NHL 2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

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Future Bruin

 

[FrankerC]

I hope they only target a center if they're drafting top-10. This team is in desperate need of a high talent center. Tired of throwing out 3rd line centers in the top-6.

 

[ODAAT]

I hope they only target a center if they're drafting top-10. This team is in desperate need of a high talent center. Tired of throwing out 3rd line centers in the top-6.

I hope they target the BPA and if that happens to be a center, it`s a bonus

C`s most talked about seem to be

Hagens, Misa, McQueen, Desnoyers and O`Brien, Frondell, take the one available at the time of the pick, this team is desperate for skill, speed and scoring, look for D in the 2nd round

 

[Sheppy]

I hope they target the BPA and if that happens to be a center, it`s a bonus

C`s most talked about seem to be

Hagens, Misa, McQueen, Desnoyers and O`Brien, Frondell, take the one available at the time of the pick, this team is desperate for skill, speed and scoring, look for D in the 2nd round

This.

 

[goldenblack]

Guess we really want to tank to about 5th. Funny because the lotto odds aren't that much better than 9th. I just like that we can't drop lower than 7 from 5.

Let's get to 5 guys!

 

[yazmybaby]

Future Bruin

I hope so, he would instantly become our number one center or LW.
Pencil him in for 20G and 60 pts next year.
I think he has more upside than Fantilli.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

I hope they target the BPA and if that happens to be a center, it`s a bonus

C`s most talked about seem to be

Hagens, Misa, McQueen, Desnoyers and O`Brien, Frondell, take the one available at the time of the pick, this team is desperate for skill, speed and scoring, look for D in the 2nd round

I will say BPA is nebulous at best concept. Like at the top of the draft you could make an argument for 4 players being BPA. If the Bruins pick at 7 say, there could be 3-5 guys who are BPA, and you just have to ultimately pick one

 

[ODAAT]

I will say BPA is nebulous at best concept. Like at the top of the draft you could make an argument for 4 players being BPA. If the Bruins pick at 7 say, there could be 3-5 guys who are BPA, and you just have to ultimately pick one

True but I want no "outside the box" projects that was projected in the late first, early 2nd. This team is severly lacking talent, in my opinion, up front, BPA at forward is my choice and a C, if the trend continues, no reason this team isn`t walking away from the draft table without a helluva chance for a very good C prospect

 

[DKH]

Say the Bruins pick 8th

Recent 8th OA picks included:

2024 Berkley Catton - SEA
2023 Ryan Leonard - WAS
2022 Marco Kasper - Detroit (going to be very good playing now)
2021 Brandt Clarke - LA (future offensive dynamo top pairing)
2020 Jack Quinn BUF

Recent 7th OA picks included:

2024 Carter Yakemchuk Ottawa
2023 Matvei Michkov Philadelphia
2022 Kevin Korchinski Chicago
2021 William Eklund SJ
2020 Alexander Holtz NJ/ Vegas
2019 Dylan Cozens Buf/Ott
2018 Quinn Hughes Vancouver

Recent 6th OA picks include:

2024 Tij Iginla Utah
2023 Dmitry Simashev Utah
2022 David Jiricek CBS/Minnesota
2021 Simon Edvinsson - Detroit
2020 Jamie Drysdale - Ana/Phi
2019 Moritz Seider - Detroit
2018 Filip Zadina - Detroit

Odd - two organizations had 5 of 7 picks

 

[bbfan419]

Future Bruin

Yes please, Misa would instantly become the Bruins top prospect by a landslide.

 

[BostonBob]

Good news my fellow Bruin fans - I tried one of those " Draft Lottery Simulators " yesterday and was very pleased with the results. Columbus got the 1st overall pick but Boston ended up with the #2 pick. I didn't dare try it again - no reason to screw around with that mojo.

 

[Alan Ryan]

Will the Bruins draft a goalie with one of their higher picks?

 

[McPasta8873]

I hope they only target a center if they're drafting top-10. This team is in desperate need of a high talent center. Tired of throwing out 3rd line centers in the top-6.

What if Boston lands 2OA and Misa goes first? To me Misa and Schaefer are the only guys with potential to be the #1 guy on their team so would you prefer Boston to take the risk with hagens/ frondel who still have 1C potential or go with Schaefer who could potentially form the best d pairing in the league with mcavoy and potentially become a top 10 dman in the league.

 

[Boston Bandit]

As Bruins bottom out, focus turns to maximizing NHL Draft odds for franchise savior

Joe Sacco focused on the positives on Tuesday before his team made the trek out west for a five-game road trip.

“You can also just look at three points right now. That’s what’s separating us from the last wild card spot right now as we stand here today,” Sacco noted. “To me, that should be one of our focuses and it is one of our focuses as a group, to make sure we understand that we’re still in the thick of things here and nothing changes for us as far as our mindset in how we prepare and how we get ready for games.”

Less than a week later, the Bruins are technically not eliminated from playoff contention.

But the writing’s on the wall that a Bruins roster that dealt five lineup regulars at the trade deadline is ready to accept that short-term gains were relinquished for (hopefully) greater returns in the future.

Since elevating expectations post-deadline by beating both the Lightning and Panthers in regulation, the Bruins have now lost six games in a row.

Following a 7-2 drubbing doled out by the Kings on Sunday night in Los Angeles, the Bruins have now dropped 14 of their last 17 games.

MoneyPuck has Boston tabbed with a zero percent shot of making the postseason, with the Bruins now six points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with just 10 games left on their regular-season docket.

As far as points percentage is concerned, the Bruins (.479) are closer to the cellar-dwelling Sabres (.449) in the Eastern Conference than a Canadiens team (.543) currently clinging to the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

In other words, any hope of the Bruins hosting playoff hockey this spring is all but snuffed out — and it’s time to look to the future.

The Bruins’ efforts to retool their roster for 2025-26 remains an ongoing process over these final 10 games of the regular season.

Boston has been able to glean more about what deadline additions like Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt could offer next winter, while pending UFA Henri Jokiharju has generally helped stabilize a D pairing when stapled next to Nikita Zadorov.

As the Bruins navigate through what amounts to consequence-free matchups over these final three weeks, Boston has the rare window to see if younger players like Fabian Lysell have the mettle to earn greater roles moving forward.

But make no mistake: these next 10 games are destined to be an arduous watch for fans.

If there’s anything that could assuage the pain from what has been a disastrous season, it would be Boston securing a potential franchise-elevating prospect in the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft.

Boston’s deadline fire sale has secured a haul of draft picks (two 2025 second-round picks, 2026 first-round pick, 2027 conditional second-round pick), along with a few promising prospects in Fraser Minten and Will Zellers.

But Boston’s own first-round pick this season stands as Boston’s best bet of accelerating what looks to be a multi-year retool.

And while a lackluster Bruins roster continues to be shredded on the ice, this sustained stretch of futility is bolstering their chances of netting a blue-chip talent in late June.

Currently, the Bruins are tied with the Penguins for the seventh-worst points percentage in the league — putting them firmly in the mix for a shot at securing a top-10 pick in the upcoming NHL Draft.

That current standing not only gives Boston a legitimate shot at selecting the seventh or eighth pick in the upcoming draft. It also presents a slim chance for Boston to shoot up the draft leaderboard as a result of the NHL Draft lottery — which is usually held in May.

If the Bruins’ season ended today, here’s a look at where exactly Boston could settle in the draft order in the coming months — per Tankathon.

No. 1 pick: 6.5 percent
No. 2 pick: 6.7 percent
No. 3 pick: 0.2 percent
No. 7 pick: 44.4 percent
No. 8 pick: 36.5 percent
No. 9 pick: 5.6 percent

Several teams have benefited in recent years from soaring up the draft order by way of the draft lottery.

The New York Rangers lucked out and won the chance to draft first overall in the 2020 NHL Draft in a COVID-impacted year where they finished 18th overall in the league standings.

The Chicago Blackhawks jumped up to first overall in both the 2007 NHL Draft (8.1 percent odds) and 2023 NHL Draft (11.5 percent) en route to selecting Patrick Kane and Connor Bedard, respectively.

As miserable as this current slate might be, another loss for the Bruins on Wednesday night against Anaheim would further solidify their spot on the draft leaderboard — given that the Ducks currently sit just ahead of both the Bruins and Penguins with a .486 points percentage.

Boston could also conceivably move further up the draft leaderboard (and juice up their odds) if the team continues to relinquish points — and both the Penguins and Kraken (.458 points percentage) keep on winning.

The Bruins could conceivably move as far up as fifth overall in the draft order, although the Flyers (1-8-1 in their last 10 games) don’t seem ready to budge from their spot on the draft order.

As painful as this Bruins’ season might be, the potential of Boston securing a top-three pick would be a welcome scenario, especially if it allows a franchise short on high-end skill to select a playmaking talent like Michael Misa (62 goals, 134 points in 65 OHL games with Saginaw) or Boston College freshman center James Hagens.

And even if the Bruins settle around picks 5-7, it will still offer a chance for the Bruins to land a promising pivot prospect like Caleb Desnoyers, Anton Frondell, Jake O’Brien, or Roger McQueen.

Don Sweeney and Boston’s top brass still have a long road in front of them when it comes to overhauling the Bruins’ roster and adding top young talent via their influx of draft picks.

But as the Bruins try to build a new foundation for the future, coming out of this season with a potential top-five pick would stand as a useful consolation prize in a season short on positives.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Will the Bruins draft a goalie with one of their higher picks?

I would love to, but you have no idea who will fall to the mid second or thirds rounds. That said if you draft a goalie, you are looking at someone who will likely challenge for a roster spot in 2030 or later.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

What if Boston lands 2OA and Misa goes first? To me Misa and Schaefer are the only guys with potential to be the #1 guy on their team so would you prefer Boston to take the risk with hagens/ frondel who still have 1C potential or go with Schaefer who could potentially form the best d pairing in the league with mcavoy and potentially become a top 10 dman in the league.

It all depends on what you think the players are. if you think Schaefer is a future top 10 NHL defenseman, and the forwards are low end first liners then you would have to take Schaefer. If you believe Hagens can be a top 5-10 center than it is a tougher call,

 

[22Brad Park]

I hope they target the BPA and if that happens to be a center, it`s a bonus

C`s most talked about seem to be

Hagens, Misa, McQueen, Desnoyers and O`Brien, Frondell, take the one available at the time of the pick, this team is desperate for skill, speed and scoring, look for D in the 2nd round

Alot of centres in this draft but Misa would be a homerun.Love to see those ping pong balls bounce Bruins way

 

[22Brad Park]

What if Boston lands 2OA and Misa goes first? To me Misa and Schaefer are the only guys with potential to be the #1 guy on their team so would you prefer Boston to take the risk with hagens/ frondel who still have 1C potential or go with Schaefer who could potentially form the best d pairing in the league with mcavoy and potentially become a top 10 dman in the league.

Hope Chicago is picking 3rd and flip picks with them for another pick, because my gut says they want the D man.Then take Hagans.Bruins could use more picks .

 

[Blitzkrug]

Me after spending an hour hitting the "sim lottery" button until it shows the Bruins picking at 1 acting like it actually affects anything

 

[McPasta8873]

Hope Chicago is picking 3rd and flip picks with them for another pick, because my gut says they want the D man.Then take Hagans.Bruins could use more picks .

I think Boston could go multiple ways with that. Teams I think would give quite a bit to move up and select Schaefer as he seems like a home run pick and a dman who can easily become a top 10 dman. So now who does Boston like best, do they want hagens who’s a smaller dynamic center probably the last time bruins seen one to this calibre would have been Marc savard, or do we want frondell who id say if we still want to replace Bergeron he’s the closest to that bergy was solid with protecting the puck and I see that with frondell he also has that ability to be a playmaker or goal scorer.
Or do we want desnoyer who’s another 2 way center but much more of a passer.

I wouldn’t be to worried trading down past Chicago as I don’t think they go C unless they are getting Misa, I can’t see them wanting another smaller forward to add to that prospect core. I think for Chicago its either Misa/ Schaefer/ Martone

 

[22Brad Park]

I think Boston could go multiple ways with that. Teams I think would give quite a bit to move up and select Schaefer as he seems like a home run pick and a dman who can easily become a top 10 dman. So now who does Boston like best, do they want hagens who’s a smaller dynamic center probably the last time bruins seen one to this calibre would have been Marc savard, or do we want frondell who id say if we still want to replace Bergeron he’s the closest to that bergy was solid with protecting the puck and I see that with frondell he also has that ability to be a playmaker or goal scorer.
Or do we want desnoyer who’s another 2 way center but much more of a passer.

I wouldn’t be to worried trading down past Chicago as I don’t think they go C unless they are getting Misa, I can’t see them wanting another smaller forward to add to that prospect core. I think for Chicago its either Misa/ Schaefer/ Martone

They better go centre because that is the biggest area of need .I think they need to stop trying to find the next Bergeron type thinking and just find a guy who can play.Anyhow they need alot of luck to move up but I think they pick top 7 if I had to bet.

 

[McPasta8873]

Will the Bruins draft a goalie with one of their higher picks?

Personally I would hope they don’t, most the goalies projected to go 2nd-3rd rounds are smaller goalies (6’1 below) or they are Russian. Bruins still seem hesitant with drafting russians just because there is a good chance they never come over. If they were to take a risk though I like Semyon Frolov. I also like Louie-Antoine Denault from the Q he’s had decent numbers but his 6’8 frame also really attracts my attention.

I really don’t think this goalie class is that elite aswell most the top guys haven’t quite stepped up like they should have ravensbergen was much better last season then this year but he did play behind a better cougars team last season but im not sure he even received and invite to Canada’s WJ camp, Ivankovic did not impress me during the WJ for Canada so that says a bit for him and ravensbergen. Pyotr Andreyanov has actually torn up the Russian junior league (MHL) but he’s in my personal no go area of being under 6’1 and also the risk of him not ever coming over from Russia

 

[McPasta8873]

They better go centre because that is the biggest area of need .I think they need to stop trying to find the next Bergeron type thinking and just find a guy who can play.Anyhow they need alot of luck to move up but I think they pick top 7 if I had to bet.

Definitely agree that we need to go center i just don’t want them to reach. It seems like most the teams ahead of Boston also have that want for center, I do think Seattle would be greedy going center given they already have Beniers/ Wright/ Catton but they could move one to wing like they did McCann

Misa/ Hagens are pretty much locked for the top 4.

Frondell has had one of the best 2nd half of the season out of any draft eligible prospect once he returned and has actually started to get some votes over Martone for a top 5 pick.

So between pick 6-9 that leaves us with Desnoyer/ Obrien if Boston lands 8 and they go 6-7 I really don’t want them reaching for Brady Martin/ Carter Bear when they are more projected to go 13-20 especially if guys like
LW Victor Eklund/ LHD Jackson Smith/ RHD Radom Mrtka are on the board I do believe they all bring something that Boston lacks aswell and have a much higher potential

 

[duffy]

Definitely agree that we need to go center i just don’t want them to reach. It seems like most the teams ahead of Boston also have that want for center, I do think Seattle would be greedy going center given they already have Beniers/ Wright/ Catton but they could move one to wing like they did McCann

Misa/ Hagens are pretty much locked for the top 4.

Frondell has had one of the best 2nd half of the season out of any draft eligible prospect once he returned and has actually started to get some votes over Martone for a top 5 pick.

So between pick 6-9 that leaves us with Desnoyer/ Obrien if Boston lands 8 and they go 6-7 I really don’t want them reaching for Brady Martin/ Carter Bear when they are more projected to go 13-20 especially if guys like
LW Victor Eklund/ LHD Jackson Smith/ RHD Radom Mrtka are on the board I do believe they all bring something that Boston lacks aswell and have a much higher potential

Anyone know when the Hockey News Draft edition comes out?

 

[goldenblack]

Let's get to the 5 spot before the lotto and see y'all! WE CAN DO IT

Daddy Campbell magic still exists