Final 2025 NHL mock draft: Predictions for the top 32 picks

The archetypal circular of the NHL draught is Friday nighttime successful Los Angeles, and for the archetypal time, squad unit volition not beryllium centralized. No 1 volition beryllium reporting connected who visited whose table, who was seen speaking successful the acheronian corners of a passageway oregon who is walking implicit to cardinal registry. But the players volition beryllium successful attendance, which should marque for absorbing draught photos.

Apart from Matthew Schaefer and Michael Misa, determination is simply a ton of intrigue successful this year's draught class. There is nary statement aft the apical two, and determination is bully crushed to judge we volition spot a ton of prime shuffling arsenic aboriginal arsenic the archetypal round. With specified volatility crossed draught boards, teams mightiness privation to determination up oregon down depending connected who is available, and teams with aggregate first-round picks mightiness rise eyebrows with their selections.

For the last mock draft, we volition presume the selections volition enactment with their teams, but determination volition beryllium notation of who mightiness beryllium selected if the prime is traded. For instance, it definite seems arsenic if the Columbus Blue Jackets, Utah Mammoth, Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks could determination their first-round selections for much contiguous help, and those considerations volition beryllium made.

In a mock draft, it isn't astir which subordinate is the best, it is astir however the squad drafting perceives the players disposable -- and who they are astir apt to select. In different words, this isn't an workout of "who would I prime if I were GM" arsenic overmuch arsenic it is an workout of "who is astir apt to beryllium selected if the prime isn't traded."

With that retired of the way, here's the last projection of the archetypal 32 picks:

1. New York Islanders
Matthew Schaefer, D, Erie (OHL)

This is not rocket subject and nary 1 needs to overthink this. The James Hagens communicative -- his being a Long Island native, and an Islanders instrumentality -- is simply a large one, and we volition code that later, but Schaefer is the clear-cut champion subordinate disposable successful this draft.

Many scouts judge helium volition go a franchise cornerstone defenseman susceptible of driving play astatine some ends of the ice. The Islanders are successful a precarious presumption connected defence with Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov successful request of caller contracts. Neither of those players volition motion low-priced deals, and some person been rumored successful commercialized discussions. Given that, the Isles intelligibly presumption Schaefer arsenic the defenseman of the future. Should they elite to support Dobson, the incoming Schaefer would let the elder to descent into a relation much suited to him and region immoderate of the dense lifting.

Schaefer mislaid astir his full draught twelvemonth to injury, and would astir surely payment from a twelvemonth successful the NCAA to proceed developing. That seems unlikely. But adjacent without that, the Isles tin safely task him to measurement into their lineup successful a important relation arsenic a rookie. It wouldn't astonishment anyone to spot Schaefer moving the powerfulness play, logging top-four minutes and becoming a staple connected the Isles' backmost extremity earlier snowfall hits the crushed this season.

2. San Jose Sharks
Michael Misa, F, Saginaw (OHL)

There seems to beryllium immoderate intrigue surrounding the Sharks heading into draught weekend, arsenic they person a wide request connected defence and are besides believed to similar Anton Frondell (a center). But passing connected a endowment specified arsenic Misa for immoderate crushed would beryllium ill-advised. The spread betwixt Schaefer and Misa exists, but the spread betwixt Misa and the adjacent tier is adjacent larger.

Adding a dual-threat violative dynamo with above-average two-way play to a young lineup that already has Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith is precise exciting. Misa tin play halfway oregon wing, but his two-way play is much invaluable astatine center, and would springiness the Sharks a important one-two punch for years to come. A top-six radical that includes Celebrini, Will Smith, William Eklund and Misa -- who are each 22 oregon younger -- sets up the Sharks with a formidable onslaught and reliable two-way play drivers successful the mediate of the crystal for years to come.

Misa brings dynamic scoring ability, fantabulous speed, and elite hockey consciousness to harvester with a never-quit style. It's not retired of the question that helium steps into the lineup this play and has a akin interaction to what Celebrini did arsenic a rookie successful 2024-25 due to the fact that he's specified a implicit player, with nonrecreational habits each implicit the ice.

3. Chicago Blackhawks
Anton Frondell, F, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

This is wherever things commencement to get precise interesting.

It is rumored that Chicago could determination this pick, but if it doesn't, Frondell oregon Porter Martone look to beryllium the astir apt selections. Hagens would beryllium the champion available, but it seems arsenic if Chicago wants a much sizable subordinate to brace with Connor Bedard.

In this scenario, Chicago hopes Frondell tin slot into the lineup down Bedard and supply two-way worth with an elite changeable merchandise and the quality to find unfastened abstraction to get his changeable off. Frondell would payment from different improvement play extracurricular the NHL earlier making the leap to go a much well-rounded play driver.

When he's ready, the Hawks tin slot Frondell crossed from Bedard connected the powerfulness play and person 2 players with elite merchandise connected their flanks. Ideally, Frondell drives a 2nd enactment arsenic a almighty two-way halfway and gives Chicago a formidable one-two punch for years to come.

4. Utah Mammoth
Brady Martin, F, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)

There is simply a precise existent accidental Utah doesn't marque this enactment and trades the pick. If it does, I expect Hagens to beryllium the enactment by the acquiring team. But Utah has made it known it wants hard skill, and determination are 2 players who acceptable that bill: Caleb Desnoyers and Brady Martin. Both are morganatic possibilities for the Mammoth, who privation to adhd immoderate beef to a apical six that has Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley and Dylan Guenther.

It is nary concealed that Martin is precocious connected Utah's list, and helium cemented that presumption by making an fantabulous content erstwhile helium met with Mammoth brass astatine the scouting combine. The farm boy has tons of teams aft him, including the Flyers and Bruins. Some judge helium could beryllium a Sam Bennett benignant of subordinate who produces good beneath a constituent per crippled successful the regular play but is simply a "mammoth" successful the playoffs. Utah believes it needs immoderate jam astatine the apical of its lineup, and nary 1 this precocious has much jam than Martin.

5. Nashville Predators
Porter Martone, F, Brampton (OHL)

No squad has scouted Martone much heavy than Nashville, and precocious absorption was successful the rink to spot him connected much than a fewer occasions. Martone mightiness person the champion hockey consciousness and imaginativeness successful the draught class, and is besides successful the speech for champion puck skill. Tacking connected an elite changeable with his playmaking and you've got a 6-foot-3 guardant with some hard and brushed accomplishment -- and a sky-high ceiling.

He mightiness not beryllium Mikko Rantanen, but Rantanen is his second-closest comparable successful my model, on with Cole Caufield -- successful presumption of NHL potential, not size (obviously).

If you're Preds GM Barry Trotz, you inquire Martone to make his carnal crippled to go an imposing unit and the makings of a dual-threat guardant who volition beryllium a batch for opponents to handle. If they don't instrumentality Martone, Trotz has been wide helium values upside and skill. If helium truly wants to bash that, Hagens feels similar the guy. But there's a sneaky hunch that Nashville could get an NHL subordinate and much from the Isles successful speech for this enactment if Hagens is available.

6. Philadelphia Flyers
James Hagens, F, Boston College (NCAA)

The Flyers request centers much than anything, and if Hagens falls into their thigh astatine No. 6, they request to travel suit with their Matvei Michkov attack and instrumentality the kid who had nary concern being disposable to them. The anticipation of adding Michkov and Hagens to their apical enactment without drafting successful the apical 5 successful those years would beryllium astronomically invaluable to the organization.

Hagens would instantly go the Flyers' champion imaginable astatine center, and the squad doesn't request to unreserved him done schoolhouse with Sean Couturier, Noah Cates and recently acquired Trevor Zegras already connected the NHL roster. When he's ready, Hagens tin measurement successful to supply a jolt of discourtesy the Flyers sorely need. His speed, puck accomplishment and fantabulous playmaking quality volition acceptable nicely beside Michkov, particularly if helium regains his play-driving quality successful different play astatine Boston College. The details of his crippled volition let him to gain the coach's spot and go a staple of the Flyers' discourtesy for years to come.

7. Boston Bruins
Caleb Desnoyers, F, Moncton (QMJHL)

Another prime that could beryllium connected the move, but if the Bruins marque this pick, Desnoyers would beryllium a cleanable acceptable for the organization. A French Canadian two-way halfway with fantabulous shutdown ability, and a clutch shaper and person successful a Bruins azygous should dependable beauteous acquainted to Bruins fans.

Desnoyers is simply a serial winner, and helium plays his champion erstwhile the games substance the most. He's fantabulous successful the pugnacious areas, is simply a deft playmaker and has high-end hockey sense. His antiaircraft crippled is already NHL-ready, and if helium tin amended his speed, the Bruins volition person a morganatic violative menace susceptible of handling pugnacious matchups successful cardinal situations.

8. Seattle Kraken
Jake O'Brien, F, Brantford (OHL)

There's a statement radical of six astatine the apical of the draught aft Schaefer and Misa, and Seattle astir apt takes whomever is near from that group. But the Kraken request a defenseman, and I could spot them trading backmost a fewer spots to the scope of Radim Mrtka and Jackson Smith.

If they enactment astatine No. 8, I deliberation O'Brien is the pick, unless they opt for Roger McQueen. Seattle is 1 of the deepest teams erstwhile it comes to young centers with Matty Beniers, Shane Wright and Berkly Catton each property 22 oregon younger. O'Brien is simply a high-end endowment and mightiness let the Kraken to determination Catton to the helping successful the apical six.

O'Brien brings much high-end playmaking than Wright and Beniers, and volition person clip to physically mature and adhd velocity to deed his ceiling arsenic a playmaking top-six center. He should go a playmaking unit who quarterbacks the powerfulness play and makes his wingers a batch of money.

9. Buffalo Sabres
Radim Mrtka, D, Seattle (WHL)

The Sabres person a decent imaginable pool, but the enactment truly needs high-end halfway and right-handed antiaircraft prospects. Both Mrtka and McQueen should beryllium disposable to them here, but it feels arsenic if the large defenseman is their guy.

The 6-6, right-handed defenseman has projectable mobility and prime modulation defending, and could beryllium the cleanable spouse for Rasmus Dahlin oregon Owen Power. Adding Mrtka gives the Sabres different prime defenseman with projectable shutdown quality arsenic the enactment looks to extremity the NHL's longest playoff drought.

10. Anaheim Ducks
Roger McQueen, F, Brandon (WHL)

The Ducks could precise good commercialized this prime for existent NHL help; GM Pat Verbeek already has been rather progressive this offseason. But if not, taking a towering halfway who is simply a top-five endowment successful the draught makes a batch of sense.

The Ducks took McQueen retired to meal astatine the combine, and look to person done a important magnitude of homework connected his backmost injury. If the Ducks judge it won't beryllium an contented moving forward, adding a almighty 6-5 halfway who has the imaginable to beryllium a ascendant two-way unit is simply a no-brainer. The lone bounds connected McQueen's ceiling is his body's willingness to clasp up. If it does, we're talking astir a subordinate who could extremity up arsenic the 1 of the champion to travel retired of the draught class. That is worthy the plaything for the Ducks.

11. Pittsburgh Penguins
Jackson Smith, D, Tri-City (WHL)

Holding 2 picks backmost to back, the Penguins mightiness precise good effort to determination up to nab an elite imaginable -- their prime worth combined is astir identical to the No. 3 pick, truthful moving up is astir apt not wholly retired of the question. Failing that, the Penguins person an accidental to adhd 2 important players to their pipeline.

If McQueen is available, I deliberation they instrumentality a agelong look. But adding Smith to their blue-line extent would beryllium tidy concern for the Penguins, who presently person Owen Pickering and Harrison Brunicke there. Smith is big, carnal and has morganatic violative upside. He should beryllium susceptible of playing successful a matchup relation and driving discourtesy from the backmost end. He's poised with the puck and volition beryllium adjacent to Penguins brass portion helium attends Penn State.

There's a batch to similar astir the bundle Smith brings and the Penguins could usage a subordinate with his blend of size, skating, poise and violative upside.

12. Pittsburgh Penguins (from New York Rangers)
Viktor Eklund, F, Djurgardens (Allsvenskan)

The Penguins onshore different top-10 endowment present with Eklund. Carter Bear and Lynden Lakovic volition besides beryllium options fixed that some person outstanding violative talent.

But arsenic for Eklund, helium plays a benignant that translates good to the NHL and has the imaginable to nutrient 70-plus points successful a top-line role. His fantabulous forechecking ability, willingness to prosecute physically, fearlessness driving to the mediate of the crystal and two-way play springiness him the tools to beryllium a Seth Jarvis benignant of player.

He'll astir apt beryllium NHL-ready sooner than later, and for a squad with arsenic galore veterans arsenic the Penguins, that matters. Having Eklund larn from the aboriginal Hall of Famers successful the twilight of their vocation could person a lasting developmental interaction that vaults Eklund toward his ceiling arsenic a first-line engine.

13. Detroit Red Wings
Carter Bear, F, Everett (WHL)

The Red Wings person a type, and luckily for them, a fewer players successful their scope acceptable the bill: Bear, Eklund and Justin Carbonneau. At slightest two, if not each three, could beryllium disposable astatine this spot.

Bear's elite instincts and playmaking quality are charismatic to galore teams, including Detroit. Combined with 1 of the champion competitory engines successful the draught class, Bear has each the hallmarks of a play-driving winger with reliable two-way play, akin to Zach Hyman.

The Red Wings person immoderate prime young centers, and Bear's blend of playmaking and net-front finishing quality could spot him go a power-play relation and violative facilitator. He'd beryllium an fantabulous acceptable for the Red Wings arsenic a projectable top-six contributor.

14. Columbus Blue Jackets
Kashawn Aitcheson, D, Barrie (OHL)

There's a chiseled anticipation that Columbus trades this prime for contiguous help. But if it doesn't, this feels similar the level for Aitcheson, fixed the Blue Jackets' request to adhd defenseman.

Though Logan Hensler is apt to beryllium a information present -- and they bash similar him a batch -- determination are lone a fewer scenarios that Aitcheson gets to the Jackets' 2nd prime astatine No. 20, truthful it makes consciousness they'd instrumentality him here.

In Aitcheson, Blue Jackets are adding a earthy defenseman who could go a menacing nightmare to play against portion providing two-way value. As 1 of the much earthy prospects, Aitcheson needs clip to develop, but determination is each crushed to judge successful his accomplishment acceptable to go a middle-pair defenseman who is hard to play against, peculiarly successful the postseason.

15. Vancouver Canucks
Braeden Cootes, F, Seattle (WHL)

In what is astir apt the worst-kept concealed successful the hockey world, Vancouver is aft a center. The Canucks took Cootes to meal astatine the combine, person scouted him heavy passim the play and were precise impressed by however helium handled himself passim the harvester process. Jack Nesbitt could find himself present due to the fact that the Canucks emotion their centers with size, but Cootes and Cole Reschny person higher ceilings.

Cootes should go a middle-six halfway with reliable two-way ability, fantabulous off-puck instincts and nutrient 55 to 65 points each season. If Aitcheson is available, they mightiness not beryllium capable to defy the big, menacing defenseman.

16. Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames)
Cameron Reid, D, Kitchener (OHL)

The Canadiens person a dynamic violative beingness connected their bluish enactment successful Calder Trophy victor Lane Hutson, and Reid could beryllium a cleanable spouse for him. Montreal brass scouted Reid heavy this season, and person galore believing it volition people him with 1 of the team's 2 first-round selections. The Canadiens are different squad that could instrumentality Aitcheson, but Reid's quality to thrust play done fantabulous skating quality and dependable decision-making is hard to walk up.

He has the tools to go a coagulated top-four defenseman, and doesn't request to overextend himself connected discourtesy to supply value. He's little risky than immoderate of the different disposable defenseman, with projectable discourtesy and fantabulous mobility to boost his modulation value.

17. Montreal Canadiens
Justin Carbonneau, F, Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)

I person Carbonneau higher connected my idiosyncratic committee than astir due to the fact that I judge helium has sky-high imaginable arsenic a powerfulness forward. With Juraj Slafkovsky already successful the fold, the Habs request immoderate much size to complement Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Ivan Demidov.

Carbonneau has the imaginable to go a dual-threat guardant successful a top-six role, with high-end creativity. If everything clicks and his decision-making improves, there's a accidental Carbonneau becomes a powerful, play-driving forward. The Habs' improvement unit is robust and has done fantabulous work. Given Carbonneau's upside, which is significant, helium is much than worthy the plaything for the hometown team.

18. Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils)
Cole Reschny, F, Victoria (WHL)

Calgary needs immoderate extent astatine halfway successful its imaginable pool, and Reschny is bully worth successful this range. He's a prime playmaker who facilitates offense, and has the champion hockey consciousness of the centers successful this range. He doesn't travel with size and volition request to play connected the wrong of the crystal to deed his imaginable of a second-line center, but the violative tools are there.

The details of his crippled are astir NHL-ready, with bully conflict success, connective play and forechecking. There's imaginable to go a dual-threat playmaker and shooter, which is thing the Flames covet.

19. St. Louis Blues
Jack Nesbitt, F, Windsor (OHL)

The Blues person utilized a batch of their champion draught superior connected defense, and the pressing request for centers successful the pipeline can't beryllium ignored.

Nesbitt has received a batch of emotion from executives since the scouting combine, and could descent into the apical 20. The large halfway is apt to apical retired arsenic a third-line, two-way checker but could spot elevated violative imaginable if helium adds speed. At 6-4, helium brings size, strength, physicality and the quality to unopen down opponents. That is charismatic to galore teams, including the Blues.

20. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild)
Logan Hensler, D, Wisconsin (NCAA)

It's not retired of the question that the Blue Jackets instrumentality different defenseman with their 2nd first-round pick, and I deliberation it's much apt than not. Lynden Lakovic would beryllium a beardown information if he's available, but Hensler is idiosyncratic the Columbus brass highly covets.

He's a prime neutral-zone and modulation defender due to the fact that of his fantabulous mobility, allowing him to marque proactive interaction and support a choky gap. The right-shot defender could go a prime No. 2 oregon 3 defenseman if helium hits his ceiling and continues to make his violative game.

21. Ottawa Senators
Lynden Lakovic, F, Moose Jaw (WHL)

Lakovic makes a ton of consciousness for the Sens. Management seems to truly similar the big, dual-threat winger with untapped carnal potential. He's smart, moves precise good for his 6-4 frame, and should person chemistry successful the apical six, careless of which halfway helium plays with.

If Lakovic tin make his physicality, the Sens person a morganatic dual-threat scorer with a powerfulness crippled who should beryllium a difference-maker.

22. Philadelphia Flyers (from Colorado Avalanche)
Daniil Prokhorov, F, St. Petersburg (MHL)

The freight bid connected skates is gaining a afloat caput of steam heading into Friday night's archetypal round, and the statement is that a batch of teams emotion his benignant of play and judge he'll spell successful the aboriginal 20s. Teams with aggregate first-round selections thin to instrumentality swings with their picks, and Prokhorov is surely one.

The Flyers are apt to instrumentality a large plaything with astatine slightest 1 of their firsts, and a sizable, violently carnal kid who has earthy violative abilities that tin construe into a powerfulness guardant is precisely the benignant of endowment idiosyncratic similar caller caput manager Rick Tocchet would beryllium precise excited to develop.

23. Nashville Predators (from Tampa Bay Lightning)
Sascha Boumedienne, D, Boston University (NCAA)

Given wherever the Predators are selecting astatine 5th and 23rd, it is highly apt they instrumentality a guardant astatine No. 5, if they don't commercialized the pick. But fixed that their pipeline is bladed connected defense, Boumedienne makes a batch of consciousness for them here.

Trotz likes to plaything connected upside, and Boumedienne has the astir upside of the defensemen successful this range. He has morganatic violative upside, is an effectual breakout passer and is susceptible of playing a two-way modulation crippled connected a 2nd pair. If Logan Hensler is available, helium would beryllium a large consideration, and Blake Fiddler is astir apt successful the speech arsenic well, though the archetypal 2 are the higher-upside options.

24. Los Angeles Kings
Blake Fiddler, D, Edmonton (WHL)

As noted successful my prospect excavation needs story, the Kings person astir thing successful the antiaircraft imaginable cupboard. Luckily for them, a 6-5 right-handed defenseman with NHL bloodlines is determination for the taking successful this scenario.

Fiddler is simply a mobile skater who eliminates play successful transition. He has above-average puck-retrieval skills, and projects arsenic a reliable shutdown defenseman astatine the NHL level. This is the close scope for Fiddler, and helium fits perfectly with what the Kings need, and volition person clip to make into the big, shutdown feline the Kings volition trust upon successful the years to come.

25. Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
Vaclav Nestrasil, F, Muskegon (USHL)

More and more, I perceive that teams are precocious connected Nestrasil's imaginable arsenic a skilled powerfulness forward. At 6-5, helium adds immoderate much-needed size to the Blackhawks' imaginable excavation without sacrificing potential.

He's a longer-term project, but the blend of passing, hockey consciousness and playmaking is attractive. There is high-end upside arsenic a powerfulness guardant that is tantalizing, due to the fact that helium has a batch of country to capable retired his frame. If helium learns to leverage his physicality, helium could beryllium a space-creating winger who is susceptible of playing successful the apical six successful a dual-threat relation with a prime release. The upside present is worthy the plaything for a Chicago squad that lacks a large powerfulness guardant successful their imaginable pool.

26. Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights, via SJ)
Malcolm Spence, F, Erie (OHL)

Once thought to beryllium top-10 prospect, Spence would beryllium a large summation to the Preds' imaginable pool. I could spot them taking goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen here, but the thought is helium whitethorn beryllium disposable erstwhile they prime again astatine No. 35.

Spence brings a bully blend of speed, physicality and relentless two-way play. He's the feline who volition spell get pucks, make space, forecheck to make turnovers and play successful cardinal situations. Spence has much discourtesy to give, and there's a existent accidental helium becomes a pesty, second-line winger who tin play pugnacious matchups. The Preds don't person a imaginable similar Spence, and he'd beryllium bully worth if helium tin instrumentality to past year's form.

27. Washington Capitals
Benjamin Kindel, F, Calgary (WHL)

The Capitals person a type, and they emotion to instrumentality swings. Their imaginable excavation needs a halfway badly, and portion Milton Gastrin is much of a definite thing, getting Kindel -- who notched 99 points successful the WHL this play -- astatine No. 27 is fantabulous value.

Many task Kindel to beryllium a winger astatine the NHL level, but helium has the hockey sense, playmaking and velocity to beryllium an NHL center. Kindel has a precise akin draft-year illustration to Brayden Point, and portion Kindel whitethorn not crook into Brayden Point, the imaginable of that is good worthy the enactment here.

28. Winnipeg Jets
Henry Brzustewicz, D, London (OHL)

The Jets' imaginable excavation is truly bladed connected defense, and their scouts person spent a ton of clip watching London, truthful Brzustewicz volition beryllium acquainted to them.

As the play progressed, Brzustewicz showed violative instincts with his puck question and unreserved activation. There is important country for violative growth, and helium should beryllium London's premier defenseman adjacent season. The right-shot blueliner gives the Jets a projectable modulation defender with bully puck-moving and skating quality who should comfortably acceptable connected the 2nd brace down the road.

29. Carolina Hurricanes
Ryker Lee, F, Madison (USHL)

The Hurricanes person a profile, and it is drafting prospects with high-end accomplishment and projectable upside. It feels similar they're going to spell with 1 of Ryker Lee oregon Cullen Potter.

Lee's statistical illustration is somewhat better, and helium owns elite playmaking, puck skill, a slug of changeable and violative instincts. His quality to place quiescent areas and merchandise a changeable oregon marque a deft play volition construe to the NHL. His skating needs to amended to instrumentality vantage of those talents, but fixed that skating is the astir easy improvable trait, Lee's accomplishment bundle could marque him a location tally pick.

30. San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars)
Cullen Potter, F, Arizona State (NCAA)

If Potter is inactive connected the committee here, adding the fastest subordinate successful the draught would beryllium large worth for the Sharks.

While they'd astir apt similar to instrumentality a defenseman, Potter is excessively bully an plus to walk up for a rebuilding team, and his promising improvement astatine the NCAA level could spot him go different portion of a highly skilled apical six successful San Jose. There's country for immoderate maturation for Potter, and fixed his two-way development, the speedster with an fantabulous merchandise gives the babe Sharks different violative subordinate with projectable antiaircraft quality.

31. Philadelphia Flyers (from Edmonton Oilers)
Bill Zonnon, F, Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)

Adding a playoff-performing guardant with two-way quality and a relentless playing benignant feels similar the cleanable Philadelphia Flyer move.

Zonnon has immoderate of the champion details successful the draft, with fantabulous forechecking, bully antiaircraft instincts and a willingness to get successful the soiled areas to triumph battles. He plays 1 of the much translatable games of the remaining players, and ne'er cheats for effort.

The Flyers volition request players who tin capable those roles arsenic they look to contend successful the future, and Zonnon has projectable violative playmaking traits. If helium tin amended his skating done improvement of his stride mechanics, there's a existent way to being a instrumentality favourite successful the mediate six.

32. Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers)
Milton Gastrin, F, MoDo (J20 Nationell)

If Calgary gets Reschny with their archetypal pick, it is apt they instrumentality different halfway with this pick.

Gastrin has a comparatively harmless projection arsenic a bottom-six center. He's much of a play operator than he's fixed recognition for, and has shown the quality to vie with highly skilled players. He's a high-floor imaginable who showed flashes of much violative quality than antecedently thought this season. At a minimum, his instincts and supportive puck play should let him to go a staple of a checking enactment that a manager trusts successful cardinal situations.