Luchanko is close to 190. He. Could max out, just under 200. He’s not small.
There are guys listed in 140s-150 lb range. There are some small guys in 25 draft.
We are gonna pick between 1-15, it’s a guarantee to find a Center first half round 1 in 25 draft.
Tbf a lot of guys from 2024 were listed at 140-150lbs when they were 16. Just how it is. When you are ~16-19 as a "pro" athlete you are often gaining like 15-20lbs a year... with a lot of guys underlisted too at the weight they joined CHL etc at a year before that.
But the D especially for 2025 is small. That is for sure. If the size queen attitude the NHL took collectively in 2024 continues? I think that some of the very talented ~5'10-6'0 D will fall to ~20-30, especially given the C class and how obsessed NHL teams are with C over every other position.
It could actually be a real chance to get a guy with a 1D trajectory late in the 1st round as a result. Which is kind of rare, though it does happen. (though for example in the 2024 draft that had a great D crop I think the last player taken who had even a ~20% chance to be 1D was... well... Buium at #12)
2015 kind of had that happen with Dunn and Andersson (5'11 and 6'0 at draft) falling into the 2nd because of the strong C group and teams over-rating quite a few of the bigger Dmen, (Juulsen, Larsson, Carlsson) who were not as good at same level as Dunn and Andersson... albeit at the time you would probably have said that Dunn and Andersson were say #2-3 upside kind of guys if a fan. But still...
I doubt quite as big a fall happens to say Radivojevic and Sjöström... depending ofc how they develop in the next year... but it would not be a shock if one was there for one of the Flyers picks in the 20s. Especially as they are small AND Euros.
Now, will the Flyers pass on those smaller Dmen like did with Buium? Who knows. But I can see it playing out that 2 of the best ~4-5 Dmen in the 2025 draft are there at say 20-25.
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