Prospect Info: Draft 2025 - Everyone is trading up, but no one seems to be trading down edition

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

If teams thought he was that, would he be ranked #7 in McKenzie's list and behind Frondell, Desnoyers and O'Brien?

Buddy I don't know and neither do you.

I'm just saying that he is the kind of player that does not slide in a shallow draft. @ me if I'm wrong

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

i mean you want 6’5 WHL beef or not son? Takes a lotto pick in the year 2025. Beeflation

Hagens is absolutely not falling to 11 in a draft like this but if he does they'd be pretty moronic to not take him barring the guy being openly a giant piece of shit in his team interviews or something.

Sounds like he made a lot of excuses for his season and pointed to his past as why he should still be a high pick. Which is honestly a tiny red flag for me.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's fine we're gonna draft Hagens and trade him to the Isles for Eiserman and a 1st.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Sounds like he made a lot of excuses for his season and pointed to his past as why he should still be a high pick. Which is honestly a tiny red flag for me.

Like I said... team interviews can make a big impact... kind of an X factor in this process.

If he raised a buncha flags anything is possible. But I feel like even then a team takes a chance before the Pens have a shot. Would be cool to be wrong.

 

[Gurglesons]

If Hagens falls below 5 it just proves why half the teams in the bottom ten are there every year recently.

Just total overthinking stupidity versus taking the best player.

 

[Jared Grayden]

It's fine we're gonna draft Hagens and trade him to the Isles for Eiserman and a 1st.

They're gonna trade #11 to NYI for their unprotected 1st in 2026.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

i mean you want 6’5 WHL beef or not son? Takes a lotto pick in the year 2025. Beeflation

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Sounds like he made a lot of excuses for his season and pointed to his past as why he should still be a high pick. Which is honestly a tiny red flag for me.

"Beef" and it's a 6'5 dude who is built like Jake Guentzel.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Eklund is 100% going to be one of the guys that falls out of McKenzie's top-10.

Thanks for the jinx, f***head

 

[The Old Master]

Hagens is absolutely not falling to 11 in a draft like this but if he does they'd be pretty moronic to not take him barring the guy being openly a giant piece of shit in his team interviews or something.

even then LOOK THE OTHER WAY.

 

[Jared Grayden]

"Beef" and it's a 6'5 dude who is built like Jake Guentzel.

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We called that "body by Auschwitz" in the Army.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

If it were a deeper draft I would absolutely take the idea of Hagens falling to the Penguins more seriously.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

We called that "body by Auschwitz" in the Army.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'd put it at a non-zero chance the Penguins would trade their 1st to the NYI at #11 if Hagens made it to their pick. The Islanders can absolutely make a package for it between Ritchie, Eiserman and Colorado's 2026 1st. If I got offered Ritchie and Colorado's 2026 1st for #11 overall, I'd be extremely tempted to take it. Especially if I still had #12 and could draft Eklund at #12.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

"Beef" and it's a 6'5 dude who is built like Jake Guentzel.

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6’5 and RAW

….

wait

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

6’5 and RAW

….

wait

 

[The Old Master]

i'm hoping that we will add another first with a trade, so we will have that to move.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

My mock

11th: Ravensbergen
12th: Frolov

17th (Rust trade): Ivankovic

59th: Pradel

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

My mock

11th: Ravensbergen
12th: Frolov

17th (Rust trade): Ivankovic

59th: Pradel

Look man we're supposed to tank in the STANDINGS... not the draft table.

And yes I'm aware that you are 100% super serious right now.

 

[Jared Grayden]

i'm hoping that we will add another first with a trade, so we will have that to move.

I'm hoping they add 1sts for 2026. Speculating of course, but that draft just seems better positioned to be deeper. And who doesn't love rooting against teams if Pens are holding other unprotected 1sts?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Look man we're supposed to tank in the STANDINGS... not the draft table.

And yes I'm aware that you are 100% super serious right now.

I guess you’re not interested in getting another All-Star goalie like Tristan Jarry?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I guess you’re not interested in getting another All-Star goalie like Tristan Jarry?

You're doin' it again, you friggin' stunad.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I guess you’re not interested in getting another All-Star goalie like Tristan Jarry?

We can even use the Kyle Dubas Tristan Jarry logic:

"Well we can't NOT draft them!"

 

[LiffLaff]

I don't want to draft both Eklund and Hagens at all. The NHL is rapidly shifting away from small and speedy teams having success, doesn't mean you can't have those guys but you need some physicality and size too. That's why I like the O'Brien and Eklund duo.

If Hagens falls to #11, I draft Hagens at #11 and probably trade down with #12.

If you want physicality and size, why would you want O'Brien? While he's tall, I'll grant you that, he seems like one of the softest players in the draft to me.. I honestly don't get the hype on O'Brien at all. He has good passing and vision, but other than that, what does he brings? Because he's not physical and not fast, so I have a really hard time seeing his game translate to the pros.

 

[DesertPenguin]

If Hagens falls below 5 it just proves why half the teams in the bottom ten are there every year recently.

Just total overthinking stupidity versus taking the best player.

If he falls, Islanders are going to be working the phones looking to send Dobson out for a 5-10 pick.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

I'd put it at a non-zero chance the Penguins would trade their 1st to the NYI at #11 if Hagens made it to their pick. The Islanders can absolutely make a package for it between Ritchie, Eiserman and Colorado's 2026 1st. If I got offered Ritchie and Colorado's 2026 1st for #11 overall, I'd be extremely tempted to take it. Especially if I still had #12 and could draft Eklund at #12.

Why not just draft Hagens at that point? I would demand the moon if Hagens made it and someone wanted the pick.

Especially someone in our own division.