Post your 2025 draft list

[vildurson]

Any concerns about O'Brien short choppy skating or slight frame?

Skating is valid concern but he is not so small guy so kind of whatever, just takes more time. Frame is just more potential to fill out to me compared to Hagens. Bit of a project on that regard but there is potential.

I most notably just liked O'Briens ability to delay and play with different kinds of speeds on offensive zone. He did not always take the first obvious option but often chose another more interesting one and I found that interesting. Pass first guy but can also shoot. Also decent at faceoffs.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

My post U18 draft list:

1. Schaefer
2. Misa
3. Martin
4. Hagens
5. Desnoyers
6. Eklund
7. O’Brien
8. Mrtka
9. Frondell
10. Martone
11. Fiddler
12. McQueen
13. Carbonneau
14. Reschny
15. Aitcheson
16. Hensler
17. Bear
18. Smith
19. Cootes
20. Reid
21. Nilson
22. Spence
23. Gastrin
24. Boumedienne
25. Lakovic
26. Ihs Wozniak
27. Brzustewicz
28. McKinney
29. Czata
30. Kindel
31. Zonnon
32. Potter
33. Ryabkin
34. Murtagh
35. Klingsel

 

[tomd]

My post U18 draft list:

1. Schaefer
2. Misa
3. Martin
4. Hagens
5. Desnoyers
6. Eklund
7. O’Brien
8. Mrtka
9. Frondell
10. Martone
11. Fiddler
12. McQueen
13. Carbonneau
14. Reschny
15. Aitcheson
16. Hensler
17. Bear
18. Smith
19. Cootes
20. Reid
21. Nilson
22. Spence
23. Gastrin
24. Boumedienne
25. Lakovic
26. Ihs Wozniak
27. Brzustewicz
28. McKinney
29. Czata
30. Kindel
31. Zonnon
32. Potter
33. Ryabkin
34. Murtagh
35. Klingsel

Good top 10 although not necessarily in the exact order you have them. I'd switch Fiddler and Lakovic.

 

[Favin]

A work in progress

1. Michael Misa
2. James Hagens
3. Matthew Schaefer
4. Radim Mtrka
5. Anton Frondell
6. Porter Martone
7. Cullen Potter
8. Jake O'Brien
9. Carter Bear
10. Caleb Desnoyers
11. Ivan Rybakin
12. Malcolm Spence
13. Victor Eklund
14. Kashawn Aitcheson
15. Jackson Smith
16. Sascha Boumedienne
17. Will Horcoff
18. Braeden Cootes
19. Logan Hensler
20. Brady Martin
21. Alexei Medvedev
22. Justin Carbonneau
23. Ryker Lee
24. Gustav Hillstrom
25. Jack Nesbitt
26. Blake Fiddler
27. Kurban Limatov
28. Mason West
29. Matthew Gard
30. Jack Murtagh
31. Everett Baldwin
32. Ben Kindel

 

[uncleben]

A work in progress

1. Michael Misa
2. James Hagens
3. Matthew Schaefer
4. Radim Mtrka
5. Anton Frondell
6. Porter Martone
7. Cullen Potter
8. Jake O'Brien
9. Carter Bear
10. Caleb Desnoyers
11. Ivan Rybakin
12. Malcolm Spence
13. Victor Eklund
14. Kashawn Aitcheson
15. Jackson Smith
16. Sascha Boumedienne
17. Will Horcoff
18. Braeden Cootes
19. Logan Hensler
20. Brady Martin
21. Alexei Medvedev
22. Justin Carbonneau
23. Ryker Lee
24. Gustav Hillstrom
25. Jack Nesbitt
26. Blake Fiddler
27. Kurban Limatov
28. Mason West
29. Matthew Gard
30. Jack Murtagh
31. Everett Baldwin
32. Ben Kindel

No McQueen?

 

[frontsfan67]

1 Schaefer
2 Misa
3 Martone
4 Frondell
5 Hagens
6 Desnoyers
7 Martin
8 Smith
9 O’Brien
10 Mrtka

 

[JadedRandom]

I've revised my list some, this would be the Early-May edition.

I've paid close attention to Cameron Schmidt at the U18s, and some of what I saw there had me go back and watch more tape of him from the WHL and seeing things with different eyes. As a result he's slipped quite a bit on my rankings (from #11 to #19).

Meanwhile Martin and Cootes have shot-up my rankings, and the same holds true for Gastrin, Boumedienne, and Moore.

1. Schaefer
2. Misa
3. Martone
4. Hagens
5. Desnoyers
6. Frondell
7. Smith
8. McQueen
9. Eklund
10. Mrtka
11. O'Brien
12. Aitcheson
13. Lakovic
14. Cootes
15. Martin
16. Carbonneau
17. Hensler
18. Bear (achilles injury makes him drop, would be #13-14 without it)
19. Schmidt
20. Reid
21. Kindel
22. Reschny
23. Potter
24. Spence
25. Gastrin
26. Fiddler
27. Murtagh
28. Zonnon
29. Ravensbergen
30. Moore
31. McKinney
32. Boumedienne

 

[Doublechin]

1. Schaefer
2. Misa
3. Martone
4. Desnoyers
5. Frondell
6. Hagens
7. Martin
8. Mrtka
9. O'Brien
10. Eklund
11. McQueen
12. Smith
13. Cootes
14. Reschny
15. Aitchenson
16. Bear
17. Hensler
18. Lakovic
19. Ravensbergen
20. Gastrin
21. Spence
22. Carbonneau
23. Kindel
24. Nesbitt
25. Reid

 

[rocketdan9]

My quick mock

NYI - Misa
SJS - Schaefer
CHI - Martone
UTA - Desnoyers
NSH - Hagens
PHI - Frondell
BOS - Martin
SEA - Smith
BUF - Mrtka
ANA - Eklund
PIT - O'Brien
NYR - Aitchenson
DET - Lakovic
CBJ - Moore
VAN - Hensler
MTL - Carbonneau
MTL - Boumedienne

 

[LeProspector]

I feel like most of these are just:

- CTL ‘C’
- CTL ‘V’
- “change it up a little so teacher doesn’t notice”

 

[emptyNedder]

A work in progress

1. Michael Misa
2. James Hagens
3. Matthew Schaefer
4. Radim Mtrka
5. Anton Frondell
6. Porter Martone
7. Cullen Potter
8. Jake O'Brien
9. Carter Bear
10. Caleb Desnoyers
11. Ivan Rybakin
12. Malcolm Spence
13. Victor Eklund
14. Kashawn Aitcheson
15. Jackson Smith
16. Sascha Boumedienne
17. Will Horcoff
18. Braeden Cootes
19. Logan Hensler
20. Brady Martin
21. Alexei Medvedev
22. Justin Carbonneau
23. Ryker Lee
24. Gustav Hillstrom
25. Jack Nesbitt
26. Blake Fiddler
27. Kurban Limatov
28. Mason West
29. Matthew Gard
30. Jack Murtagh
31. Everett Baldwin
32. Ben Kindel

Like the unusual suspects in the late 1st round.

You inspired me to post my draft list--not draft ranking or mock. I have been posting in Mom's Basement Stakes, so this would be my list for Buffalo (and I have also added Detroit the past two years as a second benchmark).

Schaefer
Hagens
Misa
Frondell
Desnoyers
Eklund
O’Brien
Lakovic
McQueen
Hensler
Martin
Reschny
Bear
Cootes
Kindel
Gastrin
Malcolm Spence
Bill Zonnon
Eric Nilson
Jack Murtagh
Cole McKinney
Viktor Klingsell
Max Westergárd
Alex Huang
Mikkel Eriksen
Karl Annborn
Mads Kongsbak Klyvø
Ondrej Stebetak
Mason Moe
Mateo Nobert
Tomas Poletin
Jan Chovan
Lasse Boelius
Carlos Handel
Liam Petterson
Dakota Rheaume-Mullen
Sean Barnhill
David Rozsival
Cooper Simpson
Anders Miller
Edison Engle
Teddy Mutryn
Burke Hood
Elijah Neuenschwander
Jere Somervouri
Raiden LaGall
Linus Rørth
Carsen Adair
Jackson Crowder
Blake Vanek
Mathis Langevin
Rihards Griva
Onni Kalto

EDIT: Moved McQueen down--just not sure about the injury; moved Mikkel Eriksen up.

 

[uncleben]

Like the unusual suspects in the late 1st round.

You inspired me to post my draft list--not draft ranking or mock. I have been posting in Mom's Basement Stakes, so this would be my list for Buffalo (and I have also added Detroit the past two years as a second benchmark).

Schaefer
Hagens
Misa
Frondell
Desnoyers
McQueen
Eklund
O’Brien
Lakovic
Hensler
Martin
Reschny
Bear
Cootes
Kindel
Gastrin
Malcolm Spence
Bill Zonnon
Eric Nilson
Jack Murtagh
Cole McKinney
Viktor Klingsell
Max Westergárd
Alex Huang
Karl Annborn
Mason Moe
Mikkel Eriksen
Ondrej Stebetak
Tomas Poletin
Jan Chovan
Lasse Boelius
Carlos Handel
Liam Petterson
Dakota Rheaume-Mullen
Mateo Nobert
Mads Kongsbak Klyvø
Sean Barnhill
David Rozsival
Cooper Simpson
Anders Miller
Edison Engle
Teddy Mutryn
Burke Hood
Elijah Neuenschwander
Jere Somervouri
Raiden LaGall
Linus Rørth
Rihards Griva
Carsen Adair
Jackson Crowder
Blake Vanek
Mathis Langevin
Onni Kalto

No Martone?

 

[I am Bettman]

Schaefer
Misa
Hagens
Desnoyers
Eklund
Frondell
O’brien
Martone

 

[Sturminator]

How I think the real top-10 will go:

1st - NYI: Misa
2nd - SJS: Schaefer
3rd - CHI: Martone
4th - UTA: Hagens
5th - NSH: Frondell
6th - PHI: Eklund
7th - BOS: Desnoyers
8th - SEA: Smith
9th - BUF: McQueen
10th - ANA: O'Brien

 

[LeProspector]

I can’t talk shit without providing a list of my own, so here you go:


1: Schaefer
2: Hagens
3: Misa
4: Desnoyers
5: Frondell
6: Martin
7: Mrtka
8: Eklund
9: Martone
10: Potter
11: Hensler
12: Spence
13: McKinney
14: Smith
15: O’Brien
16: Moore
17: Cootes
18: Lakovic
19: Lee
20: Bear
21: Carbonneau
22: Czata
23: Limatov
24: Murtugh
25: Cerrato
26: Aitcheson
27: Idzan
28: Reid
29: Ivankovic
30: Ihs Wozniak
31: Zharovsky
32: Gastrin

 

[emptyNedder]

No Martone?

I had the list ready in case Buffalo won a lottery place. Now I figure there is almost no chance Martone is around at 9, so didn't make any updates.

I presume the full draft will look something like:

1st Rd: McQueen or O'Brien
2nd Rd: Nilson/Murtagh/McKinney
3rd Rd: Huang or Annborn *
4th Rd (two picks): Moe/Eriiksen/Stebetak
5th Rd: Chovan (if lucky) Liam Pettersen/Klyvo (more likely)
6th: Anders Miller/Neuenschwander
7th (three picks): Somervuori/LeGall/Rørth/Griva

Obviously 6th and 7th rounds are mostly guessing who will still be around

*Still prioritizing right-shot D in 2nd-3rd rounds as Sabres could use one. However, if I had been drafting for them they would have all of Luneau, Brzustewizc, Brunicke, and Luca Marrelli in the pipeline.

 

[Mathieukferland]

spicy, would love to see Schaefer end up in San Jose

 

[gary559]

spicy, would love to see Schaefer end up in San Jose

No way Chicago would pass on Misa.

 

[Doublechin]

spicy, would love to see Schaefer end up in San Jose

If whoever replaces Lou does that then

Every Islander fan: Bring Lou back

 

[Soundgarden]

spicy, would love to see Schaefer end up in San Jose

Nashville fan, would probably faint.

 

[rocketdan9]

My mock ver. 2 (lotto)

1. NYI - Matthew Schaefer
2. SJS - Michael Misa
3. CHI - Porter Martone
4. UTA - James Hagens
5. NSH - Caleb Desnoyers
6. PHI - Jake O'Brien
7. BOS - Brady Martin
8. SEA - Anton Frondell
9. BUF - Logan Hensler
10. ANA - Jackson Smith
11. PIT - Roger McQueen
12. NYR - Victor Eklund
13. DET - Radim Mrtka
14. CBJ - Kashawn Aitchenson
15. VAN - Carter Bear
16. MTL - Justin Carbonneau
17. MTL - Sascha Boumedienne

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Early June mock, Rounds 1,2 and 3.

1. LD Matthew Schaefer
2. C Michael Misa
3. RW Porter Martone
4. C Brady Martin
5. C Caleb Desnoyers
6. C Anton Frondell
7. C James Hagens
8. RD Radim Mtrka
9. C Jake O'Brien
10. RW Victor Eklund
11. C Roger McQueen
12. LD Kashawn Aitcheson
13. LW Cole Reschny
14. LD Jackson Smith
15. LW Carter Bear
16. RW Justin Carbonneau
17. RD Logan Hensler
18. C Braeden Cootes
19. LD Sascha Boumedienne
20. C Jack Nesbitt
21. LW Malcolm Spence
22. RW Vaclav Nestrasil
23. LD Cameron Reid
24. RD Blake Fiddler
25. C Cole McKinney
26. G Joshua Ravensbergen
27. LW Milton Gastrin
28. C Bill Zonnon
29. LW Lynden Lakovic
30. RW Cameron Schmidt
31. C Ryker Lee
32. C Shane Vansaghi
33. RD Henry Brzustewicz
34. C William Moore
35. C Ben Kindel
36. RD Carter Amico
37. RD Max Psenicka
38. C Eric Nilson
39. C Cullen Potter
40. RW Alexander Zharovsky
41. C Will Horcoff
42. LW Jakob Ins Wozniak
43. C Jack Murtagh
44. LW Viktor Klingsell
45. LD Kurban Limatov
46. RW Alex Misiak
47. RW Eddie Genborg
48. RW Benjamin Kevan
49. C Ivan Ryabkin
50. RD Charlton Tretheway
51. RW Jan Chovan
52. C Ethan Czata
53. LW Matthew Gard
54. LD Haoxi Wang
55. LW Nathan Behn
56. G Alexei Medvedev
57. LW Max Westergard
58. LW Vojtech Cihar
59. C Adam Benak
60. RD Alex Huang
61. C Mason West
62. LW Michal Svrcek
63. RW Daniil Prokhorov
64. LD Jacob Rombach
65. RD Sean Barnhill
66. C Mikkel Eriksen
67. LD Mace’o Phillips
68. RD Quinn Beauchesne
69. C Carter Klippenstein
70. LW Tomas Poletin
71. C Conrad Fondrk
72. RW Arvid Drott
73. LW Cooper Simpson
74. RD Carlos Handel
75. G Lucas Beckman
76. LD Lasse Boelius
77. C Luca Romano
78. RD Peyton Kettles
79. C Andrew O’Neil
80. RD Theodor Hallquisth
81. RD Karl Annborn
82. C Nathan Quinn
83. RW John Mooney
84. LD Malte Vass
85. C Kieran Dervin
86. LD Liam Petterson
87. G Pyotr Andreyanov
88. LD Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen
89. LW Filip Ekberg
90. LD Will Sharpe
91. LW Kristian Epperson
92. C Tyler Hopkins
93. RD Maxim Agafonov
94. C Harry Nansi
95. RD Bryce Pickford
96. C Hayden Paupanekis

 

[samsagat]

My post lottery mock draft:

1. New York Islanders: Misa

2. San Jose Sharks: Schaefer

3. Chicago Blackhawks : Martone

4. Utah Hockey Club: Hagens

5. Nashville Predators: Desnoyers

6. Philadelphia Flyers: Frondell

7. Boston Bruins : O'Brien

8. Seattle Kraken : Smith

9. Buffalo Sabres : Mrtka

10. Anaheim Ducks : Martin

11. Pittsburgh Penguins : Eklund

12. New York Rangers : McQueen

13. Detroit Red Wings : Lakovic

14. Columbus Blue Jackets : Hensler

15. Vancouver Canucks : Bear

16. Montreal Canadiens (via Calgary Flames) : Carbonneau

17. MTL Canadiens : Cootes

18. Calgary: Aitcheson

19. STL : Boumediene

20. Clbs : Fiddler

21. Ott : Kindel

22. Cgy : Nesbitt

23. Car : Reschny

 

[Doublechin]

Here's my mock so far

1. NYI - Schaefer
2. SJS - Misa
3. CHI - Desnoyers
4. Utah - Frondell
5. NSH - Hagens
6. PHI - Martin
7. BOS - Martone
8. SEA - McQueen
9. BUF - Mrtka
10. ANA - O'Brien
11. PIT - Eklund
12. NYR - Smith
13. DET - Bear
14. CBS - Aitchenson
15. VAN - Cootes
16. MTL - Lakovic
17. MTL - Hensler
18. CGY - Reschny
19. STL - Boumedienne
20. CBS - Spence
21. OTT - Fiddler
22. CGY - Carbonneau
23. NSH - Limatov
24. LAK - Reid
25. CHI - Nesbitt
26. NSH - Ryabkin
27. WSH - Prokhorov
28. WIN - Gastrin
29. CGY - Brzutewicz
30. PHI - Kindel
31. CAR - Vansaghi
32. SJS - McKinney

 

[QJL]

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Now this is a hot take.

It's at least justifiable to have Schaefer, Misa, or Martone ahead of Hagens based on the fact that those three are having insane seasons. But no one else has been better than Hagens this season, that's ridiculous.

Ain't that hot a take to have Hagens outside the top 5 anymore!