Official 2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

[sa cyred]

Ignoring our draft position (4th or 6th or 7th) After Misa, Hagens, Schaefer, Eklund, Frondell, who do you take?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I've watched enough tape the last few days of Misa, Martone, Hagens, Schaefer, Desnoyers, Eklund, Frondell, O'Brien to at least have working opinions.

Desnoyers would be disappointing, especially in light of last year. Classic case of "like the player, hate the pick." He just looks like a garden variety middle 6 center, aggressively fine in a multitude of ways. He’s like a slightly better Nate Danielson from 2 years ago, elevated because he's a center. Lot of efficiency plays, not seeing any high end stuff, even on the PP wall. Still smooth all-around, good skater. But yeah. He's a floor pick in that range, and you won't convince me otherwise.

I also was disappointed with Eklund, even if I like him. I just don't like him as a 5th-7th overall type in a perfect world. I don't think he's quite as good as his brother (mainly in edge work/along the wall, which is important when you're slight), and I liked his bro. He's clearly skilled, but I'm not sold on it being top end scorer level. I prefer Frondell between the two, but I think he's a complementary top 6 wing in the NHL.

This draft is really really tough. I could nitpick each of the top 4, and I also think it's pretty essential to be in that top 4. So many guys last class would be even higher in this one.

Your captain told the motherf***ers to do whatever they had to do, move heaven and earth, to move up for Demidov last year. That was a no-brainer, even for the brainless, but they failed. That's why we are in this predicament. Long story short, call Lurie.

 

[trostol]

who are the most milque toast picks they can make...

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Kraken fans had to be nervous last night with that 6-5 Loss to LA after being down 6-2.

The Flyers and Sabres, the two teams in the NHL mired in mediocrity the longest, have accumulated the most points of all the bottom 10 teams over the last 10 games. Both are 5-4-1. On Thursday we find out what happens when an Unstoppable Force of Stupidity meets and Immovable Object of Incompetence.

It would only be fitting if one of Ersson, Fedotov or Kolosov comes up with a Hasek like performance against the Sabres ...

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

EP's new rankings

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McQueen and Bear ahead of Desnoyers, O'Brien and Frondell.

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[BackWithaVengeance]

If you would have told me Michkov was a Calder finalist, Torts got fired, and we got the 4th pick, I would have been very happy. Losing this game allows for one of the best seasons in recent Flyers history.

This is only because they haven't made the pick yet

 

[TheKingPin]

God I hope we get the top pick next year. How do you not try? Trade TK and keep the goalies. Keep Brad Shaw.

 

[Coffe]

God I hope we get the top pick next year. How do you not try? Trade TK and keep the goalies. Keep Brad Shaw.

Keeping Rocky would be crucial for that quest.

 

[flyersnorth]

Interesting on Tankathon this morning. Buffalo got 1st and picked Misa, and the Flyers got 2nd and picked Hagens. Schaefer went 3rd to SJ.

That's the highest I've seen Hagens go on Tankathon.

 

[BernieParent]

You know how this plays out, right? Multiple Flyers players will have hat tricks on Thursday and Ersson or Kolosov or Fedotov will post a shutout. The culture demands it.

Lucy is kneeling down and adjusting the football, inviting us to try for a kick.

 

[BernieParent]

Young kids playing for a job is dangerous in a must-lose game. I want the run-down vets in there.

I want them all to play in broomball shoes.

 

[Larry44]

Ignoring our draft position (4th or 6th or 7th) After Misa, Hagens, Schaefer, Eklund, Frondell, who do you take?

I don't think Eklund will go that high, but in this scenario, it has to be Desnoyers or Martone.

 

[WolfOfBroadStreet14]

I've watched enough tape the last few days of Misa, Martone, Hagens, Schaefer, Desnoyers, Eklund, Frondell, O'Brien to at least have working opinions.

Desnoyers would be disappointing, especially in light of last year. Classic case of "like the player, hate the pick." He just looks like a garden variety middle 6 center, aggressively fine in a multitude of ways. He’s like a slightly better Nate Danielson from 2 years ago, elevated because he's a center. Lot of efficiency plays, not seeing any high end stuff, even on the PP wall. Still smooth all-around, good skater. But yeah. He's a floor pick in that range, and you won't convince me otherwise.

I also was disappointed with Eklund, even if I like him. I just don't like him as a 5th-7th overall type in a perfect world. I don't think he's quite as good as his brother (mainly in edge work/along the wall, which is important when you're slight), and I liked his bro. He's clearly skilled, but I'm not sold on it being top end scorer level. I prefer Frondell between the two, but I think he's a complementary top 6 wing in the NHL.

This draft is really really tough. I could nitpick each of the top 4, and I also think it's pretty essential to be in that top 4. So many guys last class would be even higher in this one.

Your top 4 would be Misa, Hagens, Martone, and Schaefer then?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@BigToe Was Kindel at the point on the PP all year or was this just a weird game?

 

[ponder719]

Interesting on Tankathon this morning. Buffalo got 1st and picked Misa, and the Flyers got 2nd and picked Hagens. Schaefer went 3rd to SJ.

That's the highest I've seen Hagens go on Tankathon.

Yeah, they have us hard coded to take Misa, then Hagens. We can't end up in a position where those two are off the board but Schaefer isn't, (IIRC, the one scenario that has us picking third, someone takes Schaefer in the top 2) so I think they may have just coded us to take a center no matter what, but the five picks they give us, in order, are Misa, Hagens, Frondell, Desnoyers, and McQueen.

 

[BigToe]

@BigToe Was Kindel at the point on the PP all year or was this just a weird game?

Idk if it’s been all year but he’s been there in all of the games I’ve seen.

 

[The Last Red]

I don’t see how Flyers could pass on Shaefer. He’s the consensus BPA, they also lack a no. 1 d-man. Don’t do what teams 2-4 did last year, which was just dumb.

 

[freakydallas13]

The only team I could see draft him in the Top 10 is the Islanders who hold the 10th pick. Lou still thinks it's 1998 and his size will be very appealing for that old fogie.

 

[iceman42]

I don’t see how Flyers could pass on Shaefer. He’s the consensus BPA, they also lack a no. 1 d-man. Don’t do what teams 2-4 did last year, which was just dumb.

"We have 7 of those" is what they will say and then take Mrtka cause someone was going to take him right after them.

 

[FlyerNutter]

Move Cam York, and some of those other first rounders.

Get me Bear.

 

[kudymen]

The f***

 

[CerpinTaxt]

I don’t see how Flyers could pass on Shaefer. He’s the consensus BPA, they also lack a no. 1 d-man. Don’t do what teams 2-4 did last year, which was just dumb.

I don't know is 6'2" tall enough to not be considered a small boi?

 

[freakydallas13]

I don't know is 6'2" tall enough to not be considered a small boi?

Side note but I love being 6'2 and telling people I'm 5'11 because everyone shorter than me panics and starts justifying how really they are as tall as they say they are.

 

[captainpaxil]

Your top 4 would be Misa, Hagens, Martone, and Schaefer then?

That's mine not in that order but I'm happy af with any of those players