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Originally Posted by cral12
Upside Hockey's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings — Draft Lottery Edition
The May Edition of Our Top 224 NHL Draft Rankings from Chief Scout Eldon MacDonald
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"Updated May 5, 2025
This is a quick update just to get our NHL Draft Lottery Edition of our rankings out in the wild.
Matthew Schaefer Maintains Number One Ranking
Outstanding blueliner Matthew Schaefer leap-frogged exceptional centreman Michael Misa into 1st overall in our January rankings led by our Chief of Scouting Eldon MacDonald and continues to hold his spot this time around. He seems like the odds-on choice for the NHL Draft Lottery winners - the New York Islanders.
Our mammoth quintessential rankings spreadsheet format is composed by the incomparable Chief of Scouting, Eldon MacDonald. We have already featured well over 350 prospects. Check back throughout the season as we add many tabs/sheets (subjects along the bottom) to this spreadsheet.
In this edition, in the second column and second tab we have highlighted NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings with our own unique way of consolidating the rankings rather than the segregated format NHL Central Scouting presents them as.
There will be too many cool features to list; explore yourself with this top of mind:
Our exclusive rankings go well beyond the first round - over 350 prospects included in this version
Check out the tabs along the bottom such as Defense, Under 5'11, etc. for various unique rankings
Quick access to Elite Prospects profile linked for each prospect for updated stats - click on the respective prospect name
Unique prospect analyses as featured in our Substack Prospect Profile series (be sure you’re signed up to our eNewsletter here to keep getting these:
We have in-depth scouting profiles from our scout Trevor Curtis (Sandman!) embedded/linked within the rankings spreadsheet. As the prospect profiles are completed on our dedicated 2025 profiles page, they will under the third column "UH" (Upside Hockey) - simply click on that to be taken to that respective profile. For the 2024 NHL draft, we completed over 240!"
Who's...too high? too low? omitted?
Please enjoy...
Substack article link:
https://upsidehockey.substack.com/p/...ottery-edition
Upside 2025 NHL Draft Headquarters direct link: https://www.upsidehockey.com/nhl-dra...draft-rankings
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Our Chief Scout Eldon would have these guys in Flames range if NHL scouts agree (his rankings always fair well against McKenzie's list in post-draft analysis fwiw)...
(2nd column is NHL Central Scouting's rankings combined - Eldon combines them using his own method)
(UH indicates which Sandman profiles we have up on the sight, linking to the profile when viewing on the actual spreadsheet)
Of course, my favs bolded and think they'll go higher, and they well very well rise in our final rankings...
16 11 Aitcheson, Kashawn 63 6'2 196 D
17 16 UH Lakovic, Lynden 84 6'4 190 LW
18 18 Carbonneau, Justin 98 6'1 191 RW
19 17 UH Nesbitt, Jack 67 6'4 185 C
20 30 UH Fiddler, Blake 35 6'4 209 D
21 52 UH Ihs Wozniak, Jakob 97 6'2 184 LW
22 20 UH Boumedienne, Sasha 22 6'1 175 D
23 33 UH Lee, Ryker 80 6'0 181 RW
24 26 UH Potter, Cullen 43 5'10 172 LW
25 23
Cootes, Braeden 71 5'11 183 C
26 24
Kindel, Benjamin 104 5'10 176 RW
27 36 UH Murtagh, Jack 67 6'1 200 LW
28 25 UH Gastrin, Milton 71 6'1 185 C
29 38 UH McKinney, Cole 73 6'0 200 C
30 35 UH Zharovsky, Alexander 76 6'1 163 RW
31 29
Reschny, Cole 101 5'11 183 LW
32 27 Reid, Cameron 55 6'0 193 D
Reminder for our full rankings spreadsheet:
https://www.upsidehockey.com/nhl-dra...draft-rankings[/QUOTE]
And can't wait to see Sandman's own list at some point (no rush haha)!