2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

[Sinbad]

If you want Frondell at 3 that bad, it is you that can't be taken seriously

If the Hawks want Potter, they may very well be able to get him with Toronto’s 1st or their own 2nd round pick. To use the 3OA pick on him would be piss poor asset management.

 

[eklund2chicago]

Musto close your eyes

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

The order in which the top forwards in the 2025 class go is the most interesting thing about this draft.

t.co

 

[Sinbad]

Y'all take Musto entirely too seriously. At least his autistic ramblings aren't in Newfi gibberish like me b'y, Fiddy. Settle down.

Honestly Fiddy’s posts make more sense than most of Musto’s.

 

[Sinbad]

I mean as a whole the league is just simply not as good. The top teams are just as good, but day in and day out, the players as a whole are just weaker.

It plays out in the # of draft picks, etc.

This is true and why so many Ontario kids go to the Q after they bomb out in the OHL or can’t get an OHL team to give them a look.

 

[x Tame Impala]

@SavBigMoneyAtBedards GREAT username

 

[Kevin Musto]

Musto close your eyes

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

The order in which the top forwards in the 2025 class go is the most interesting thing about this draft.

t.co

Frondell brings high-end skill and a complete 200-foot game and fills Chicago’s need for a strong two-way pivot to pair with Connor Bedard, who may end up as a long-term winger in the NHL.

Pronman has no idea what he's talking about

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Musto close your eyes

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

The order in which the top forwards in the 2025 class go is the most interesting thing about this draft.

t.co

See also:

NHL Mock Draft Following 2025 NHL Draft Lottery Results - FloHockey

The New York Islanders won the NHL Draft Lottery, earning the No. 1 pick from the No. 10 spot. Chris Peters shares the lottery results and first mock draft.

www.flohockey.tv

Both mocks have Frondell to the Hawks.

All this really tells me is he is still high up the chart with folks who talk to organizations. Peters said exactly that:

There was a lot of surprising buzz around Frondell at U18s despite his performance at that tournament and a lot of NHL GMs were in attendance more to see him.

 

[Putt Pirate]

No way in hell Chicago passes on Misa for Frondell.

 

[eklund2chicago]

Feels like it’s going to be Frondell or Desnoyers if Misa ain’t available

 

[Kevin Musto]

See also:

NHL Mock Draft Following 2025 NHL Draft Lottery Results - FloHockey

The New York Islanders won the NHL Draft Lottery, earning the No. 1 pick from the No. 10 spot. Chris Peters shares the lottery results and first mock draft.

www.flohockey.tv

Both mocks have Frondell to the Hawks.

All this really tells me is he is still high up the chart with folks who talk to organizations. Peters said exactly that:

This mock has Misa falling to 5

How do you expect anyone to take this seriously

 

[featherhawk]

There is no way Misa is selected any lower than 3

 

[Drumman44]

Musto close your eyes

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

The order in which the top forwards in the 2025 class go is the most interesting thing about this draft.

t.co

Also dragging Bedard’s name by saying he’s not a center

 

[Mjul Qvist]

Both mocks have Frondell to the Hawks.

Wheeler doing that as well:

2025 NHL Mock Draft 1.0: Scott Wheeler predicts the entire first round

With the first-round order taking shape following Monday night's lottery, Wheeler makes the first 32 picks of the draft.

www.nytimes.com

I´m loving it!

 

[Larmer83]

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

The order in which the top forwards in the 2025 class go is the most interesting thing about this draft.

t.co

I saw this earlier today with the following from Pronman:
"Frondell brings high-end skill and a complete 200-foot game and fills Chicago’s need for a strong two-way pivot to pair with Connor Bedard, who may end up as a long-term winger in the NHL".

If Pronman is typing this, he feels that Frondell can be a 1st line center. This is the same draft analyst that had Nazar at some thing like # 12 on the Hawks prospect list.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

This mock has Misa falling to 5

How do you expect anyone to take this seriously

He had Demi slipping to Montreal at 5 last year pre-draft and nailed that take, boo hoo.

Here was your genius call at this time last year on the draft vote:

A lot of people voting Lev are probably Anaheim/Columbus/Montreal fans that somehow believe that by voting on this thread, it will lead to Demidov falling to them in real life

Who should we take seriously?

 

[TheFridge]

Martone needs elite game processing in the NHL. Lack of mobility, slow acceleration, and stiffness will limit him. He's a playmaker, even though people keep talking about his size.

I think the bolded is more of a concern than a general lack of mobility. Once he gets moving he's fine (not fast, not horribly slow) but yeah he definitely lacks explosiveness in his first few strides at the moment. At his size, I don't think that's much of an issue in the offensive zone but certainly off the rush it'll be a limiting factor.

 

[TLEH]

Rather take Desnoyers than Frondell personally. IDK why people keep saying Frondell is a center.

 

[hawksfan50]

Well if they can get Alex Tuchman and still land a Brady Martin...count me in.

 

[Mjul Qvist]

Rather take Desnoyers than Frondell personally. IDK why people keep saying Frondell is a center.

What makes you think he isn´t?

 

[TLEH]

What makes you think he isn´t?

Just don't see a playstyle that leads to being an NHL center. His playmaking and ice vision is average, he's physical in the corners and likes to hit, and is a one time guy and volume shooter. All of those things lead me to believe he is a wing.

 

[Mjul Qvist]

Just don't see a playstyle that leads to being an NHL center. His playmaking and ice vision is average, he's physical in the corners and likes to hit, and is a one time guy and volume shooter. All of those things lead me to believe he is a wing.

Ok. I wouldn´t say his playmaking or ice vision is average. He has high IQ and reads game really well plus is reliable in both ends. That makes me believe he could become NHL center at some point.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

There are no more power forwards in hockey that play like Eric Lindros anymore.

Umm.... there was one person ever who played power forward like Eric Lindros and that was Eric Lindros. I have never seen a single person push another person completely out the face-off dot then kick the puck towards his team mate.

Martone is not a power forward. With his size he should have been imposing his will on kids instead of being a perimeter player. His skating is bad, I question his work ethic, and I don't see a high hockey IQ.

The Hawks need to start drafting high IQ players and players who hate losing. Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook, and Sharp were warriors. Martone isn't one of those.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

From everything I heard, no NHL team has Hagens 1st oa and most, if not all, do not have him in their top 2. It is entirely possible that a team has Hagens #1 oa, but it seems unlikely from the information that is public.

If a team had Hagens first, why would they release it publicly?

If the islanders do, why would they say anything with the way this year's draft is?

 

[Muffinalt]

Ok. I wouldn´t say his playmaking or ice vision is average. He has high IQ and reads game really well plus is reliable in both ends. That makes me believe he could become NHL center at some point.

Didn't want to resurrect this the last time you asked me sorry, but now it's a good time to reply



This isn't a playmaker that I see here. Sure he won't be a detriment to puck moving overall, and could even be nice in small area passing because of his physicality, but he's not the typical playmaker mold that you see usually.

What makes you say his playmaking is above average?

Btw I also think he's definitely more likely to be a wing, not coz of the playmaking necessarily (although that too) but because his strengths would come out there better. He already plays that way too.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Martone is not a power forward. With his size he should have been imposing his will on kids instead of being a perimeter player. His skating is bad, I question his work ethic, and I don't see a high hockey IQ.

Another clueless poster, but we already knew that about this one.

His skating is good for his size, he has incredible IQ, and he most definitely is not a perimeter player lol