2025 NHL Entry Draft

[WeThreeKings]

Pronman today:
50% of scouts he talked to have Schaefer at 1
20% have Hagens
20% have Martone
And then you have some who like McQueen and Misa there.

Other two names he mentioned that can push for the 5th spot are Desnoyers and Frondell.

 

[Vachon23]

I know people always drools at the thought of having star franchise center (rightfully so) but they are very hard to get unless you draft top overall in a very good draft year when there is one available for instance we missed twice with Galchenyuk and Kotkaniemi. Otherwise forget it you won't get one. That being said, I think you can compete for a cup even without a franchise center but to do that you need 4 very good centerman that can share the loads offensively and are very good defensively. Boston and the Blues did it. IMO having a very balanced center line of Suzuki, Desnoyers, Hage and Beck would be exactly that. They have all have decent offensive attributes but they would also all be very reliable defensively. In that way, our franchise forward could be on the wing with Demidov we would also have very good other
good offensive winger in Caufield, Laine, Slafkovsky.

You need at least, an elite selke level 2 way Center to win if you don’t have a superstar (and even if you have a superstar).

Look at the last winner: Bergeron/ROR/Barkov/Toews/Crosby

We don’t have that yet, can Desnoyers be that kind of player ? I think he can (maybe not at the level of those guys offensively though)

 

[Riggins]

Pronman today:
50% of scouts he talked to have Schaefer at 1
20% have Hagens
20% have Martone
And then you have some who like McQueen and Misa there.

Other two names he mentioned that can push for the 5th spot are Desnoyers and Frondell.

If we're out of the top 4 running, I hope we can get Frondell or Desnoyers. No interest in McQueen unless we're around #10 and he's a faller.

We'll know a lot more 5 weeks and see how poorly we fair with our treacherous schedule.

 

[WeThreeKings]

If we're out of the top 4 running, I hope we can get Frondell or Desnoyers. No interest in McQueen unless we're around #10 and he's a faller.

We'll know a lot more 5 weeks and see how poorly we fair with our treacherous schedule.

After that group it'd be Eklund Smith and Spence.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

2025 NHL DRAFT: DECEMBER RANKING - TOP 32 - PRE-WJC

McKeen's Hockey releases it top 64 ranking with honourable mentions prior to the start of the 2025 World Junior Championship.

www.mckeenshockey.com

All the publications have Schaefer as the 1st Ov at this point.

 

[rahad]

2025 NHL DRAFT: DECEMBER RANKING - TOP 32 - PRE-WJC

McKeen's Hockey releases it top 64 ranking with honourable mentions prior to the start of the 2025 World Junior Championship.

www.mckeenshockey.com

All the publications have Schaefer as the 1st Ov at this point.

I'm 80% sure now that he is going to be 1st Ov in 2025. He is pretty much 10 month younger than Hagens.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

2025 NHL DRAFT: DECEMBER RANKING - TOP 32 - PRE-WJC

McKeen's Hockey releases it top 64 ranking with honourable mentions prior to the start of the 2025 World Junior Championship.

www.mckeenshockey.com

All the publications have Schaefer as the 1st Ov at this point.

By the end of the year, it will be even more obvious. He is definitely looking like the next franchise defenseman than will play 30min + dominate at both end and compete for a couple Norris. Even if we are loaded at defense he would be a no brainer for us.

 

[HuGort]

I don't think that sending him back to the Q for his D+1 season would be a negative thing. It would benefit him I think, to be part of the Canadian team in next year's WJC.

He needs to play in higher competitive league to advance