rangers scouting issue. Shocked they never moved Chytil to winger full time.
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Pronman is going to piss me off (as usual), but this is the answer. Nobody other than Hagens or Schaefer should be 1OA.
Now, this fanbase would absolutely hate both, but they’re exactly what we need
Wanted to watch a little Tomáš Poběžal today but it seems like he's not playing. Maybe something to do with the WJC coming? I don't know. He's on the same team we plucked Adam Sýkora from, HK Nitra. So we've had eyes there before, could be on their radar. Just a quick little barebones numbers comparison...
Sýkora draft year: 46 games, 10G, 7A : 17 points
Filip Mešár draft year: 37 games, 8G, 8A : 16 points
Poběžal is sitting at 26 games, 12G, 5A : 17 points
The WJC could propel his name up the rankings. Tricky to make a complete comparison because on one hand Poběžal is about as old a birthday as you can get for the draft whereas Sýkora was about as young as you could be. So almost an entire year of development separating the two. Adam coming in was profiled as the quick little buzzsaw type you could throw in your bottom 6. Maybe Poběžal will be profiled as having more upside, I don't really know.
I miss the days of good Slovaks. You'd have to go back many years now. Hossa, Gáborík, Chára... we need those guys again. Luckily there seems to be a little revival going on. They've had some good drafts the last few years. Slafkovský, Dvorský, Nemec..
Sýkora draft year: 46 games, 10G, 7A : 17 points
Filip Mešár draft year: 37 games, 8G, 8A : 16 points
Poběžal is sitting at 26 games, 12G, 5A : 17 points
The WJC could propel his name up the rankings. Tricky to make a complete comparison because on one hand Poběžal is about as old a birthday as you can get for the draft whereas Sýkora was about as young as you could be. So almost an entire year of development separating the two. Adam coming in was profiled as the quick little buzzsaw type you could throw in your bottom 6. Maybe Poběžal will be profiled as having more upside, I don't really know.
I miss the days of good Slovaks. You'd have to go back many years now. Hossa, Gáborík, Chára... we need those guys again. Luckily there seems to be a little revival going on. They've had some good drafts the last few years. Slafkovský, Dvorský, Nemec..
GAGLine
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That isn't a Rangers thing. Every team does it.
A lot of the best players play center at lower levels but aren't good fits for the position at higher levels.
GAGLine
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I didn't say every center gets converted to wing, but it happens in every organization.
At lower levels, a lot of teams put their best players at center, so they get that label. That doesn't mean they'll be good centers as pros.
