2025 NHL Draft Thread

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Hockey DB says he’s a LW. Is this true ? His stats are nuts.

As far as I have been reading he is the #1 c for Saginaw.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Hockey DB says he’s a LW. Is this true ? His stats are nuts.

He is C this season.

[Paulie Walnuts]

I’m sold. I’m ready for the Misa brothers. Now let’s get Vladar some starts.

[Roof-Daddy]

I've now decided the Flames should have the Misa brothers in the fold.

I don't think Wolfy is going to let that happen though...talk about mixed feelings.

[Sandman]

Man, I have to admit- that would be sweet.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by dammage79

As far as I have been reading he is the #1 c for Saginaw.

And he's been about 60% in the dot lately as well.

Misa has been my fav as #1 for a month now, if the draft was tomorrow I would go:

1) Misa
2) Schaefer
3) Hagens
4) Martone
5) Frondell

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

I've now decided the Flames should have the Misa brothers in the fold.

I don't think Wolfy is going to let that happen though...talk about mixed feelings.

Nope, Wolf alone won't let us keep our 1st at all.

[Wedge]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Nope, Wolf alone won't let us keep our 1st at all.

That's where the lottery kicks in. I believe Calgary has one top five pick ever, so we are due for some luck. While we need centers, I'll take two of Misa, McKenna, and Dupont over the next three drafts.

[Tbull8]

Just food for thought: if a team in the top 5 was desperate for d help and schaefer is gone, and offered the flames their top 5 pick for Parekh, would you take it?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Just food for thought: if a team in the top 5 was desperate for d help and schaefer is gone, and offered the flames their top 5 pick for Parekh, would you take it?

Nope.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Just food for thought: if a team in the top 5 was desperate for d help and schaefer is gone, and offered the flames their top 5 pick for Parekh, would you take it?

Man, that's a tough one- and I'm not even the biggest Parekh fan.

If a team offered a top-3 pick for Parekh, I would probably jump on it- and the 4th-overall will get you McQueen. It's a conundrum, because Parekh could be our shot at having a truly elite #1 D-man, but we have a big logjam of quality prospects on the backend....

[Tbull8]

I think its close enough that I could understand Conroy doing it. Say its for Misa or McQueen, potential 1C's. If Byram is truly a target, then maybe it makes sense

[cral12]

Originally Posted by Sandman

Sandman's Draft Preliminary Rankings (Top-100)

1) C James Hagens
2) RW Porter Martone
3) C Mike Misa
4) D Matt Schaefer
5) C Roger McQueen
6) C Anton Frondell
7) D Jackson Smith
8) C Ivan Ryabkin
9) LW Victor Eklund
10) C Caleb Desnoyers
11) LW Malcolm Spence
12) C Will Moore
13) D Logan Hensler
14) RW Justin Carbonneau
15) C Jake O'Brien
16) C Carter Bear
17) D Radim Mrtka
18) LW Nathan Behm
19) C Brady Martin
20) D Cameron Reid
21) D Kashawn Aitcheson
22) C Jack Murtagh
23) LW Lynden Lakovic
24) G Josh Ravensbergen
25) D Charlie Trethewey
26) D Blake Fiddler
27) LW Cole Reschny
28) LW Jacob Ihs-Wozniak
29) C Braeden Cootes
30) C Milton Gastrin
31) RW Cam Schmidt
32) LW Bill Zonnon


33) C Tyler Hopkins
34) D Kurban Limatov
35) RW Shane Vansaghi
36) LW Emile Guite'
37) RW Ben Kevan
38) C Cole McKinney
39) D Sascha Boumedienne
40) LW Zachary Morin
41) C Conrad Fondrk
42) G Jack Ivankovic
43) D Alex Huang
44) C Jack Nesbitt
45) D Jesper Kotajarvi
46) RW Ben Kindel
47) C Jordan Gavin
48) LW Cullen Potter
49) D Carter Amico
50) C Luca Romano
51) D Owen Conrad
52) D Will Sharpe
53) F Melvin Novotny
54) C Eric Nilson
55) RW Eddie Genborg
56) D Carson Cameron
57) G Love Haremstam
58) LW Tomas Poletin
59) RW Travis Hayes
60) D Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen
61) D Henry Brzustewicz
62) G Semyon Frolov
63) LW Mason Moe
64) D Reese Hamilton


65) LW Max Westergard
66) D Luka Radivojevic
67) LW David Lewandowski
68) C Adam Benak
69) C Jan Chovan
70) C Tomas Pobezal
71) C Liam Kilfoil
72) C Mikkel Eriksen
73) D Asher Barnett
74) C Oscar Davidsson
75) C Phillippe Veilleux
76) LW Filip Ekberg
77) G Pyotr Andreyanov
78) D Karl Annborn
79) C Dominik Pavlik
80) D Noah Laberge
81) RW Aiden Lane
82) D Oliwer Sjostrom
83) D Maxim Agafonov
84) D Artyom Vilchinsky
85) RW Sam Spehar
86) G Isak Sorqvist
87) C/RW Vit Zahejsky
88) RW Tanner Lam
89) G Gabriel D'Aigle
90) LW Viktor Klingsell
91) LW Ruslan Karimov
92) G Ondrej Stebetak
93) RW LJ Mooney
94) D Lasse Boelius
95) C Michal Svrcek
96) RW Ryker Lee


97) RW Vaclav Nestrasil
98) D Edison Engle
99) D Malte Vass
100) LW Yegor Murashev

Hope I didn't forget anyone....

Added to original post for ease of retrieval ; )
(may also do as an Upside Substack eNewsletter post to give an alternate perspective to our regular rankings by Eldon MacDonald)

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

I think its close enough that I could understand Conroy doing it. Say its for Misa or McQueen, potential 1C's. If Byram is truly a target, then maybe it makes sense

Bryam is an offensive dman who has never really produced elite offensive numbers at any level. He definitely is not a substitute for what Parekh could be.

[Tbull8]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Bryam is an offensive dman who has never really produced elite offensive numbers at any level. He definitely is not a substitute for what Parekh could be.

No but pivoting from Parekh, Brz, Weegar, Poirier
to
Brz, Weegar, Byram, Poirier but adding a potential top C is a bit intriguing

[cral12]

As mentioned, Sandman's Hot 100 as a substack post:

2025 NHL Draft Rankings: Sandman's Winter is Coming Edition
Upside Hockey’s prolific prospect profiler Trevor Curtis's alternative draft rankings

https://open.substack.com/pub/upside...kings-sandmans

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Just food for thought: if a team in the top 5 was desperate for d help and schaefer is gone, and offered the flames their top 5 pick for Parekh, would you take it?

Depends who's still on the board.
Also, how Brzustewicz progresses this year would be a factor

Probably, yes.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Depends who's still on the board.
Also, how Brzustewicz progresses this year would be a factor

Probably, yes.

What is going on with our D in the minors. 0 goals between Poirer, Bruz and Grushnikov.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Nope.

If Misa or Hagens is still on the board I would add a late 1st and your left nut

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

What is going on with our D in the minors. 0 goals between Poirer, Bruz and Grushnikov.

Solo is lighting it up.