2025 NHL Draft Thread

[RyZ]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

Suzuki and Jarvis were lauded for their speed. Reschny is not fast. Which will lower his ceiling. There are better players available.

Here are a couple of excerpts that I could find that mention Reschnys skating. Seems like he skates at, likely, an above average level. Most of whats out there is that his skating is a strength and he will get around the ice just fine. Other than being 5'10 (180lb) he is everything we are looking for in a C at 18.

Corey Pronman - The Athletic - June 10th: "He's not the most dynamic skater for a guy his size, but he will be able to move at an NHL level. He's on the smaller side, but Reschny can create at the net and kill penalties. He's played center in junior, showing a diligent two-way game."

Adam Kimelman - NHL.com - June 9th: "Reschny's speed and tenacity make him an appealing prospect. The 18-year-old is committed to play at the University of North Dakota next season, which should help him continue to add strength and develop his skills against older competition."

Steven Ellis - Daily Faceoff - May 27th: "Reschny’s ability to produce no matter the situation makes him so intriguing. He’s not huge, but he makes up for it with explosive speed and elusiveness, making him a tough player to contain on the rush. He’s an outstanding playmaker, maybe one of the best in this class."

Jason Bukala - Sportsnet - March 26th: "He will eventually add more strength to his frame, which will lead to more of an interior game. But for now, he relies on his speed and skill to push opponents off their blue line when he is coming through the neutral zone."

[cral12]

Originally Posted by icarus

This is a pretty good scenario for the Flames at 18: Bear, Cootes, Reschny and Kindel all available to choose from.

How likely is it that Bear falls to 18, and if so, what does that say about his Achilles? And how likely is he to play centre at the NHL level?

Sandman prob better insight on his chances of playing C at next level - think he might think of him as a winger but I'd be ok with a Hagel clone at this stage of the draft in this kind of draft class...
Upside Profile quick Link:
https://www.upsidehockey.com/prospec...h.l6vsjj2o95xh


Steven Ellis DFO in-depth on him - he thinks he'll be gone fwiw:
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/20...silvertips-whl

[Sandman]

I believe Bear has been playing mostly on the wing this year, and many predict that will continue into the NHL. I think he could be developed at C, though.

[Sandman]

Regarding Reschny, he is by no means a poor skater. He isn’t a burner either, but I don’t see his speed as much of a weakness.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Sandman

I believe Bear has been playing mostly on the wing this year, and many predict that will continue into the NHL. I think he could be developed at C, though.

If he drops to the Flames I would be ecstatic.

[Bingo Jr.]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

If he drops to the Flames I would be ecstatic.

Having two core players named Bear and Wolf would be awesome.

[BigThief]

They could take out their sworn enemy, The Ranger Fox.

[Sandman]

Brett Pesce- isn’t Pesce Italian for “fish”?

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Sandman

Brett Pesce- isn’t Pesce Italian for “fish”?

Yes, specifically haddock. There's an older gentleman with a fish and chips truck in Halifax that has both language's on his menu. he serves up awesome deep fried grub.

I have his menu.

Haddock = Pesce
Halibut = Ippoglosso
Scallops = Capesante
French fries = patate fritte

[Sandman]

Snuffy is like a modern-day Confucius!

Thanks man!

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Yes, specifically haddock. There's an older gentleman with a fish and chips truck in Halifax that has both language's on his menu. he serves up awesome deep fried grub.

I have his menu.

Haddock = Pesce
Halibut = Ippoglosso
Scallops = Capesante
French fries = patate fritte

Just as long as we don’t have a redux of eating bread Mangiapane please. No carbs!

[robertsfanatic]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Yes, specifically haddock. There's an older gentleman with a fish and chips truck in Halifax that has both language's on his menu. he serves up awesome deep fried grub.

I have his menu.

Haddock = Pesce
Halibut = Ippoglosso
Scallops = Capesante
French fries = patate fritte

Sorry to sidetrack but Pesce is fish in general not specifically Haddock.

[cral12]

Originally Posted by cral12

Alright, alright, alright.

Upside Hockey's 2025 NHL Draft Guide is now live for sale (using Gumroad for it's simplicity and ease of offering discounts).

CP exclusive discount code: CP34 for 34% off in honour of a certain former Flame.

It's been a wee bit of a labour love and not sure if it wasn't for the rainy weekend if would have ever completed it...

326 pages
224 prospects ranked
200+ profiles
32+ NHL Player Comps
15 Top 10 Prospect Categories (Shot, Playmaker, IQ etc)
Top 32 - 2026 NHL Draft Rankings Early Edition
+ Mock Draft, Sleepers, Overagers, etc

Here's the Draft Guide link on our website:
https://www.upsidehockey.com/draft-guide

Here's the direct link for the eBook/PDF on Gumroad
(site I had to use to sale it - it's simple, easy-to-use and seems to be pretty popular to use for this kind of thing - I've only gotten music software from there previously lol):
https://upsidehockey.gumroad.com/l/yklaq/

Again:
CP exclusive discount code: "CP34" for 34% off

(If you go to order, let me know if any problemos)

Thanks again for all the support, CPers/Upsiders, from Sandman, Eldon MacD, and I, and certainly no problemo if you don't actually purchase ; )

Added this info to the OP (1st post of this thread) for those who might be interested as it will inevitable get buried.
(We do have some sells believe it or not, so thx to any CPer who may have supported us so far; again, no worries if not!)

I've also updated the OP to make it slightly more concise with Upside links, Sandman's Final tiers (which are in the guide ; ) as well as one of Bingo's later Consolidated Rankings (think I need to update this).

FWIW created a Substack post which is another way get info on the guide (and more of a way for me to disseminate)
https://upsidehockey.substack.com/p/...hl-draft-guide

[Bingo]

Added another ranking ... now up to 20 with 6 required to get an average

Flames in bold

1	Matt Schaefer	D	1.15

2	Michael Misa	C	2.10

3	James Hagens	C	3.95
4	Porter Martone	RW	4.40

5	Anton Frondell	C	5.25
6	C Desnoyers	C	6.10

7	Victor Eklund	LW	8.45
8	Jake O’Brien	C	9.10

9	Radim Mrtka	D	11.35
10	Brady Martin	C	11.55
11	Roger McQueen	C	11.75
12	Jackson Smith	D	12.20

13	Carter Bear	C	14.10

14	K Aitcheson	D	17.32
15	Braeden Cootes	C	17.47
16	Lynden Lakovic	LW	17.65
17	J Carbonneau	RW	17.90

18	Cole Reschny	C	20.00
19	Logan Hensler	D	20.55
20	Cameron Reid	D	20.95
21	Malcolm Spence	LW	21.11
22	Benjamin Kindel	RW	21.90

23	Cullen Potter	C	22.95

24	Jack Nesbitt	C	27.22
25	Bill Zonnon	Lw	27.26
26	Blake Fiddler	D	27.79
27	J Ravensbergen	G	28.35
28	S Boumedienne	D	28.65

29	Cam Schmidt	RW	30.22
30	Milton Gästrin	C	30.47

31	Jack Murtagh	C	33.17
32	Ivan Ryabkin	C	33.65
33	J Ihs-Wozniak	RW	35.18
34	William Moore	C	35.79
35	Cole McKinney	C	35.94
36	S Vansaghi	C	36.00
37	H Brzustewicz	D	36.21
38	Ryker Lee	    RW	36.60
39	Eric Nilson	    C	37.60
40	Jack Ivankovic	G	40.77
41	William Horcoff	C	41.80
42	Kurban Limatov	D	43.31
43	Alex Zharovsky	RW	44.71
44	Eddie Genborg	LW	45.71
45	Adam Benák	C	48.92
46	Haoxi Wang	D	49.79
47	V Nestrasil	RW	50.20
48	Nathan Behm	LW	54.00
49	Ethan Czata	C	54.58
50	Luca Romano	C	55.08
51	Benjamin Kevan	RW	56.00
52	Owen Conrad	D	57.75
53	Vojtech Cihar	LW	58.10
54	C Trethewey	D	59.00
55	Matthew Gard	C	59.15
56	Max Psenicka	D	59.33
57	Carter Amico	D	60.18
58	D Prokhorov	RW	61.31
59	Michal Svrcek	C	62.43
60	Mateo Nobert	C	62.50
61	Conrad Fondrk	C	62.91
62	Michal Pradel	G	63.00
63	P Andreyanov	G	63.82
64	K Epperson	LW	64.09

[Enoch Root]

With the larger data set, the tiers are becoming clearer.

Thanks for this, Bingo!

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Added another ranking ... now up to 20 with 6 required to get an average

Flames in bold

1	Matt Schaefer	D	1.15

2	Michael Misa	C	2.10

3	James Hagens	C	3.95
4	Porter Martone	RW	4.40

5	Anton Frondell	C	5.25
6	C Desnoyers	C	6.10

7	Victor Eklund	LW	8.45
8	Jake O’Brien	C	9.10

9	Radim Mrtka	D	11.35
10	Brady Martin	C	11.55
11	Roger McQueen	C	11.75
12	Jackson Smith	D	12.20

13	Carter Bear	C	14.10

14	K Aitcheson	D	17.32
15	Braeden Cootes	C	17.47
16	Lynden Lakovic	LW	17.65
17	J Carbonneau	RW	17.90

18	Cole Reschny	C	20.00
19	Logan Hensler	D	20.55
20	Cameron Reid	D	20.95
21	Malcolm Spence	LW	21.11
22	Benjamin Kindel	RW	21.90

23	Cullen Potter	C	22.95

24	Jack Nesbitt	C	27.22
25	Bill Zonnon	Lw	27.26
26	Blake Fiddler	D	27.79
27	J Ravensbergen	G	28.35
28	S Boumedienne	D	28.65

29	Cam Schmidt	RW	30.22
30	Milton Gästrin	C	30.47

31	Jack Murtagh	C	33.17
32	Ivan Ryabkin	C	33.65
33	J Ihs-Wozniak	RW	35.18
34	William Moore	C	35.79
35	Cole McKinney	C	35.94
36	S Vansaghi	C	36.00
37	H Brzustewicz	D	36.21
38	Ryker Lee	    RW	36.60
39	Eric Nilson	    C	37.60
40	Jack Ivankovic	G	40.77
41	William Horcoff	C	41.80
42	Kurban Limatov	D	43.31
43	Alex Zharovsky	RW	44.71
44	Eddie Genborg	LW	45.71
45	Adam Benák	C	48.92
46	Haoxi Wang	D	49.79
47	V Nestrasil	RW	50.20
48	Nathan Behm	LW	54.00
49	Ethan Czata	C	54.58
50	Luca Romano	C	55.08
51	Benjamin Kevan	RW	56.00
52	Owen Conrad	D	57.75
53	Vojtech Cihar	LW	58.10
54	C Trethewey	D	59.00
55	Matthew Gard	C	59.15
56	Max Psenicka	D	59.33
57	Carter Amico	D	60.18
58	D Prokhorov	RW	61.31
59	Michal Svrcek	C	62.43
60	Mateo Nobert	C	62.50
61	Conrad Fondrk	C	62.91
62	Michal Pradel	G	63.00
63	P Andreyanov	G	63.82
64	K Epperson	LW	64.09

If we get 14, good chance we can get one of the upper tier guys if there is slippage (which there always is).

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

If we get 14, good chance we can get one of the upper tier guys if there is slippage (which there always is).

Bear is the guy I watching and want to see slip.

For that to happen you need at least a couple of D to move up. And D often go higher in the real draft than any public lists.

[Enoch Root]

I suspect all the Cs, down to Bear, will be gone by 14 - I think you'd have to get higher.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Here's Jiri's mock, designed to get Bear to Calgary.

1. NYI: Schaefer
2. SJ: Misa
3. Chicago: Frondell (could see Martone here)
4. Utah: Martin
5. Nashville: Hagens
6. Philly: Desnoyers
7. Boston: Marton
8. Seattle: Jake O'Brien
9. Buffalo: Martka
10. Anaheim: Jackson Smith
11. Pittsburgh: McQueen
12. NYR: Aicheson
13. Detroit: Eklund
14. CBJ: Lakovic
15. Vancouver: Cameron Reid
16. Montreal: Carbonneau
17. Montreal: Hensler
18. Calgary: Bear

That's how Bear gets to Calgary. (I doubt it happens)

[simmer2]

Bob McKenzie Final Rankings:

1) Schaefer
2) Misa
3) Martone
4) Frondell
5) Desnoyers
6) O'Brien
7) Hagens
8) Martin
9) McQueen
10) Eklund
11) Mrtka
12) Smith
13) Aitcheson
14) Bear
15) Hensler
16) Carbonneau
17) Nesbitt
18) Cootes
19) Reschny
20) Lakovic
21) Potter
22) Kindel
23) Boumedienne
24) Reid
25)
26)
27) Horcoff
28) Fiddler
29) Zonnon