Official 2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

Seattle up 5-2 on Chicago. A Kraken win tonight and we’re officially bottom 5! Just 4 points ahead of Buffalo who have 3 games in hand.

I think the best we can hope for is 4th and then hope for a lottery win. NSH, CHI, and SJ are too far down to catch up.
 
Feels like Hagens might actually be there at 4/5/6. Not sure how much he’s actually played himself out of the top 3 compared to people having unrealistic expectations for what a draft year player should be able to produce in the NCAA after Eichel/Fantilli/Celebrini.

Think I prefer Frondell overall but either of them would be excellent.
 
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I’m not saying he’s isn’t a great prospect nor worthy of #1 next year. But it feels like we’re getting kids that are smashing old time great’s previous numbers with more regularity now a days. :laugh:

He’s amazing but it feels like NHLe hasn’t adjusted to what the WHL is these days. It’s a high scoring league now when 10-20 years ago it was known as a low scoring league. 1.5 PPG was a feat back then. Draisaitl was a 1.6 PPG guy. Now if you aren’t sniffing that number, you aren’t much of a prospect.

Fun fact- the Q is now the lowest scoring CHL league.
 
He’s amazing but it feels like NHLe hasn’t adjusted to what the WHL is these days. It’s a high scoring league now when 10-20 years ago it was known as a low scoring league. 1.5 PPG was a feat back then. Draisaitl was a 1.6 PPG guy. Now if you aren’t sniffing that number, you aren’t much of a prospect.

Fun fact- the Q is now the lowest scoring CHL league.
Going for Desnoyers in the draft?
 
Going for Desnoyers in the draft?
Haven't seen enough of him but he'd probably be an underwhelming top 6ish pick from what I gathered.

I don't think the Q is lower scoring because it's a difficult league. I think it's low scoring because it doesn't produce NHL talent like it did in the past. The other two leagues (could throw in the USHL too) clearly have a combination of a better collection of talent in those regions and/or are better developers of talent and play a more modern style of hockey. Moreso the former if I had to guess. The OHL has had the GTHL filtering players in for years and the WHL now has the CSSHL that has been churning out top prospects over the last decade. The Quebec midget league isn't nearly as comparable and a lot of their top prospects move elsewhere to play these days.

Doesn't mean good players can't come from the Q, it's still a hotbed for hockey, it's just a much lower quality of play in that league at the moment.
 
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Sportsnet is out with their March Rankings. Desnoyers moves up again...

Sportsnet's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: March Edition

No. 1: Matthew Schaefer, D, 6-foot-2, 183 pounds, Erie Otters (OHL)

No. 2: Michael Misa, C, 6-foot-1, 184 pounds, Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

No. 3: Caleb Desnoyers, C, 6-foot-2, 178 pounds, Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

No. 4: James Hagens, C, 5-foot-11, 177 pounds, Boston College (NCAA)

No. 5: Anton Frondell, C, 6-foot-1, 198 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 6: Porter Martone, RW, 6-foot-3, 208 pounds, Brampton Steelheads (OHL)

No. 7: Roger McQueen, C, 6-foot-5, 197 pounds, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

No. 8: Victor Eklund, LW, 5-foot-11, 161 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 9: Radim Mrtka, D, 6-foot-6, 207 pounds, Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

No. 10: Jake O’Brien, C, 6-foot-2, 172 pounds, Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
 
Sportsnet is out with their March Rankings. Desnoyers moves up again...

Sportsnet's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: March Edition

No. 1: Matthew Schaefer, D, 6-foot-2, 183 pounds, Erie Otters (OHL)

No. 2: Michael Misa, C, 6-foot-1, 184 pounds, Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

No. 3: Caleb Desnoyers, C, 6-foot-2, 178 pounds, Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

No. 4: James Hagens, C, 5-foot-11, 177 pounds, Boston College (NCAA)

No. 5: Anton Frondell, C, 6-foot-1, 198 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 6: Porter Martone, RW, 6-foot-3, 208 pounds, Brampton Steelheads (OHL)

No. 7: Roger McQueen, C, 6-foot-5, 197 pounds, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

No. 8: Victor Eklund, LW, 5-foot-11, 161 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 9: Radim Mrtka, D, 6-foot-6, 207 pounds, Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

No. 10: Jake O’Brien, C, 6-foot-2, 172 pounds, Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)

4 Centers in the top 5 works out nicely for the Flyers. They'll probably select meaty boy Martone though. Can never have too many RWs!!
 
Sportsnet is out with their March Rankings. Desnoyers moves up again...

Sportsnet's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: March Edition

No. 1: Matthew Schaefer, D, 6-foot-2, 183 pounds, Erie Otters (OHL)

No. 2: Michael Misa, C, 6-foot-1, 184 pounds, Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

No. 3: Caleb Desnoyers, C, 6-foot-2, 178 pounds, Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

No. 4: James Hagens, C, 5-foot-11, 177 pounds, Boston College (NCAA)

No. 5: Anton Frondell, C, 6-foot-1, 198 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 6: Porter Martone, RW, 6-foot-3, 208 pounds, Brampton Steelheads (OHL)

No. 7: Roger McQueen, C, 6-foot-5, 197 pounds, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

No. 8: Victor Eklund, LW, 5-foot-11, 161 pounds, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

No. 9: Radim Mrtka, D, 6-foot-6, 207 pounds, Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

No. 10: Jake O’Brien, C, 6-foot-2, 172 pounds, Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
yeah i dont get the McQueen infatuation, i dont see him going top 10, especially with the spine surgery, and Desnoyers is not quite that high on my list, nor is Radim Mrtka, O'Brien isnt getting enough love and neither is Eklund
 
yeah i dont get the McQueen infatuation, i dont see him going top 10, especially with the spine surgery, and Desnoyers is not quite that high on my list, nor is Radim Mrtka, O'Brien isnt getting enough love and neither is Eklund
Yeah, I don't really know the players that well. Agree that O'Brien is really good, but let's hope they don't trade down for a plumber again. This team's future would look good with Boldy or Caufield instead of York and Brink, and Perrault and Buium instead of Bonk and Luchanko.
 
Yeah, I don't really know the players that well. Agree that O'Brien is really good, but let's hope they don't trade down for a plumber again. This team's future would look good with Boldy or Caufield instead of York and Brink, and Perrault and Buium instead of Bonk and Luchanko.
The Flyers just cant help it, they have to shoot themselves in the foot, and then blame the fans for not being patient enough, when they've been nothing but incompetent, and they turn around like, our #1 center noah cates was taken in the 5th round, have some faith
 
yeah i dont get the McQueen infatuation, i dont see him going top 10, especially with the spine surgery, and Desnoyers is not quite that high on my list, nor is Radim Mrtka, O'Brien isnt getting enough love and neither is Eklund
He had spondylosis (a pars fracture of a vertebrae). It is not uncommon in young people, especially those in collision sports. Rest and PT are the treatments and it takes 6 months to heal. Gabe Vilardi had the same thing and it took a while to heal. He sems fine today. McQueen will probably need two years in the WHL to be ready for the NHL. He is big with a large wingspan, a good shot and excellent stickhandling. His skating could use some improvement, but is not bad. He is worth the risk (the back should be fine, but big guys can take a long time to make a splash in the NHL, but if they hit, they are worth the wait). If the Flyers are picking in the 8-10 range and the usual suspects are gone, they'd have to take him. I doubt that is the scenario though. As for spine surgery? I see no reporting of any spine surgery.
I'd take Misa, Hagens, Frondell, Desnoyers, and maybe O'Brien before McQueen at center (Schaefer, Eklund, and Martone should go before him as well, and knowing the NHL, they will have at least 1 or 2 more defensemen go in the top 10. I'd consider Bear as well, but his Achilles injury gives me pause.
 
He had spondylosis (a pars fracture of a vertebrae). It is not uncommon in young people, especially those in collision sports. Rest and PT are the treatments and it takes 6 months to heal. Gabe Vilardi had the same thing and it took a while to heal. He sems fine today. McQueen will probably need two years in the WHL to be ready for the NHL. He is big with a large wingspan, a good shot and excellent stickhandling. His skating could use some improvement, but is not bad. He is worth the risk (the back should be fine, but big guys can take a long time to make a splash in the NHL, but if they hit, they are worth the wait). If the Flyers are picking in the 8-10 range and the usual suspects are gone, they'd have to take him. I doubt that is the scenario though. As for spine surgery? I see no reporting of any spine surgery.
I'd take Misa, Hagens, Frondell, Desnoyers, and maybe O'Brien before McQueen at center (Schaefer, Eklund, and Martone should go before him as well, and knowing the NHL, they will have at least 1 or 2 more defensemen go in the top 10. I'd consider Bear as well, but his Achilles injury gives me pause.
i didnt mean surgery lol thats on me, i meant injury, lol but im fine with mcqueen if we are picking 10 or 11, but for me, there are several guys who are already more talanted, and have less flaws in their game, mcqueen does give me pause, because is he actually that good in the 2 way game, or is it due to him being stronger than the kids that he plays against, but yeah i have little interest in bear, that injury scares me away from using a high pick on him
 
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Same organization spent last summer trying to sell publicly this was a great draft.

I don’t disagree necessarily with what he says. The unknown is probably the best thing you have going in drafts & these things generally work itself out to yielding about the same success rate. The differences aren’t crater sized.

It might be different if they took swings instead of targeting gritty floor picks
 
Where they are right now, I really want them to select Frondell. At the same time, I fully expect them to do something stupid and I just have a gut feeling that the Flyers won't be picking here by the time the draft rolls around. I just feel like they're going to try to cheat things and use this pick to acquire a center. It just feels like something they'll do because you can bet that if Tortorella returns, he'll want to go out winning if next year is his final year. I'm just ridiculously nervous with this group.
 
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Where they are right now, I really want them to select Frondell. At the same time, I fully expect them to do something stupid and I just have a gut feeling that the Flyers won't be picking here by the time the draft rolls around. I just feel like they're going to try to cheat things and use this pick to acquire a center. It just feels like something they'll do because you can bet that if Tortorella returns, he'll want to go out winning if next year is his final year. I'm just ridiculously nervous with this group.
It's sad that "winning" means making the playoffs.
 
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Where they are right now, I really want them to select Frondell. At the same time, I fully expect them to do something stupid and I just have a gut feeling that the Flyers won't be picking here by the time the draft rolls around. I just feel like they're going to try to cheat things and use this pick to acquire a center. It just feels like something they'll do because you can bet that if Tortorella returns, he'll want to go out winning if next year is his final year. I'm just ridiculously nervous with this group.
It's pretty sad when we all half expect the morons who run the club to do the stupidest thing possible.
 
4 Centers in the top 5 works out nicely for the Flyers. They'll probably select meaty boy Martone though. Can never have too many RWs!!

If they do this, Briere better tank for the 2026 draft.

Trade Tippett and Foerseter away for some 2026 1st round picks (add in 2027 draft picks as necessary)

Fire Fonzie.

Trade Ersson and ride Fedotov and Kolosov the entire season.
 
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Best case scenario is the Flyers get Misa at #2.
 

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