2025 NHL Draft Prospects

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Imagine if Chase Jette could skate really fast.

It would be Usain Bolt all over again on the ice.

No way can you Chase a Jette.

He skates pretty fast. Great shot though. Was absolutely whizzing shots in there. Small though and he's ordinary aside from buzzing around there and having a good shot. At best, he's William Whitelaw, and he could be a lot worse. Time will tell.

 

[Pazucha]

Pronman: A way-too-early ranking of the top prospects at the 2025 NHL Draft

Will two prospects go neck-and-neck for the No. 1 spot in the draft? Corey Pronman ranks the top 21 players for 2025.

theathletic.com

2025 first ranking

Can someone paste the list?

 

[Mathieukferland]

Pronman: A way-too-early ranking of the top prospects at the 2025 NHL Draft

Will two prospects go neck-and-neck for the No. 1 spot in the draft? Corey Pronman ranks the top 21 players for 2025.

theathletic.com

2025 first ranking

Can someone paste the list?

I like Martone’s game a lot but he should not be in front of Misa

 

[ijuka]

Well Michael Misa 6th is quite different from what I was expecting.

Zero Finnish players is exactly what I was expecting, however.

 

[wetcoast]

Paywall but Hagens is first.

Martone is second.

 

[Dominance]

Wouldn’t pay a cent for a list that doesn’t have Misa first, much less sixth.

 

[Predatore]

Half the list are NTDP players. Some warranted, but some (from what I saw at the recent U17 World Challenge) should not be there based on the fact.. that there are better players available
Seems quite NA biased, which really is not that strange considering he probably has no or limited viewings of many Euros.

But at an early stage, I am really liking the depth of the 2025 draft. Think it will be one heck of a first round.

 

[kyle44]

Wouldn’t pay a cent for a list that doesn’t have Misa first, much less sixth.

I certainly think there's a case for Hagens, but Misa is better than 6th to be sure.

 

[bigdog16]

Wouldn’t pay a cent for a list that doesn’t have Misa first, much less sixth.

Hagens is #1 for me. But yes Misa at #6 is crazy.

 

[Mathieukferland]

Paywall but Hagens is first.

Martone is second.

Hagens
Martone
McQueen
Hensler
Schaefer
Misa
McKinney
Desnoyers
Shock
Tretheway
Ryabkin

 

[Czechboy]

No Czechs? This list is f***ed!lol Just kidding.. but isn't this the Benak draft?

 

[Dominance]

No Czechs? This list is f***ed!lol Just kidding.. but isn't this the Benak draft?

Just no room to be found after Pronman made due space for the entire NTDP in R1.

 

[Mathieukferland]

Just no room to be found after Pronman made due space for the entire NTDP in R1.

I think the NTDP 2006 lates are a strong group but the list does come off as someone who based their entire list on the viewings of the WHC-17

 

[Czechboy]

Just no room to be found after Pronman made due space for the entire NTDP in R1.

I hear that 4th line is amazing.

 

[scoutman1]

I personally feel Hagens is 1st so far for this draft...Misa at 6th is just nuts...

1. Hagens
2. Misa
3. Benak
4. Ryabkin
5. McQueen (though i like Martone here too)

 

[Gold Standard]

Wouldn’t pay a cent for a list that doesn’t have Misa first, much less sixth.

forget about paying one cent, I wouldn't click on a Pronman list even if it wasn't behind a paywall.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Many of those NTDP players belong there. He did get some of them wrong though.

Schock has no business anywhere near a first round. He compares him to Quinn Hughes. I don't think he's even close. I think he's closer to a non-draftable player than a first rounder. Maybe he models his game after Quinn Hughes, but nowhere near the same offensive ability.

He has Cullen Potter too low. He says that he lacks playmaking, and says that it's basically a certainty he won't play center. I don't see how someone could say he lacks playmaking. I also wouldn't be so sure he will move off center. There's almost two years until drafted. He could move off center, but what if he grows an inch or two? Jack Hughes and Connor Bedard are both, at tallest, 5'10. Potter is 5'9.

I think he should've included Emile Guite. He admits in the comments that his skating is why he's not. It's not good, but Matthew Wood was a first round pick with some of the worst skating I've ever seen from a legit NHL prospect. Guite's skating isn't that bad for him to not be a first rounder.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Early top 10.

1. Hagens
2. Misa
3. Martone
4. McQueen
5. Potter
6. Hensler
7. Schaefer
8. Boumedienne
9. Guite
10. Desnoyers

Haven’t watched the Russians play so far. None of the Finn’s look that good. Benak too small for top 10, but he’d be close. McKinney, Trethewey, Frondell, Nilson, and Conrad would also all be close.

 

[TLEH]

Hagens and Misa are interchangeable for me. Slight edge to Hagens. Him 6th is delusional.

 

[hockeyprospects9]

Early top 10.

1. Hagens
2. Misa
3. Martone
4. McQueen
5. Potter
6. Hensler
7. Schaefer
8. Boumedienne
9. Guite
10. Desnoyers

Haven’t watched the Russians play so far. None of the Finn’s look that good. Benak too small for top 10, but he’d be close. McKinney, Trethewey, Frondell, Nilson, and Conrad would also all be close.

Nilson?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Nilson?

Yeah, he’s good. Didn’t get on the scoreboard as much as some of the other Swedes at the recent tournament, but I liked his play more than the ones that were.

 

[landy92mack29]

Gavin and Hamilton will probably challenge for a top spot next year even though Yakemchuk will be getting the 1st pp in Calgary still.

 

[alko]

No Czechs? This list is f***ed!lol Just kidding.. but isn't this the Benak draft?

No even Slovak players... This list is

 

[Ovechkin962]

1. James Hagens - F - USNTDP U18
2. Michael Misa - F - Saginaw (OHL)
3. Porter Martone - F - Mississauga (OHL)
4. Logan Hensler - D - USNTDP U18
5. Roger McQueen - F - Brandon (WHL)
6. Ivan Ryabkin - F - Moscow (Russia)
7. Cullen Potter - F - USNTDP U17
8. Luka Radivojevic - D - Orebro (Sweden)
9. Matthew Schaefer - D - Erie (OHL)
10. Charlie Trethewey - D - USNTDP U17
11. Caleb Desnoyers - F - Moncton (QMJHL)
12. Sascha Boumedienne - D - Youngstown (USHL)
13. Malcolm Spence - F - Erie (OHL)
14. Conrad Fondrk - F - USNTDP U17
15. William Moore - F - USNTDP U17
16. Cole McKinney - F - USNTDP U17
17. Alex Huang - D - Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
18. Tomas Pobezal - F - Nitra (Slovakia)
19. Adam Benak - F - Plzen (Czechia)
20. Owen Conrad - D - Charlottetown (QMJHL)
21. Reese Hamilton - D - Calgary (WHL)
22. Émile Guité - F - Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
23. Anton Frondell - F - Djurgardens (Sweden)
24. Jordan Gavin - F - Tri-City (WHL)
25. Jakob Ihs Wozniak - F - Lulea (Sweden)
26. David Lewandowski - F - Dusseldorfer (Germany)
27. Jan Chovan - F - Tappara (Finland)
28. Cole Reschny - F - Victoria (WHL)
29. Cameron Reid - D - Kitchener (OHL)
30. Eric Nilson - F - Orebro (Sweden)
31. Ruslan Karimov - F - Almetievsk (Russia)
32. Filip Ekberg - F - Almtuna (Sweden)

 

[Czechboy]

No even Slovak players... This list is

This Pronman fella clearly doesn't respect our people.