Official 2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

The current Tankathon mock looks good for us.

2025 NHL Mock Draft with Lottery Simulator | Tankathon

Frondell, Cootes and Murtagh in the 1st
Brzustewicz, Benak, Trethewey and Limatov in the 2nd.

Not sure who they will really take, but there are some good prospects in the top 50 and we should be getting at least 7 of them...
Really hope they target Limatov over the other potential 2nd round Dmen. He's the only one I'm interested in other than Boumedienne.
 
The current Tankathon mock looks good for us.

2025 NHL Mock Draft with Lottery Simulator | Tankathon

Frondell, Cootes and Murtagh in the 1st
Brzustewicz, Benak, Trethewey and Limatov in the 2nd.

Not sure who they will really take, but there are some good prospects in the top 50 and we should be getting at least 7 of them...
Limatov in the second round would be amazing. I have him in my top 25
 
If Flyers do get 4th overall and Hagens drops there, you f***ing take him. End of story.
I honestly have Frondell and Desnoyers above Hagens but i also don't disagree with you at all.

If they take Hagens at 4, i walk away a very happy man. I can't constantly shit on the Flyers for Big Braining things, and then be mad when they make the responsible decision. My concern is that reaching for Luchanko a small-ish center, is going to force them to ignore the small-ish center
 
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I’m mostly going off of old viewings but there is no way Desnoyers is a better prospect than Hagens.
I find him to be a more complete player and a far more cerebral player. I want him more because i think his play with Michkov would be unbelievable.

Better size, better thinker, better defense. Can pass, can score (his shot needs work). More physical.

Am i shocked if Hagens has the better career? not even kinda. Do i think that Desnoyers can be the more effective hockey player? Absolutely. And i'm not a "Size Matters" "Need more effort" kinda fella. In fact, most people i discuss Desnoyers with, i agree with 95% of the time, this just happens to be the 5% of the time.
 
I did the tankathon sim 4 times; the 1st two times they dropped a spot; the next 2 times they got #1

No matter what they should get a welcome addition to the prospect pool. I’m no professional scout and I’m easily swayed by those who invest more time. One guy will say a player will be a star and give good reasons for that projection. I’ll agree with them. Another guy will question the same player and give good reasons for skepticism and I’ll then agree with them. Fact is, it’s tough to accurately project every player. Even the best scouts are wrong sometimes and even the worst scouts are right sometimes. There is a bit of gambling and luck involved unless you get like the 1st overall pick, and sometimes even then, a player selected after turns out to be the better player
 
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I’m mostly going off of old viewings but there is no way Desnoyers is a better prospect than Hagens.
My 1-game sample size of Desnoyers agrees.
;)

Larry44 said:
The current Tankathon mock looks good for us.

2025 NHL Mock Draft with Lottery Simulator | Tankathon

Frondell, Cootes and Murtagh in the 1st
Brzustewicz, Benak, Trethewey and Limatov in the 2nd.

Not sure who they will really take, but there are some good prospects in the top 50 and we should be getting at least 7 of them...
I really want them to grab Ryabkin with one of the late 1sts.
 
THE Elliot Desnoyers has a brother in the top 10? Holy shit, Flahr is swooning.
What happened to E. Desnoyers this year anyway? Injured? Basically half the points he had in the A two seasons ago.

Never expected him to be much more than a bottom 6er, but at this rate, he won’t even be that.
 
What happened to E. Desnoyers this year anyway? Injured? Basically half the points he had in the A two seasons ago.

I haven’t watched 1 minute of the Phantoms. My guess is Lappy is working his magic. Playing the right way, rolls, etc.

(He was always vanilla. I think the rookie year was weirdly the outlier, but even so much regression is a weird arc.)
 
I did the tankathon sim 4 times; the 1st two times they dropped a spot; the next 2 times they got #1

No matter what they should get a welcome addition to the prospect pool. I’m no professional scout and I’m easily swayed by those who invest more time. One guy will say a player will be a star and give good reasons for that projection. I’ll agree with them. Another guy will question the same player and give good reasons for skepticism and I’ll then agree with them. Fact is, it’s tough to accurately project every player. Even the best scouts are wrong sometimes and even the worst scouts are right sometimes. There is a bit of gambling and luck involved unless you get like the 1st overall pick, and sometimes even then, a player selected after turns out to be the better player

Welcome addition? Who ever they pick is going to immediately be the Flyers top prospect. They literally have no one with top line projection out side of the goalie
 
If the Flyers are on the clock and Hagens or Frondell are available that's all we can ask for. Both would be amazing for our depleted center depth. With Schaefer and Misa probably being selected with the first two picks someone needs to fall in love with Martone, Eklund or even Mrtka.

From what I read here if we stay in the 4-6 range Desnoyers sounds like the consolation price.
 
If I understand it Chicago cannot win the lottery due to them winning two years ago. Is that correct?
basically lotto rules only trigger if you move UP from the lotto. Being the 32nd team and winning the lotto doesnt technically move you up because you were already in 32nd place. same with 31st and the 2nd overall pick.
 

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