Official 2025 NHL DRAFT Thread

[Appleyard]

 

[FLYguy3911]

That would be such a Flyers thing. Lay out a smokescreen about taking the actual BPA to keep other teams off the center they actually want.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Friedman thinks the Flyers being interested in Hagens is a smokescreen, but he might be underestimating how leaky they can be outside of the Gauthier situation.

f*** you Friedman. Don't take Hagens away from us.

 

[Larry44]

Friedman thinks the Flyers being interested in Hagens is a smokescreen, but he might be underestimating how leaky they can be outside of the Gauthier situation.

I thought the interest in Martin was smokescreen, following the 'We like Desnoyers' smokescreen. Let's face it, the Flyers' draft room is a dumpster fire, there's going to be a lot of smoke leaking out....

 

[iceman42]

I thought the interest in Martin was smokescreen, following the 'We like Desnoyers' smokescreen. Let's face it, the Flyers' draft room is a dumpster fire, there's going to be a lot of smoke leaking out....

The smokescreen is that they are competent

 

[Nabrules]

Bob McKenzie's Top 10:

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3, Porter Martone
4, Anton Frondell
5. Caleb Desnoyers
6. Jake O'Brien
7. James Hagens
8. Brady Martin (Says he's Rocketing up the charts)
9. Roger McQueen
10. Victor Eklund

 

[iceman42]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Bob’s final rankings always tend to skew more towards predicting the draft order than the actual talent.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Bob’s final rankings always tend to skew more towards predicting the draft order than the actual talent.

He's the most accurate at predicting the draft order of anyone.

Have a friend who runs a scouting website and he's done the research that shows that to be true.

 

[iceman42]

Bob’s final rankings always tend to skew more towards predicting the draft order than the actual talent.

Yeah I figured and I stand by my artwork.

 

[Larry44]

Bob McKenzie's Top 10:

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3, Porter Martone
4, Anton Frondell
5. Caleb Desnoyers
6. Jake O'Brien
7. James Hagens
8. Brady Martin (Says he's Rocketing up the charts)
9. Roger McQueen
10. Victor Eklund

All the videos are here:

NHL Draft - Round by round coverage of the NHL Draft

 

[FLYguy3911]

Full list.

With 'prodigious talent and boundless potential,' Matthew Schaefer tops McKenzie's NHL Draft Ranking | TSN

If, as expected, Matthew Schaefer is taken No. 1 overall by the Islanders, it will be unprecedented. That is, no No. 1 pick will have ever played so few games in his draft year as Schaefer.

www.tsn.ca

 

[Curufinwe]

Bob McKenzie's Top 10:

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3, Porter Martone
4, Anton Frondell
5. Caleb Desnoyers
6. Jake O'Brien
7. James Hagens
8. Brady Martin (Says he's Rocketing up the charts)
9. Roger McQueen
10. Victor Eklund

Gonna get JOBbed again, ugh

 

[FLYguy3911]

He's the most accurate at predicting the draft order of anyone.

Have a friend who runs a scouting website and he's done the research that shows that to be true.

Well yeah. He has the best sources. But if you are using his lists as a BPA source, you should know that’s not what he is constructing.

 

[pit]

Bob McKenzie's Top 10:

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3, Porter Martone
4, Anton Frondell
5. Caleb Desnoyers
6. Jake O'Brien
7. James Hagens
8. Brady Martin (Says he's Rocketing up the charts)
9. Roger McQueen
10. Victor Eklund

11. Radim Mrtka
12. Jackson Smith
13. Kashawn Aitcheson
14. Carter Bear
15. Logan Hensler
16. Justin Carbonneau
17. Jack Nesbitt
18. Braeden Cootes
19. Cole Reschny
20. Lynden Lakovic
21. Cullen Potter
22. Ben Kindel
23. Sascha Boumedienne
24. Cam Reid
25. Malcolm Spence
26. Milton Gastrin
27. William Horcoff
28. Blake Fiddler
29. Bill Zonnon
30. Eric Nilson
31. Ryker Lee
32. Henry Brustwxcxhcgsjdkgkjhcads

With 'prodigious talent and boundless potential,' Matthew Schaefer tops McKenzie's NHL Draft Ranking | TSN

If, as expected, Matthew Schaefer is taken No. 1 overall by the Islanders, it will be unprecedented. That is, no No. 1 pick will have ever played so few games in his draft year as Schaefer.

www.tsn.ca

 

[scumpup]

Kindel at 22 and Ryker Lee at 31 would be slam dunk picks just to be clear. 2nd round Zharovsky and Ryabkin on top of that? Extremely great. if we come out of this we will have an amazing forward prospect pool. Oh right and we have 6th overall. If we take one of the GOOD players? A dream.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

11. Radim Mrtka
12. Jackson Smith
13. Kashawn Aitcheson
14. Carter Bear
15. Logan Hensler
16. Justin Carbonneau
17. Jack Nesbitt
18. Braeden Cootes
19. Cole Reschny
20. Lynden Lakovic
21. Cullen Potter
22. Ben Kindel
23. Sascha Boumedienne
24. Cam Reid
25. Malcolm Spence
26. Milton Gastrin
27. William Horcoff
28. Blake Fiddler
29. Bill Zonnon
30. Eric Nilson
31. Ryker Lee
32. Henry Brustwxcxhcgsjdkgkjhcads

With 'prodigious talent and boundless potential,' Matthew Schaefer tops McKenzie's NHL Draft Ranking | TSN

If, as expected, Matthew Schaefer is taken No. 1 overall by the Islanders, it will be unprecedented. That is, no No. 1 pick will have ever played so few games in his draft year as Schaefer.

www.tsn.ca

As a Pole, I take offence.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I assume Zegras gets a chance to play center. Wonder if Martone becomes a much likelier option now

I wouldn’t be upset with O’Brien but I’d be disappointed if he was picked over Hagens. O’Brien scares me but he still has a lot of upside. If he’s the pick and he busts we should be done with JOB’s in the future

 

[bauer]

Bob McKenzie's Top 10:

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3, Porter Martone
4, Anton Frondell
5. Caleb Desnoyers
6. Jake O'Brien
7. James Hagens
8. Brady Martin (Says he's Rocketing up the charts)
9. Roger McQueen
10. Victor Eklund

Hagens should be ours at 6 but if i was a betting man, i'd put everything on JOB. i really, really hope i'm wrong.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Hagens should be ours at 6 but if i was a betting man, i'd put everything on JOB. i really, really hope i'm wrong.

Yeah Hagens or Frondell (or Martone) at 6 would great. JOB would be suboptimal but honestly as long as they are not trading up to get him I won't be too upset.

 

[TheKingPin]

Friedman thinks the Flyers being interested in Hagens is a smokescreen, but he might be underestimating how leaky they can be outside of the Gauthier situation.

I don’t think they have been leaky of late. So that would indicate more of a smoke screen. Has there been more recently about the Flyers liking Hagens? I’ve heard they took him to dinner but that’s it. Seems like a bigger smoke screen is Martin or JOB.

 

[iceman42]

I don’t think they have been leaky of late. So that would indicate more of a smoke screen. Has there been more recently about the Flyers liking Hagens? I’ve heard they took him to dinner but that’s it. Seems like a bigger smoke screen is Martin or JOB.

There was a report at the end of last week where they met with him again, I dont think it was dinner so Flahr wasnt there.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I don’t think they have been leaky of late. So that would indicate more of a smoke screen. Has there been more recently about the Flyers liking Hagens? I’ve heard they took him to dinner but that’s it. Seems like a bigger smoke screen is Martin or JOB.

I don't think they had dinner with Hagens but they did meet with him in NJ. I don't remember seeing a meeting with Hagens being framed as dinner like the other players.

 

[iceman42]

If they pass on Hagens, Frondell, or Martone for the lesser options like Desnoyers, JOB or (ugh) Martin. Your looking at passing up potential bonified top 6 skillset players for a ceiling steady middle C in Desnoyers, a high risk top 6 C in JOB, and a ceiling middle 6 forward <-- being very generous to Martin.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Credit to Empoleon8771 for this post on how accurate McKenzie’s last mock is:

“Here is how McKenzie has done in the past couple of years:

2024:

1. Celebrini (#1)
2. Demidov (#5)
3. Levshunov (#2)
4. Silayev (#10)
5. Lindstrom (#4)
6. Dickinson (#11)
7. Buium (#12)
8. Parekh (#9)
9. Helenius (#14)
10. Iginla (#6)

Sennecke (ranked #11, drafted #3), Yakemchuk (ranked #13, drafted #7) and Catton (ranked #12, drafted #8) were the 3 he missed on.

2023:

1. Bedard (#1)
2. Fantilli (#3)
3. Carlsson (#2)
4. Smith (#4)
5. Michkov (#7)
6. Leonard (#8)
7. Dvorsky (#10)
8. Reinbacher (#5)
9. Benson (#13)
10. Perreault (#23)

Simashev (ranked #19, drafted #6) and Danielson (ranked #16, drafted #9) were the 2 he missed on.

2022:

1. Slafkovsky (#1)
2. Wright (#4)
3. Cooley (#3)
4. Nemec (#2)
5. Gauthier (#5)
6. Jiricek (#6)
7. Kemell (#17)
8. Lekkerimaki (#15)
9. Savoie (#9)
10. Kasper (#8)

Korchinski (ranked #11, drafted #7) and Mintyukov (ranked #12, drafted #10) were the 2 he missed on.

2021:

1. Power (#1)
2. Beniers (#2)
3. Edvinsson (#6)
4. Eklund (#7)
5. MacTavish (#3)
6. Guenther (#9)
7. Clarke (#8)
8. Hughes (#4)
9. Johnson (#5)
10. Lucius (#18)

Boucher (ranked #29, drafted #10) was the only one he missed on, and that's significantly more Ottawa being run by a bunch of morons than McKenzie being wrong

On average, he tends to miss out on 2 guys per draft in his top-10, with the guys falling being guys ranked usually in the #7-#10 range and guys rising ranked usually in the #11-#14 range. So basically, it's a reasonable projection that 2 guys in the #7-#10 range fall out of McKenzie's top-10 and 2 guys in McKenzie's #11-#14 range rise into the top-10.

Or another way to put it: I'm betting that McQueen and Eklund fall out of the top-10 while Smith and Mrtka rise into the top-10.“