Pre-Game Talk: 2025 NHL Draft Thread

[TruBlueFan1970]

Looking like a real chance to be picking at 5-7 this year, and extremely good chance in the top 10 at worst. In no particular order, I really like Desnoyers, Frondell and Eklund up front and Smith or Hensler on the back end. Unless we win a lotto pick and then my dream is Misa or Schaefer.

And even with size, not as big of fan of Mrtka, Martone, Lakovic or McQueen.

 

[SirPaste]

I need to be watching more Everett Silvertips games. The hype for Landon DuPont (in ‘27 draft) is real. He’s going to be a McDavid-esque caliber of prospect by the time that draft rolls around.



He’s already 5’11”, 180lbs as a 15 year old…with solid defense, surprising physicality and amazing offensive instincts. Could be the best prospect since Lemieux to enter the draft.

I will be interested to see how the next few years go when his peers catch up to him physically. I am always skeptical when a kid is so far advanced physically than his peers that they dominate but cool down once everyone else catches up. I am not knocking him or trying to diminish his value as a prospect at all just saying there have been many instances of kids that dominated at such an early age who slowed down as they get closer to their draft.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

I will be interested to see how the next few years go when his peers catch up to him physically. I am always skeptical when a kid is so far advanced physically than his peers that they dominate but cool down once everyone else catches up. I am not knocking him or trying to diminish his value as a prospect at all just saying there have been many instances of kids that dominated at such an early age who slowed down as they get closer to their draft.

That’s been the position that Frondell has been put in. He is 6’1” 200#s. Not much room to grow already in a man’s body. I’m really curious what the later tourney brings. Catching stride after injuries and all the kids maturing around him.

 

[kimzey59]

Looking like a real chance to be picking at 5-7 this year, and extremely good chance in the top 10 at worst. In no particular order, I really like Desnoyers, Frondell and Eklund up front and Smith or Hensler on the back end. Unless we win a lotto pick and then my dream is Misa or Schaefer.

And even with size, not as big of fan of Mrtka, Martone, Lakovic or McQueen.

I would disagree with you on Martone.
Say what you want about his hockey sense and skating, but the guy has a pitbull mindset and we could definitely use that in our lineup.

I would agree that he’s a lot closer to Brady Tkachuk than he is to Matthew Tkachuk; but I think we need to look more at heart/compete level than we do skill and I can’t really knock Martone in that area.

 

[Mike Liut]

1) Rate these guys coming out of the draft
2) Rate these guys who will have the better career

In no particular order…

Thomas
Dvorsky
Frondell
Desnoyers
McQueen
O’Brian

The reason I ask, I think we are walking away with one of these 4 centers