Bob McKenzie Pre Season 2025 Draft Rankings

[Antiillafire]

To be released this upcoming Thursday according to social media showing TSN broadcast schedule. Usually 12 players and a few honourable mentions. Will be interesting to see these as their seems to be less predictably compared to last year. Predictions on the 12?

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[MasterMatt25]

Gonna guess James Hagens will be there

 

[HockeyProspects101]

Pretty sure these guys will be included, Will Moore too.

1	James Hagens (F)	Boston College	NCAA	2006-11-03	5'10"	172	L
2	Matthew Schaefer (D)	Erie Otters	OHL	2007-09-05	6'1"	174	L
3	Porter Martone (F)	Brampton Steelheads	OHL	2006-10-26	6'3"	170	R
4	Anton Frondell (F)	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 Nationell	2007-05-07	6'0"	196	L
5	Ivan Ryabkin (F)	MHK Dynamo Moskva	MHL	2007-04-25	6'0"	170	L
6	Michael Misa (F)	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	2007-02-16	6'0"	174	L
7	Roger McQueen (F)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	2006-10-02	6'5"	190	R
8	Logan Hensler (D)	USNTDP Juniors	USHL	2006-10-14	6'2"	196	R
9	Malcolm Spence (F)	Erie Otters	OHL	2006-09-22	6'2"	192	L
10	Caleb Desnoyers (F)	Moncton

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Typical outta touch Bob he missed Neznyam Nikdo (MHL) and Garth McShattersly (BCJHL) Gonna be a good draft boys.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

My guess.

1.Hagens
2. Schaefer
3. Frondell
4. Martone
5. McQueen
6. Misa
7. Ryabkin
8. Hensler
9. Moore
10. Desnoyers
11. Mrtka
12. Aitcheson

Reschny would be next IMO, but I went with how I think the list would land.

No problem being wrong.

 

[Czechboy]

1. Benak
2. Mrtka
3. Don't care

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

1. Benak
2. Mrtka
3. Don't care

Mrtka will go #1 on that list.

Benak is very talented, I like him.

Don't care, has problems with engagement. He seems like he just....doesn't care.

 

[Czechboy]

Mrtka will go #1 on that list.

Benak is very talented, I like him.

Don't care, has problems with engagement. He seems like he just....doesn't care.

He's been pissing me off for years now.. if only he'd care!

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Let the great debate between Joshua Ravensbergen and Jack Ivankovic for top goalie begin!

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Pretty sure these guys will be included, Will Moore too.

1	James Hagens (F)	Boston College	NCAA	2006-11-03	5'10"	172	L
2	Matthew Schaefer (D)	Erie Otters	OHL	2007-09-05	6'1"	174	L
3	Porter Martone (F)	Brampton Steelheads	OHL	2006-10-26	6'3"	170	R
4	Anton Frondell (F)	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 Nationell	2007-05-07	6'0"	196	L
5	Ivan Ryabkin (F)	MHK Dynamo Moskva	MHL	2007-04-25	6'0"	170	L
6	Michael Misa (F)	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	2007-02-16	6'0"	174	L
7	Roger McQueen (F)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	2006-10-02	6'5"	190	R
8	Logan Hensler (D)	USNTDP Juniors	USHL	2006-10-14	6'2"	196	R
9	Malcolm Spence (F)	Erie Otters	OHL	2006-09-22	6'2"	192	L
10	Caleb Desnoyers (F)	Moncton

Dang these are some big kids.

 

[ponder]

Hagens #1 for sure. I think Martone, Misa and Frondell will all be top 5, but could certainly be wrong and one (or more) are in the next few spots after 5 (confident none will be too far past 5, though). After that I have much less confidence, it’s still so early and hard to rank.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Let the great debate between Joshua Ravensbergen and Jack Ivankovic for top goalie begin!

Ivankovic is 6’0. There’s no debate right now on who will be picked higher.

 

[hockey20000]

seen destroyners live once or twice can tell hes a legit talent and mid to high 1st rounder when you seen him live.

 

[WeThreeKings]

My guess:

1. James Hagens
2. Porter Martone
3. Anton Frondell
4. Matthew Schaefer
5. Roger McQueen
6. Michael Misa
7. Ivan Ryabkin
8. Charlie Tretheway
9. Malcolm Spence
10. Logan Hensler
11. William More
12. Caleb Desnoyers
13. Sacha Boumedienne
14. Jakob Ihs Wozniak
15. Blake Fiddler

 

[Anardil]

Please Lord, just one more high end forward, then I can feel that the rebuild will be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. (Martone pretty please!!)

 

[scoutman1]

Ivankovic is 6’0. There’s no debate right now on who will be picked higher.

agreed, Ivankovic in my eyes has the higher upside and personally he is more fun to watch as well.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Who's the last 6' ft or under goalie to go high?
Wolf and Milic are 2 of the best chl goalies i've seen in the last 20 years and they both had to wait till the end of the draft.
Ivankovic would have to be pretty special to buck that trend.

 

[Brodeur]

James Hagens in pole position for top spot at 2025 NHL Draft | TSN

The Boston College freshman centre is the near-unanimous choice for No. 1 on Bob McKenzie's annual Pre-Season Ranking for the 2025 draft.

www.tsn.ca

 

[HockeyProspects101]

Pretty sure these guys will be included, Will Moore too.

1	James Hagens (F)	Boston College	NCAA	2006-11-03	5'10"	172	L
2	Matthew Schaefer (D)	Erie Otters	OHL	2007-09-05	6'1"	174	L
3	Porter Martone (F)	Brampton Steelheads	OHL	2006-10-26	6'3"	170	R
4	Anton Frondell (F)	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 Nationell	2007-05-07	6'0"	196	L
5	Ivan Ryabkin (F)	MHK Dynamo Moskva	MHL	2007-04-25	6'0"	170	L
6	Michael Misa (F)	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	2007-02-16	6'0"	174	L
7	Roger McQueen (F)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	2006-10-02	6'5"	190	R
8	Logan Hensler (D)	USNTDP Juniors	USHL	2006-10-14	6'2"	196	R
9	Malcolm Spence (F)	Erie Otters	OHL	2006-09-22	6'2"	192	L
10	Caleb Desnoyers (F)	Moncton

A clear top 11 in my opinion, then the drop off starts, going to be a great year!

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Can't believe someone had McQueen ranked 1

 

[wickedwitch]

So apparently, according to Central Scouting, Hagens is officially 5'11. I suppose they could be rounding up from 5'10.5, but that is his official height.

At what point do size "concerns" go away for most GMs?

 

[Flames Fanatic]

So apparently, according to Central Scouting, Hagens is officially 5'11. I suppose they could be rounding up from 5'10.5, but that is his official height.

At what point do size "concerns" go away for most GMs?

6'1" seems to be the point you stop hearing it as much for C's.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

5’11 176 before even turning 18 isn’t really an issue for a guy who is like the most skilled player in the draft. Hughes and Bedard both measured in as smaller than that.

By the way, I lost brain cells reading this line.

Some scouts say Hagens is destined to become a No. 1 NHL centre because he’s so adept at producing offence; others wonder if his size — he was measured and weighed by NHL Central Scouting in the pre-season at 5-foot-11 and 176 pounds — will mean he may be better suited as a second-line centre.

Example #100 that NHL scouts are not overly impressive people. No smarter than the average poster here.

 

[Mathieukferland]

Can't believe someone had McQueen ranked 1

size queens aplenty in NHL front offices apparently, have seen him at Hlinka and briefly at the u18 and he is nowhere close to Hagens (even better comparison because they’re both 06s). It’s more likely he falls out of the top 10 than goes 1

 

[Czechboy]

Thrilled to see Mrtka at 12!

Happy to see Benak got a mention so at least he's being noticed.