Official 2025 NHL Draft Thread

[SolidSnakeUS]

Porter Martone has the next "big guy bust" written all over him. Briere is probably gonna trade up for him.

He'll draft him because of "culture", not skill.

 

[Appleyard]

The fall of Ivan Ryabkin continues I see.

Really interested to see how he does in rest of USHL season...

this year has been bad. But he has basically for 4 straight years before this one been on "top 5 pick" trajectory.

20-21: Arguably best u-14 districts cup performance in the last 20 years.
21-22: Similar level u-15 districts cup performance to Demidov at same age.
22-23: Top 10 u-16 districts cup performance ever. Similar to Demidov again. Dominant at u-18 level in games he played as a 15 year old.
23-24: Arguably the best performance from a 16 year old in Russia in the last 20 years.

This year? Yeh. Awful. But Dynamo MHL team are totally dysfunctional and have heard that from people in Russia who would know.

20 good games in the USHL and he probably still goes top 10. 20 mediocre and he will probably go 15-32.

 

[BigToe]

Matthew Schaefer a unanimous No. 1 in Bob McKenzie's Mid-season NHL Draft Ranking | TSN

"As far as I’m concerned,” one NHL head scout said, “[Matthew Schaefer] is No. 1 and he’s staying there - even if he never plays another game this season."

www.tsn.ca

Surprised scouts are still that high on Frondell.

 

[BillDineen]

Surprised scouts are still that high on Frondell.

I am sure the Flyers' final scouting meeting will look like the Morin one, but instead all the centers "with more there" bumping better prospects down the list.