2025 NHL Draft Thread

[Jiri Hrdina]

Button's final list is out

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/michael-misa-...king-1.2322278

[devo22]

Ivankovic at 12. Okay then.

[Ba'alzamon]

Man, if the Flames could trade into the top 10 (and somehow retain their other two firsts lol), O'Brien, Reid, Ihs Wozniak would be like the perfect first round. A RHC, LD, and RHW. All three organizational needs in one go.

Totally realistic.

[Calgary Highlander]

Cullen Potter seems to be all over the place. I've seen him as high as mid-teens. Button's got him at 50.

Small, fast, elusive, and electric seem to be his main attributes.

If he's there at 31 I'd hope the Flames would take him. If he's there at 18 and Reschny isn't, I think you take him there as well.

[Ba'alzamon]

Originally Posted by devo22

Ivankovic at 12. Okay then.

An overreaction to Wolf's success, maybe?

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

An overreaction to Wolf's success, maybe?

Originally Posted by devo22

Ivankovic at 12. Okay then.

I wonder if being a weaker draft in most opinions, teams might take a swing at a goalie earlier than normal. If the forwards are projecting at 4th line depth players, why not?

[cral12]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Added ranking #18

Need 6 to get an average.

I imagine we start seeing a lot of updates of rankings already in place soon.

Flames ranges bolded.

1	M Schaefer	D	1.17

2	Michael Misa	C	2.00

3	James Hagens	C	4.17
4	Porter Martone	RW	4.39
5	Anton Frondell	C	5.11

6	C Desnoyers	C	6.33

7	Victor Eklund	LW	8.56
8	Jake O'Brien	C	9.22

9	Radim Mrtka	D	11.22
10	Jackson Smith	D	11.56
11	Brady Martin	C	11.78
12	Roger McQueen	C	11.89

13	Carter Bear	C	14.28

14	K Aitcheson	D	17.06
15	J Carbonneau	RW	17.71
16	Braeden Cootes	C	17.81
17	Lynden Lakovic	LW	18.39

18	Cole Reschny	C	19.82
19	Logan Hensler	D	20.28
20	Cameron Reid	D	20.82
21	Malcolm Spence	LW	21.00
22	Benjamin Kindel	RW	21.59

23	Cullen Potter	C	23.25
24	J Ravensbergen	G	25.07
25	Jack Nesbitt	C	27.07
26	Bill Zonnon	Lw	27.59
27	Cam Schmidt	RW	27.60
28	Blake Fiddler	D	28.31
29	S Boumedienne	D	28.82

30	Milton Gästrin	C	30.69
31	Ivan Ryabkin	C	31.14
32	Jack Murtagh	C	32.60
33	William Moore	C	33.15
34	J Ihs-Wozniak	RW	33.93
35	Cole McKinney	C	35.60
36	H Brzustewicz	D	37.67
37	Shane Vansaghi	C	37.73
38	Eric Nilson	        C	37.77
39	Ryker Lee	       RW	39.23
40	Adam Benák	C	40.00
41	William Horcoff	C	42.31
42	Jack Ivankovic	G	42.42
43	Kurban Limatov	D	42.70
44	Eddie Genborg	LW	44.58
45	A Zharovsky	RW	46.92
46	Nathan Behm	LW	49.00
47	Haoxi Wang	D	49.82
48	Ethan Czata	C	52.10
49	Luca Romano	C	52.45
50	Vaclav Nestrasil	RW	53.50
51	Vojtech Cihar	LW	56.25
52	Benjamin Kevan	RW	56.46
53	Owen Conrad	D	56.75
54	C Trethewey	D	56.92
55	Conrad Fondrk	C	57.70
56	Matthew Gard	C	58.73
57	K Epperson	LW	59.78
58	P Andreyanov	G	60.13
59	L.J. Mooney	RW	60.80
60	Carter Amico	D	64.22
61	A Medvedev	G	64.67
62	Alex Huang	D	65.00
63	Peyton Kettles	D	65.80
64	Michal Pradel	G	65.83

This is pure awesomeness, Bingo! I'd love to share this over at Upside Hockey if you'd like (with credit and link to CP, of course; no worries, if prefer I didn't!). I'll also try and update this soon to the OP for ease of access for everyone but guessing u may update soon with CB's latest as well.

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Aside:
Upside's Final Rankings are being edited and posted soon.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by cral12

This is pure awesomeness, Bingo! I'd love to share this over at Upside Hockey if you'd like (with credit and link to CP, of course; no worries, if prefer I didn't!). I'll also try and update this soon to the OP for ease of access for everyone but guessing u may update soon with CB's latest as well.

***
Aside:
Upside's Final Rankings are being edited and posted soon.

No problem at all.

[devo22]

did a aimilar thing to Bingo for our CPHL draft (only 10 rankings though, so not as extensive as Bingo's work) and was surprised how high McQueen was on a lot of those lists. Really curious where he ends up in the draft, could be anywhere from 7 to the later teens, it feels like.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

Man, if the Flames could trade into the top 10 (and somehow retain their other two firsts lol), O'Brien, Reid, Ihs Wozniak would be like the perfect first round. A RHC, LD, and RHW. All three organizational needs in one go.

Totally realistic.

The picks would be realistic. Calgary trading into the top 10 and retaining their existing picks is likely pie in the sky.

I would expect at least 2 centres with those 3 picks though.

[cral12]

Originally Posted by Bingo

No problem at all.

Amazing! Do you have a preference as to how I'd credit back to CP?

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Button's final list is out

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/michael-misa-...king-1.2322278

Interesting the rise Gastrin got, I wonder if his skating improved over the season, if so it's not out of the question he rises.

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Button's final list is out

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/michael-misa-...king-1.2322278

As usual, i will tell myself that this is actually the Flames' list with a few players swapped around to obfuscate.

EDIT: he has a goalie at 12 and its not raven guy.

[5abi]

where do the flames pick this year?

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by 5abi

where do the flames pick this year?

18, would’ve been 16 too if we didn’t deal Monahan.

[Samonadreau]

18 and 32.

[iloveicedhockey]

I'm might have missed it (either in this thread or in the 2024 one) but did you ever compare the consensus you had last year to the actual position picked, Bingo? I did do a quick search but could only see a flames specific comparison, not first round for all.

I'm just trying to find some hope that someone will drop and we'll all be impressed with who we got at 18.

[cral12]

Scout's Analysis: Ranking the top 80 prospects for the 2025 NHL Draft
SN's Jason Bukala

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...025-nhl-draft/

[Niemo]

If one of the preferred 3rd tier Cs don't get the Flames (like Reshny or Cootes), Philly may be a great trade partner. They have the Oilers 1st and 4 2nds (al so the 22nd). Would Philly give us the 31st OV + 40th + 47th for the 18th + 5th Rounder if they really liked someone.

I wouldn't mind spraying our shots and taking a combo of Horcoff, Moore, Ryabkin, Stockselius, etc.

We would have the 31st +32nd +40th + 47th + 54th. Might be the draft to spray instead of target?

[bigrangy]

My favorite diminuitive QMJHLer seems to be rising on the rankings lately. Thought it’d be a certainty he’d be around in the 3rd but that might not be the case.