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2025 NHL Draft Pick Tracker

June 28, 2025 at 11:00 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 218 Comments

June 28: Rounds 2 through 7 start at 11:00 a.m. Central. Follow along with the picks at Pro Hockey Rumors. If you’re looking for a directory of draft pick swaps today, follow our offseason trade tracker.

June 27: The 2025 NHL Draft at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles is set to begin momentarily. We’re providing in-depth coverage on all the happenings tonight and Saturday for Rounds 2 through 7, but if you’re looking for a quick reference list of who’s been picked, we’ve got you covered. This tracker will be updated live throughout tonight and tomorrow.

We’re trying something new this year. Instead of a live chat on Friday or Saturday, PHR’s Josh Erickson will be active in the comment section on this piece, chiming in on picks and responding to questions. Hopefully, this will allow for more open-ended conversations and engagement.

As the first round progresses, you can check out how well our Gabriel Foley did at projecting the picks with his 2025 Mock Draft.

First Round

  1. New York Islanders – D Matthew Schaefer / Erie (OHL)
  2. San Jose Sharks – C Michael Misa / Saginaw (OHL)
  3. Chicago Blackhawks – C Anton Frondell / Djurgården (Sweden-2)
  4. Utah Mammoth – C Caleb Desnoyers / Moncton (QMJHL)
  5. Nashville Predators – C Brady Martin / Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
  6. Philadelphia Flyers – RW Porter Martone / Brampton (OHL)
  7. Boston Bruins – C James Hagens / Boston College (Hockey East)
  8. Seattle Kraken – C Jake O’Brien / Brantford (OHL)
  9. Buffalo Sabres – D Radim Mrtka / Seattle (WHL)
  10. Anaheim Ducks – C Roger McQueen / Brandon (WHL)
  11. Pittsburgh Penguins – C Benjamin Kindel / Calgary (WHL)
  12. Philadelphia Flyers (from NYR) – C Jack Nesbitt / Windsor (OHL)
  13. Detroit Red Wings – LW Carter Bear / Everett (WHL)
  14. Columbus Blue Jackets – D Jackson Smith / Tri-City (WHL)
  15. Vancouver Canucks – C Braeden Cootes / Seattle (WHL)
  16. New York Islanders (from CGY) – LW Victor Eklund / Djurgården (Sweden-2)
  17. New York Islanders (from MTL) – D Kashawn Aitcheson / Barrie (OHL)
  18. Calgary Flames (from NJD) – C Cole Reschny / Victoria (WHL)
  19. St. Louis Blues – RW Justin Carbonneau / Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
  20. Columbus Blue Jackets (from MIN) – G Pyotr Andreyanov / CSKA Moscow-Jr. (MHL)
  21. Nashville Predators (from OTT) – D Cameron Reid / Kitchener (OHL)
  22. Pittsburgh Penguins (from COL) – LW Bill Zonnon / Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
  23. Ottawa Senators (from TBL) – D Logan Hensler / Wisconsin (Big 10)
  24. Pittsburgh Penguins (from LAK) – C William Horcoff / Michigan (Big 10)
  25. Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR) – RW Václav Nestrašil / Muskegon (USHL)
  26. Nashville Predators (from VGK) – RW Ryker Lee / Madison (USHL)
  27. Washington Capitals – LW Lynden Lakovic / Moose Jaw (WHL)
  28. Winnipeg Jets – D Sascha Boumedienne / Boston University (Hockey East)
  29. Chicago Blackhawks (from CAR) – C Mason West / Edina (USHS-MN)
  30. San Jose Sharks (from DAL) – G Joshua Ravensbergen / Prince George (WHL)
  31. Los Angeles Kings (from EDM) – D Henry Brzustewicz / London (OHL)
  32. Calgary Flames (from FLA) – LW Cullen Potter / Arizona State (NCHC)

Second Round

33. San Jose Sharks – D Haoxi (Simon) Wang / Oshawa (OHL)
34. Montreal Canadiens (from CHI) – RW Alexander Zharovsky / Ufa-Jr. (MHL)
35. Nashville Predators – D Jacob Rombach / Lincoln (USHL)
36. Seattle Kraken (from PHI) – D Blake Fiddler / Edmonton (WHL)
37. Washington Capitals (from BOS) – C Milton Gästrin / MoDo-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
38. Philadelphia Flyers (from SEA) – D Carter Amico / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
39. Pittsburgh Penguins (from BUF) – D Peyton Kettles / Swift Current (WHL)
40. Philadelphia Flyers (from ANA) – LW Jack Murtagh / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
41. Carolina Hurricanes (from PIT) – G Semyon Frolov / Spartak Moscow-Jr. (MHL)
42. New York Islanders – RW Daniil Prokhorov / Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL)
43. New York Rangers – LW Malcolm Spence / Erie (OHL)
44. Detroit Red Wings – RW Eddie Genborg / Linköping-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
45. Anaheim Ducks (from CBJ) – C Eric Nilson / Djurgården-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
46. Utah Mammoth – D Max Psenicka / Portland (WHL)
47. Vancouver Canucks – G Aleksei Medvedev / London (OHL)
48. Philadelphia Flyers (from CGY) – RW Shane Vansaghi / Michigan State (Big 10)
49. Carolina Hurricanes (from MTL) – C Charlie Cerrato / Penn State (Big 10)
50. New Jersey Devils – C Conrad Fondrk / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
51. Boston Bruins (from STL) – C William Moore / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
52. Minnesota Wild – D Theodor Hallquisth / Örebro-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
53. San Jose Sharks (from OTT) – C Cole McKinney / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
54. Calgary Flames (from COL) – C Theo Stockselius / Djurgården-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
55. Vegas Golden Knights (from TBL) – RW Jakob Ihs-Wozniak / Luleå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
56. Tampa Bay Lightning (from LAK) – C Ethan Czata / Niagara (OHL)
57. Philadelphia Flyers (from TOR) – C Matthew Gard / Red Deer (WHL)
58. Nashville Predators (from VGK) – G Jack Ivankovic / Brampton (OHL)
59. Los Angeles Kings (from WSH) – LW Vojtech Cihar / Karlovy Vary (Czechia)
60. Anaheim Ducks (from WPG) – D Lasse Boelius / Ässät-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
61. Boston Bruins (from CAR) – D Liam Pettersson / Växjö-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
62. Carolina Hurricanes (from DAL) – C Ivan Ryabkin / Muskegon (USHL)
63. New Jersey Devils (from EDM) – RW Ben Kevan / Des Moines (USHL)
64. Toronto Maple Leafs (from FLA) – C Tinus Luc Koblar / Leksand-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)

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Third Round

65. Vancouver Canucks (from SJS) – C Kieren Dervin / Kingston (OHL)
66. Chicago Blackhawks – RW Nathan Behm / Kamloops (WHL)
67. Carolina Hurricanes (from NSH) – D Kurban Limatov / Dynamo Moscow (Russia-Jr.)
68. Seattle Kraken (from PHI) – D Will Reynolds / Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
69. Montreal Canadiens (from BOS) – C Hayden Paupanekis / Kelowna (WHL)
70. New York Rangers (from SEA) – D Sean Barnhill / Dubuque (USHL)
71. Buffalo Sabres – D David Bedkowski / Owen Sound (OHL)
72. Anaheim Ducks – C Noah Read / London (OHL)
73. Pittsburgh Penguins – D Charlie Threthewey / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
74. New York Islanders – C Luca Romano / Kitchener (OHL)
75. Detroit Red Wings (from NYR) – G Michal Pradel / Tri-City (USHL)
76. Columbus Blue Jackets (from DET) – D Malte Vass / Färjestad-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
77. Colorado Avalanche (from CBJ) – D Francesco Dell’Elce / UMass (Hockey East)
78. Utah Mammoth – LW Stepan Hoch / Ceske Budejovice-Jr. (Czechia-Jr.)
79. Boston Bruins (from VAN) – LW Cooper Simpson / Shakopee (USHS-MN)
80. Calgary Flames – D Mace’o Phillips / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
81. Montreal Canadiens – D Bryce Pickford / Medicine Hat (WHL)
82. Montreal Canadiens (from NJD) – G Arseni Radkov / Tyumen-Jr. (MHL)
83. Edmonton Oilers (from STL) – RW Tommy Lafrenière / Kamloops (WHL)
84. Pittsburgh Penguins (from MIN) – G Gabriel D’Aigle / Victoriaville (QMJHL)
85. Vegas Golden Knights (from OTT) – C Mateo Nobert / Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
86. Toronto Maple Leafs (from COL) – C Tyler Hopkins / Kingston (OHL)
87. Carolina Hurricanes (from TBL) – D Roman Bausov / Dynamo St. Petersburg-Jr. (MHL)
88. Los Angeles Kings – LW Kristian Epperson / Saginaw (OHL)
89. New York Rangers (from TOR) – D Artyom Gonchar / Magnitogorsk-Jr. (MHL)
90. New Jersey Devils (from VGK) – C Mason Moe / Madison (USHL)
91. Pittsburgh Penguins (from WSH) – D Brady Peddle / Waterloo (USHL)
92. Winnipeg Jets – C Owen Martin / Spokane (WHL)
93. Ottawa Senators (from CAR) – RW Blake Vanek / Stillwater (USHS-MN)
94. Dallas Stars – RW Cameron Schmidt / Vancouver (WHL)
95. San Jose Sharks (from EDM) – C Teddy Mutryn / Chicago (USHL)
96. Washington Capitals (from FLA) – LW Maxim Schäfer / Berlin (DEL)

Fourth Round

97. Ottawa Senators (from SJS) – G Lucas Beckman / Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
98. Chicago Blackhawks – C Julius Sumpf / Moncton (QMJHL)
99. New Jersey Devils (from NSH) – G Trenten Bennett / Kemptville (CCHL)
100. Boston Bruins (from PHI) – D Vashek Blanar / Troja-Ljungby Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
101. Anaheim Ducks (from BOS) – D Drew Schock / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
102. Minnesota Wild (from SEA) – C Adam Benák / Youngstown (USHL)
103. Buffalo Sabres – C Matous Kucharcik / Prague-Jr. (Czechia-Jr.)
104. Anaheim Ducks – G Elijah Neuenschwander / Fribourg-Gotteron Jr. (Swiss-Jr.)
105. Pittsburgh Penguins – RW Travis Hayes / Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
106. New York Islanders – LW Tomas Poletin / Pelicans-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
107. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYR) – LW Parker Holmes / Brantford (OHL)
108. Tampa Bay Lightning (from DET) – C Benjamin Rautiainen / Tappara (Liiga)
109. Detroit Red Wings (from CBJ) – RW Brent Solomon / Sioux Falls (USHL)
110. Utah Mammoth – RW Yegor Borikov / Minsk (KHL)
111. New York Rangers (from VAN) – C Mikkel Eriksen / Färjestad-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
112. Florida Panthers (from CGY) – LW Mads Kongsbak Klyvø / Frölunda-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
113. Montreal Canadiens – C L.J. Mooney / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
114. New Jersey Devils – C Gustav Hillström / Brynäs-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
115. San Jose Sharks (from STL) – D Ilyas Magomedsultanov / Yaroslavl-Jr. (MHL)
116. Buffalo Sabres (from MIN) – G Samuel Meloche / Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
117. Edmonton Oilers (from OTT) – LW David Lewandowski / Saskatoon (WHL)
118. Colorado Avalanche – D Linus Funck / Luleå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
119. Detroit Red Wings (from TBL) – LW Michal Svrcek / Brynäs-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
120. Los Angeles Kings – D Caeden Herrington / Lincoln (USHL)
121. Minnesota Wild (from TOR) – RW Lirim Amidovski / North Bay (OHL)
122. Nashville Predators (from VGK) – D Alex Huang / Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
123. Minnesota Wild (from WSH) – C Carter Klippenstein / Brandon (WHL)
124. San Jose Sharks (from WPG) – D Zack Sharp / Western Michigan (NCHC)
125. Los Angeles Kings (from CAR) – C Jimmy Lombardi / Flint (OHL)
126. Dallas Stars – C Brandon Gorzynski / Calgary (WHL)
127. Tampa Bay Lightning (from EDM) – C Aiden Foster / Prince George (WHL)
128. Florida Panthers – LW Shea Busch / Everett (WHL)

Fifth Round

129. Florida Panthers (from SJS) – RW Shamar Moses / North Bay (OHL)
130. Pittsburgh Penguins (from CHI) – C Ryan Miller / Portland (WHL)
131. Edmonton Oilers (from NSH) – D Asher Barnett / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
132. Philadelphia Flyers – LW Max Westergård / Frölunda-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
133. Boston Bruins – C Cole Chandler / Shawinigan (QMJHL)
134. Seattle Kraken – D Maxim Agafonov / Ufa-Jr. (MHL)
135. Buffalo Sabres – D Noah Laberge / Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
136. Anaheim Ducks – D Alexis Mathieu / Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
137. Toronto Maple Leafs (from PIT) – RW William Belle / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
138. New York Islanders – D Sam Laurila / Fargo (USHL)
139. New York Rangers – D Zeb Lindgren / Skellefteå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
140. Detroit Red Wings – D Nikita Tyurin / Spartak Moscow-Jr. (MHL)
141. Minnesota Wild (from CBJ) – D Justin Kipkie / Victoria (WHL)
142. Utah Mammoth – G Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko / Ufa-Jr. (MHL)
143. Vancouver Canucks – C Wilson Björck / Djurgården-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
144. Calgary Flames – LW Ethan Wyttenbach / Sioux Falls (USHL)
145. Montreal Canadiens – G Alexis Cournoyer / Cape Breton (QMJHL)
146. Dallas Stars (from NJD) – C Atte Joki / Lukko-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
147. St. Louis Blues – RW Mikhail Fyodorov / Magnitogorsk-Jr. (MHL)
148. Pittsburgh Penguins (from MIN) – D Quinn Beauchesne / Guelph (OHL)
149. Ottawa Senators – LW Dmitri Isayev / Yekaterinburg-Jr. (MHL)
150. San Jose Sharks (from COL) – C Max Heise / Penticton (BCHL)
151. Tampa Bay Lightning – D Everett Baldwin / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
152. Los Angeles Kings – G Petteri Rimpinen / Kiekko-Espoo (Liiga)
153. Toronto Maple Leafs – RW Harry Nansi / Owen Sound (OHL)
154. Pittsburgh Penguins (from VGK) – RW Jordan Charron / Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
155. Washington Capitals – C Jackson Crowder / Chicago (USHL)
156. Winnipeg Jets – RW Viktor Klingsell / Skellefteå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
157. Philadelphia Flyers (from CAR) – D Luke Vlooswyk / Red Deer (WHL)
158. Dallas Stars – G Måns Goos / Färjestad-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
159. Anaheim Ducks (from EDM) – LW Émile Guité / Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
160. Columbus Blue Jackets (from FLA) – C Owen Griffin / Oshawa (OHL)

Sixth Round

161. New Jersey Devils (from SJS) – RW David Rozsíval / Liberec-Jr. (Czechia-Jr.)
162. Chicago Blackhawks – D Ashton Cumby / Seattle (WHL)
163. Nashville Predators – D Daniel Nieminen / Pelicans (Liiga)
164. Philadelphia Flyers – C Nathan Quinn / Quebec (QMJHL)
165. Boston Bruins – C Kirill Yemelyanov / Yaroslavl-Jr. (MHL)
166. New York Rangers (from SEA) – RW Samuel Jung / Kärpät-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
167. Buffalo Sabres – C Ashton Schultz / Chicago (USHL)
168. Anaheim Ducks – D Anthony Allain-Samaké / Sioux City (USHL)
169. Pittsburgh Penguins – LW Carter Sanderson / Muskegon (USHL)
170. New York Islanders – G Burke Hood / Vancouver (WHL)
171. New York Rangers – D Evan Passmore / Barrie (OHL)
172. Detroit Red Wings – D Will Murphy / Cape Breton (QMJHL)
173. Columbus Blue Jackets – D Victor Hedin Raftheim / Brynäs-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
174. Utah Mammoth – D Ludvig Johnson / Zug (NL)
175. Vancouver Canucks – RW Gabe Chiarot / Brampton (OHL)
176. Calgary Flames – RW Aidan Lane / Brampton (OHL)
177. Montreal Canadiens – D Carlos Händel / Halifax (QMJHL)
178. New Jersey Devils – D Sigge Holmgren / Brynäs-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
179. St. Louis Blues – G Love Härenstam / Skellefteå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
180. Washington Capitals (from MIN) – D Aron Dahlqvist / Brynäs-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
181. Ottawa Senators – LW Bruno Idzan / Lincoln (USHL)
182. Utah Mammoth (from COL) – D Reko Alanko / Jokerit-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
183. Carolina Hurricanes (from TBL) – LW Viggo Nordlund / Skellefteå-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
184. Los Angeles Kings – C Jan Chovan / Tappara-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
185. Toronto Maple Leafs – D Rylan Fellinger / Flint (OHL)
186. Vegas Golden Knights – C Alex Weiermair / Portland (WHL)
187. Vegas Golden Knights (from WSH) – D Gustav Sjöqvist / AIK (Sweden-2)
188. Winnipeg Jets – D Edison Engle / Dubuque (USHL)
189. Montreal Canadiens (from CAR) – D Andrew MacNiel / Kitchener (OHL)
190. Dallas Stars – RW Dawson Sharkey / Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
191. Edmonton Oilers – G Daniel Salonen / Lukko-Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
192. Florida Panthers – RW Arvid Drott / Djurgården-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)

Seventh Round

193. Tampa Bay Lightning (from SJS) – G Caleb Heil / Madison (USHL)
194. Chicago Blackhawks – G Ilya Kanarsky / Tula-Jr. (MHL)
195. Buffalo Sabres (from NSH) – LW Melvin Novotny / Leksand-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
196. Los Angeles Kings (from PHI) – C Brendan McMorrow / Waterloo (USHL)
197. Florida Panthers (from BOS) – D Brendan Dunphy / Wenatchee (WHL)
198. Columbus Blue Jackets (from SEA) – C Jérémy Loranger / Sherwood Park (BCHL)
199. Buffalo Sabres – G Yevgeni Prokhorov / Bobruysk-Jr. (MHL)
200. Anaheim Ducks – RW Brady Turko / Brandon (WHL)
201. Pittsburgh Penguins – C Kale Dach / Sherwood Park (BCHL)
202. New York Islanders – RW Jacob Kvasnicka / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
203. New York Rangers – D Felix Färhammar / Örebro-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
204. Detroit Red Wings – C Grayden Robertson-Palmer / Phillips Academy (USHS-MA)
205. Seattle Kraken (from CBJ) – D Karl Annborn / HV71-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
206. Tampa Bay Lightning (from UTA) – C Roman Luttsev / Yaroslavl-Jr. (MHL)
207. Vancouver Canucks – C Matthew Lansing / Fargo (USHL)
208. Calgary Flames – D Jakob Leander / HV71-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
209. Montreal Canadiens – D Maxon Vig / Cedar Rapids (USHL)
210. San Jose Sharks (from NJD) – LW Richard Gallant / U.S. U18 (NTDP)
211. Calgary Flames (from STL) – LW Yan Matveiko / CSKA Moscow-Jr. (MHL)
212. Tampa Bay Lightning (from MIN) – D Grant Spada / Guelph (OHL)
213. Ottawa Senators – G Andrei Trofimov / Magnitogorsk-Jr. (MHL)
214. Colorado Avalanche – C Nolan Roed / Tri-City (USHL)
215. Tampa Bay Lightning – RW Marco Mignosa / Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
216. Los Angeles Kings – D Will Sharpe / Kelowna (WHL)
217. Toronto Maple Leafs – LW Matthew Hlacar / Kitchener (OHL)
218. Seattle Kraken (from VGK) – RW Loke Krantz / Linköping-Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
219. Buffalo Sabres (from WSH) – C Ryan Rucinski / Youngstown (USHL)
220. Winnipeg Jets – RW Jacob Cloutier / Saginaw (OHL)
221. Carolina Hurricanes – RW Filip Ekberg / Ottawa (OHL)
222. Dallas Stars – RW Charlie Paquette / Guelph (OHL)
223. Edmonton Oilers – C Aidan Park / Green Bay (USHL)
224. Florida Panthers – G Yegor Midlak / Spartak Moscow-Jr. (MHL)

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Flames Sign Kevin Bahl To Six-Year Contract

June 28, 2025 at 10:49 am CDT | by Brian La Rose 5 Comments

The Flames have locked up one of their pending restricted free agents as they announced that they’ve signed defenseman Kevin Bahl to a six-year contract with an AAV of $5.35MM per season.  PuckPedia reports (Twitter link) that the breakdown of the agreement is as follows:

2025-26: $2.35MM salary, $3MM signing bonus
2026-27 – 2030-31: $5.35MM salary; no-trade list from 2027-28 to 2030-31

The 25-year-old was a piece of the trade last June that saw New Jersey acquire goaltender Jacob Markstrom from the Flames.  Bahl was added along with a first-round pick that was used on center Cole Reschny last night with the 18th overall selection.

A move to Calgary meant a move to bigger role for Bahl. After four seasons of battling for minutes on New Jersey’s bottom pairing, he immediately took to a top-end role for the Flames. Bahl averaged over 21 minutes of ice time a night through 73 games this season, while serving as the go-to partner for top Flames’ defenseman Rasmus Andersson. That role earned Bahl a career-high 20 points, complemented by a minus-six and 35 penalty minutes. Bahl also ranked third on the Flames blue-line in hits (109), third in blocked shots (116), and fourth in takeaways (24).

Landing a strong spot across the stat categories is great momentum for the young Bahl, who had only appeared in 148 games with the Devils prior to joining the Flames. He totaled 25 points, a minus-one, and 127 penalty minutes in those appearances – marks that he’s already outpaced, or outright broken, with the Flames. He’s an imposing, 6-foot-6 defenseman who’s adjusted well to playing away from the puck and jumping up into play at an NHL level. Those were the traits that many scouts questioned in the 2018 NHL Draft – forcing the large-frame defender down to the Arizona Coyotes’ selection at 55th overall. The Coyotes traded him to the Devils in their 2019 acquisition of Taylor Hall and Blake Speers.

Now, two teams later, Bahl has cemented an NHL contract that will carry him through his age-30 season. Bahl is a lanky, defense-first defender who played opposite a strong puck-mover all year long. That fact, and his physical upside, could set up a long career in tandem with aggressive scoring-defenseman Zayne Parekh.

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Chicago Blackhawks Acquire 29th Overall Pick, Select Mason West

June 27, 2025 at 10:11 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 8 Comments

According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Carolina Hurricanes have traded the 29th overall pick of the 2025 NHL Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks for the 34th and 62nd overall picks, plus a fifth-round pick in 2027. With their third first-round pick of the evening, the Blackhawks have selected Mason West from the USHL’s Fargo Force.

West, who will be joining the NCAA’s Michigan State University Spartans in the fall of 2026-27, is an intriguing prospect for a few reasons. He’s a towering forward, considering his talent, standing at 6’6″, 218lbs. Although he finished the year with USHL Fargo, he spent much of the year with Edina High School in Minnesota, scoring 27 goals and 49 points in 31 games.

Once he transitioned to Fargo toward the end of the year, he scored one goal and nine points in 10 games. The most fascinating part about West is that he’s never been a full-time hockey player. Throughout his time with Edina, West doubled as a premier high school quarterback and could receive D1 scholarships if his senior season this autumn goes well.

Because of his non-zero chance of cracking an NFL roster someday, West was projected to fall into the second round, anywhere between the 45th and 55th overall picks. The Blackhawks see potential in West and believe he will continue his professional hockey career.

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Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire 24th Overall Pick, Select Will Horcoff

June 27, 2025 at 9:33 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 11 Comments

According to a team announcement, the Los Angeles Kings have traded the 24th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 31st and 59th overall selections. Using the pick, the Penguins selected Will Horcoff from the University of Michigan.

Horcoff, the son of longtime Edmonton Oiler Shawn Horcoff, had a split season during the 2024-25 campaign. He began the year with the United States National Team Development Program in Plymouth, MI, scoring eight goals and 14 points in 28 games with a +5 rating.

After making the short trip to Ann Arbor, MI, for the second half of the season, Horcoff finished his first year with the Wolverines with four goals and 10 points in 18 contests. He also performed well on the international stage, scoring two goals and four points in seven games for Team USA at the U18 World Junior Championship.

Unfortunately, few believed that Horcoff had the necessary offensive talent to warrant a first-round selection, with several mocks projecting him to fall to the second round. Still, at 6’4″, he’ll immediately add size and physicality to the Penguins system, and is arguably one of, if not the best, defensive forward available at this year’s draft. At any rate, it’ll be a few years before Pittsburgh sees the value in this pick, as Horcoff is expected to return to Michigan in the fall.

2025 NHL Draft| Los Angeles Kings| Newsstand| Pittsburgh Penguins| Transactions Will Horcoff

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Nashville Predators Acquire 21st Overall Pick, Select Cameron Reid

June 27, 2025 at 9:09 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 1 Comment

According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Ottawa Senators have traded the 21st overall selection of the 2025 NHL Draft to the Nashville Predators for the 23rd and 67th overall picks. The Predators have selected Cameron Reid from the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers as the franchise’s newest player at the time of writing.

Reid joins the Predators’ system as a very high-floor defensive prospect, being projected right around the time of selection if not a few spots higher. He recently completed his second season with the Rangers, scoring 14 goals and 54 points in 67 games with a +39 rating.

Unfortunately, Reid looked a bit weaker in the postseason, tallying five assists in 14 postseason contests with a -5 rating. It was an identical output to last year’s postseason in four additional games.

Although he’s mostly associated with the two-way archetype, Reid’s offensive capabilities are the best part of his game. He is an exceptional skater with advanced hockey IQ for his age, and his draft stock rose this season due to his effortless joining of the rush.

In all seriousness, shot selection may be his only true weakness, which is true of most younger defensemen, anyway. If he continues his developmental trajectory, Reid should have no issue being a top-four blueliner on Nashville’s roster and finding a role on both special teams units.

2025 NHL Draft| Nashville Predators| Newsstand| Ottawa Senators| Transactions Cameron Reid

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Flyers Acquire 12th Overall Pick, Select Jack Nesbitt

June 27, 2025 at 7:50 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 11 Comments

As first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Pittsburgh Penguins have traded the 12th overall pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for the 22nd and 31st overall selections. With their newfound pick, the Flyers selected forward Jack Nesbitt from the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires.

In what is considered a surprise selection by most analysts’ projections, the Flyers selected a player projected toward the bottom third of the first round, if not the second round. The most logical explanation is that Philadelphia believed other teams were interested in Nesbitt and were uncomfortable waiting until the 22nd pick to select him.

Still, he’s a prototypical Flyers player and has serious puck skills. Standing at 6’4″, 183 lbs, Nesbitt was selected as a center, but given his skating ability, is likely destined for a spot on the left wing. He recently concluded his second full year in Windsor, scoring 25 goals and 64 points in 65 games with a +12 rating, and winning the OHL’s Most Improved Player Award as voted on by the coaches.

Unfortunately, despite the raw scoring potential, there are serious concerns with Nesbitt’s skating ability. His scoring pace and effort level declined significantly toward the end of the 2024-25 campaign, tallying only one goal in 12 postseason contests with a -5 rating.

2025 NHL Draft| Newsstand| Philadelphia Flyers| Pittsburgh Penguins| Transactions Jack Nesbitt

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Blackhawks Select Anton Frondell Third Overall

June 27, 2025 at 6:39 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 7 Comments

The Chicago Blackhawks have added another high-end forward to their deep cupboard of prospects. With the third overall pick of the 2025 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks selected Anton Frondell from the SHL’s Djurgårdens IF.

There’s a reason Frondell was listed as the top available European skater in this summer’s draft. The 6’1″, 205lbs Swede scored 11 goals and 25 points in 22 games for Djurgårdens IF HockeyAllsvenskan team, with another three goals and seven points in 16 postseason contests.

He shone on the international stage, too. The Trångsund, Sweden native scored one goal and three points in five tournament gams for Sweden’s U18 team at the U18 World Junior Championship this past season. Overall, Frondell was far and away Sweden’s top talent, scoring eight goals and 18 points in 19 international contests.

It’ll be interesting to see if Chicago decides to let Frondell make the jump to North America right away or continue his development overseas in the SHL with Djurgårdens IF, who have recently been promoted. At any rate, the Blackhawks organization and their fans will likely see Frondell participating in the 2025-26 U20 World Junior Championships.

As a natural center, Chicago may have cemented a powerful one-two punch down the middle with Frondell’s selection. Connor Bedard has already carved out his role as the team’s top center moving forward, which would allow Frondell to thrive on the second line or play on Bedard’s wing.

2025 NHL Draft| Chicago Blackhawks| Newsstand| Transactions Anton Frondell

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Islanders Select Matthew Schaefer First Overall

June 27, 2025 at 6:15 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 4 Comments

As expected, the New York Islanders have selected defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first overall pick of the 2025 NHL Draft. Schaefer is the first defenseman chosen first overall since Owen Power in 2021, and only the sixth defenseman to achieve this since the 1992 NHL Draft, when the Ottawa Senators selected Chris Phillips.

Despite playing on the opposite side of the blue line, Schaefer’s presence at the top of the draft order made trading Noah Dobson all the more palatable for the Islanders. They’ll now have a younger defenseman with a higher ceiling, while acquiring additional assets in return.

Still, Schaefer is not your typical first overall selection, and there’s no questioning that the Islanders are making a gamble. Due to a broken collarbone suffered during the 2024-25 World Junior Championships, Schaefer finished the season with seven goals and 22 points in 17 games with the OHL’s Erie Otters.

Having that level of injury concern is never ideal entering your draft year, but a collarbone fracture shouldn’t carry any long-term issues. His talent speaks for itself, and that’s the exact reason he was chosen as this summer’s top selection.

Due to his lack of playing time throughout the 2024-25 season, Schaefer becomes an exercise in scouting raw talent for the NHL level. Without any shadow of a doubt, he has the capabilities to become a top-pairing defenseman long term.

In their 2025 NHL Draft Guide, Elite Prospects broke down Schaefer’s talent perfectly, saying:

“Schaefer controls games from the back end, making the play flow through him. An elite puck-rusher, he takes off from behind his net, using it as a shield against the forecheck, and traverses the defensive zone with a few long strides. He spots teammates in every direction, making both one-touch plays and elaborate, deceptive feeds. Attacking down, he grabs the spotlight and draws opponents to him, before turning and relaying the puck across.“

2025 NHL Draft| New York Islanders| Newsstand| Transactions Matthew Schaefer

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Panthers Sign Sam Bennett To Eight-Year Extension

June 27, 2025 at 5:02 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 16 Comments

The Florida Panthers have signed reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner Sam Bennett to an eight-year, $64MM contract extension, per Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press. The move was later confirmed by the Panthers. It will carry an annual-average-value of $8MM and carry Bennett through his age-37 season. The contract will also carry a no-movement clause through the first five years, and a no-trade clause through the final three years, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.

After a postseason full of speculation as to where he’d land next, Bennett will stand by his word and re-sign with the Panthers. The deal clocks in at a cheaper price than many speculated he could receive on the open market, especially after leading the playoffs with 15 goals in 23 games. No other player scored more than 11 goals. Bennett was ferocious through every single game in Florida’s run to a second consecutive Stanley Cup win. Serving as the team’s top-line left-wing, Bennett earned 22 points in summer hockey, with many coming on the back of relentless play around the opponent’s net.

The postseason performance was the culmination of what many knew Bennett was capable of. He’s long served as an imposing, aggressive presence in the offensive end – capable of racking up just as many penalty minutes as he does points. He scored 14 points in 19 games of Florida’s Stanley Cup win last season, after netting 41 points and 100 penalty minutes during the regular season. That marked Bennett’s third-straight season reaching at least 40 points – a streak he maintained this season by posting a career-high 51 points in 76 games. He added 90 penalty minutes and a minus-15 to that stat line.

Bennett has now scored 20 goals and 40 points in three of the last four seasons. His only miss – the 2022-23 campaign – saw him net 16 goals and 40 points in just 63 games. He’s proven incredibly reliable ever since joining the Panthers via trade in the 2020-21 season. Florida acquired him from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Emil Heineman and a second-round pick ultimately used by Seattle to select David Goyette. Heineman was traded earlier today in Montreal’s acquisition of Noah Dobson.

Bennett scored 15 points in his first 10 games with the Panthers following his trade. In the years since, he’s combined for 95 goals and 196 points in 289 games – the fifth most on the Panthers behind Aleksander Barkov (332), Sam Reinhart (324), Carter Verhaeghe (254), and Matthew Tkachuk (254). Bennett has also totaled 59 points in 77 playoff games in Florida, fourth on the team behind Verhaeghe (76), Barkov (74), and Tkachuk (69).

This deal will likely carry Bennett through the end of his career in a Florida Panthers jersey. The Holland Landing, Ontario native originally began his NHL career with the Calgary Flames, who selected him fourth-overall in the 2014 NHL Draft. Bennett played through his rookie NHL season in the 2015-16 campaign and earned a hardy 18 goals and 36 points in 77 games. His stout performance was drowned out by a loaded 2015-16 rookie class – headlined by Artemi Panarin, Jack Eichel, and Connor McDavid. But Bennett showed he could do more than just score with a lofty 75 penalty minutes in 81 games of his sophomore season. With that performance, he fell into the rut of bruising middle-six center in Calgary – a role he would stick in until moving to the Panthers.

Florida has brought out the best of the best in Bennett, and been rewarded two Stanley Cups for their efforts. The 2024-25 season was undoubtedly the best in the 29-year-old’s NHL career – and interestingly ended with him serving as a utility tool more than a set-in center. Florida could expand that role as Bennett enters his 30s, especially with a measly 46.4 faceoff percentage over the last five seasons. Having a Swiss-army-knife locked up for the foreseeable future will be an invaluable piece for the Panthers, as they look to maintain their top-of-the-league presence for as long as possible.

Photo courtesy of Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Florida Panthers| Newsstand| Transactions Sam Bennett

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Canadiens Acquire, Extend Noah Dobson From Islanders

June 27, 2025 at 12:45 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 33 Comments

The Montreal Canadiens are set to acquire high-scoring defenseman Noah Dobson from the New York Islanders, per NHL.com’s Kevin Weekes. The deal was later confirmed by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who shares that the Islanders signed Dobson to a maximum-term, eight-year contract before moving him to Montreal. That extension will carry a total value of $76MM, or an annual average value of $9.5MM.

In return, the Islanders will receive both of Montreal’s draft picks in the 2025 first-round – picks 16 and 17 – as well as forward prospect Emil Heineman, per Friedman.

After multiple days of rumors, Montreal has landed the big fish in high-end scorer Dobson. The move will give Montreal more oomph to an already high-octane offensive group manning their blue-line. Dobson managed a career-year at the age of just 24 during the 2023-24 campaign, when he managed 10 goals and 70 points in 79 games. He became the first Islanders defenseman since Stanley Cup-winner Denis Potvin to reach the 60-assist mark.

That breakout performance was a gradual ramp-up after Dobson managed 13 goals and 51 points in 2021-22, and 13 goals and 49 points in 2022-23. He’s climbed the ranks of offensive output and reached double-digit goals in every full season of his NHL career. That includes reaching 10 goals again this year, though his point total took a surprising tumble to 39 points in 71 games played.

That sudden spike in scoring, and a fall to a minus-16 after posting a plus-12 last year, brought out many skeptics to Dobson’s overall upside. But it’s worth noting that New York scored the fifth-fewest goals in the NHL this season (222), 23 fewer than they managed in Dobson’s breakout campaign in 2024. A bulk of that decrease can be attributed to Islanders’ star forward Mathew Barzal missing all but 30 games of this season, after leading the Islanders in scoring in 2023-24.

Dobson’s scoring totals are near-second-to-none in the league. He ranks fifth among U25 defensemen in total goals scored over the last five seasons (49), behind Cale Makar (104), Rasmus Dahlin (70), Evan Bouchard (54), and Quinn Hughes (51). Dobson also ranks sixth in total points (223) behind Makar (378), Hughes (353), Dahlin (275), Adam Fox (266), and Bouchard (237).

But Dobson’s defensive prowess remains scrutinized. Among the same sample – U25 defenders over the last five years – only seven players have been on the ice for more goals-against than Dobson’s 346. He’s also been on the ice for the eighth-most expected goals-against (xGA; 385.53), per Evolving Hockey. Of the bunch, he boasts the fourth-best goal-differential (+82).

There’s a lot to like, and a lot to be nervous about in how Dobson has blazed his path through his first four full seasons in the NHL. But that argument aside, there seems no denying that he’s among the sheer best, young offensive-defensemen in the NHL. His growth into a star, top-pair role in New York far exceeded the 12th-overall draft spot he earned in the 2018 NHL Draft – and likely exceeds the paths any options at Montreal’s previous 16th and 17th overall slots this year would have yielded. He’s a premier scorer, and will join another emerging superstar on Montreal’s defense in Lane Hutson. Hutson reached the 60-assist mark as a 20-year-old rookie this season, and earned the Calder Trophy because of it.

Both Hutson and Dobson dominate possession on their line – and excel at gaining momentum through their drives in the neutral zone. They’ll be elusive and effective play-drivers, but man need to play off of each other’s pairings to give Montreal the best results. That will be where other young Montreal defenders have a chance to step up – with Kaiden Guhle and David Reinbacher likely the future glue pieces holding the offensive-stars down. How Montreal pursues that deployment, or even if they’ll maintain their current structure at all, will be headlines worth following through the rest of the summer.

Meanwhile Heineman will fall as the unheralded addition to a draft-day blockbuster. The 23-year-old winger played through his rookie NHL season in Montreal’s bottom-six this year. He managed 10 goals and 18 points through 62 games, though looked in need of a spark through multiple points in the year. This move marks the third time that Heineman has been moved by his NHL club – after previously being traded from the Florida Panthers to the Calgary Flames in a 2021 deal that landed Florida Sam Bennett; then from the Flames to the Canadiens in a 2022 trade that sent Tyler Toffoli to Calgary.

Photo courtesy of Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images.

Montreal Canadiens| NHL| New York Islanders| Newsstand| Transactions Noah Dobson

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