2025 NHL Entry Draft

[Gravity]

Hopefully we get a franchise 1C here.

 

[calder candidate]

We need a lottery win or trade up to take Martone

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Logan Brown

Why? Does he sleep during his shifts?

 

[FormerLurker]

It's great to have a top 2025 prospect on the Steelheads, I'll definitely catch a few Martone games this year. I only went to 2 Steelheads games last sesson and he was out with an injury for the second one. He didn't stand out too much in the first game I saw but it was in October and he was still only 16! I'm still pissed that the team moved to Brampton.

Martone definitely looks great in a Habs jersey:

Look who led his U16AAA team in scoring. Maybe they can wear the jersey together again in a couple of years.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I think there might be a convo by mid next year where he can go first or at least be in the convo

He's already pretty much a lock for the top 3, going number 1 isn't a giant stretch at this point, especially if he makes the WJC team and does really well there.

 

[Jaynki]

He's so f***ing good.

I think he challenge Hagens for 1st OV.

His size gives him an important edge

 

[montreal]

He's already pretty much a lock for the top 3, going number 1 isn't a giant stretch at this point, especially if he makes the WJC team and does really well there.

he's the 1st OA pick now imo.

 

[Jaynki]

Why? Does he sleep during his shifts?

Honestly i don't know him much but i did not liked him much from the very little i saw. (Which is a wayy too small sample size to draw any conclusion.)

He has a big year ahead of him and indeed has a top 5 pick profile going on into it.

I said Logan Brown simply to give a bad counter example.

McQueen certainly has the potential to do much greater than Brown, like ainec.

he's the 1st OA pick now imo.

Whats.your case for Martone VS Hagens?

 

[montreal]

Whats.your case for Martone VS Hagens?

Hagens is small as shit, haven't been overly impressed with him so far.

 

[Jaynki]

Hagens is small as shit, haven't been overly impressed with him so far.

Agree, to be chosen 1st OV at his size, you need to be a Bedard.

Martone is a unicorn.

 

[WeThreeKings]

We could do worse than McQueen or Spence.

I'd be over the moon if we somehow got Frondell.

 

[waitin425]

Schaefer is a stud. I watched him play early last year and he was so noticeable on the ice.

Just found this article and had no idea, what he went through this season. Ill be rooting for this kid to succeed.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/light-feet-heavy-heart-the-tragic-story-of-a-rising-hockey-star-and-two-unfathomable/article_fdb7a16e-07c9-11ef-9316-df7d141e4347.html

 

[montreal]

speaking of Hagens,

 

[calder candidate]

Where can I find old draft ranking? I’m analyzing draft performance and I looking for as many draft ranking as possible but ideally I want multiple years. I got all of the data from myNHLdraft but surprisingly there a lot of years with little to no data on predraft ranking from various sources. Also looking for some lesser known because I’ll probably fine the McKenzie/ Button, but if you know where or have rankings please let me know.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Where can I find old draft ranking? I’m analyzing draft performance and I looking for as many draft ranking as possible but ideally I want multiple years. I got all of the data from myNHLdraft but surprisingly there a lot of years with little to no data on predraft ranking from various sources. Also looking for some lesser known because I’ll probably fine the McKenzie/ Button, but if you know where or have rankings please let me know.

Eliteprospects should have it archived somewhere?

 

[SOLR]

Hlinka soon, can't wait!

 

[KevSkillz4]

So at this moment, that's a good top 15 right?

If Habs pick between 10-15, I'm sure, we getting a another really good prospect.

Imagine if we get lucky and Calgary with some magic pick only #11, we getting 2 top 15, that would be really really good for sure. But CGY will likely to be a bottom 5 team.

 

[WeThreeKings]

So at this moment, that's a good top 15 right?

If Habs pick between 10-15, I'm sure, we getting a another really good prospect.

Imagine if we get lucky and Calgary with some magic pick only #11, we getting 2 top 15, that would be really really good for sure. But CGY will likely to be a bottom 5 team.

Not sure if it's a good top 15. It's a good top 8.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Not sure if it's a good top 15. It's a good top 8.

The guy you said that he can be compared to Leonard, Spencer. He is in that top 8?

 

[jaffy27]

Here’s a nice breakdown of top 15 plu a few HM for the 2025 NHL draft.

 

[jaffy27]

We could do worse than McQueen or Spence.

I'd be over the moon if we somehow got Frondell.

Only if we win the lottery, very unlikely but ya, would instantly make us legit contenders a few years down the road.

 

[WeThreeKings]

The guy you said that he can be compared to Leonard, Spencer. He is in that top 8?

At the end of it, yeah.

Only if we win the lottery, very unlikely but ya, would instantly make us legit contenders a few years down the road.

Spence could be had outside the top 5 but yeah we aren't gonna be in a position to draft Hagens Frondell Martone McQueen who look to be the top 4.

 

[26Mats]

Dunno where to put this, but stumbled upon this today and pretty proud of my prediction at 8th overall.

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Where you at @Goldenhands?! Where you at Simon Snake Boisvert!!!!!! hahahaha

How did you know?

 

[Jabba11]

How did you know?

I remembered liking him a lot at the U18s and Hlinka tournament, when following the draft for 2011 and 2012, Russia had one of the best U18 back then and the most talked about were Mikhail Grigorenko and Nail Yakupov, and Kucherov was often overlooked but he ended up dominating the tournament the most, record just broken by Hagens.

Not gonna lie, my process has always been reading especially here on HFBoards, youtube highlights videos (didn't have shift by shift videos back then) and any televised or streamed international tournaments. I made a Craig Button of myself and really was hyped by Kucherov at the U18s.

I just looked back at this official HFBoards Prospect Thread and I was discussing already in the first few pages and getting backlash hahaha But good talks and other posters also saw great potential in him. Craig Button had him 18th overall in May 2011. After seeing him at U18 and his skill level and how he read the plays, he was just an executioner. Deadly. And, rumours of him going to Quebec in the CHL Import Draft to play with Grigorenko (who I liked a lot back then too) made me followed Kucherov even more.

Loved these highlights videos with emo music! LFG!



And, what all of that being said… I am even more excited about Ivan Demidov!!! Much more dynamic than Kucherov at the same age. I think the sky is the limit for Demidov. We are extremely lucky and just so much to look forward to. With adding another top prospect in 2025 too.

 

[SOLR]

Not sure if it's a good top 15. It's a good top 8.

It's an average top 8, I'm not super high on this crop.