2025 Draft

[GGpX]

Hage has no impact whatsoever on who I'm picking. I think it's all but certain we'll be taking a forward with our first pick, possibly even with our second first. Besides Schaefer, there isn't another d-man interesting enough in the top-10.

 

[GEEMAN]

Hage has no impact whatsoever on who I'm picking. I think it's all but certain we'll be taking a forward with our first pick, possibly even with our second first. Besides Schaefer, there isn't another d-man interesting enough in the top-10.

Habs need to be top 6 worst case

 

[GrandWazoo]

Habs needs a lot of things

 

[GGpX]

What the Habs might need above all, at least when it comes to drafting...

They need a better drafting philosophy outside of the first round beyond just "we're looking for unicorns." They spend a lot of picks on players nobody's ever heard of or were basically just considered undraftable.

Let's draft Florian Xhekaj - totally not because of his last name, obviously, lol! - because he's a unicorn. Let's draft this Latvian goalie that our scout saw in an obscure U18 tournament for a handful of games. Let's draft Ben Merill because he has the profile of a fourth line player, and uh, well he doesn't actually know how to play hockey yet, but he's got time to figure that out at Harvard.

 

[GGpX]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5880148/2024/11/04/nhl-draft-2025-prospects-ranking-november/

 

[hairnova]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5894412/2024/11/13/nhl-draft-2025-ranking-hagens-martone/

Corey Pronman's new draft rankings.

Top 10:
1. Porter Martone - RW
2. James Hagens - C
3. Matthew Schaefer - D
4. Michael Misa - C
5. Roger McQueen - C
6. Anton Frondell - C
7. Caleb Desnoyers - C
8. Kashawn Aitcheson - D
9. Jackson Smith - D
10. Justin Carbonneau - RW

 

[GGpX]

I've watched two games of Schaefer this year and I don't see it so far.

Porter Martone, on the other hand... Oh yeah. He's got it.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I've watched two games of Schaefer this year and I don't see it so far.

Porter Martone, on the other hand... Oh yeah. He's got it.

Boisvert LOVES Schaefer though.

 

[Habsy]

We better not take a D

 

[GGpX]

Boisvert LOVES Schaefer though.

I loved him in the U18 this summer.

This year, both OHL games I watched left me completely indifferent.

 

[GrandWazoo]

We better not take a D

If there is a potential top pairing D available, I'm all for it. Not sold on our D at all.

 

[worm]

We better not take a D

Think we need D.
Better not take a winger.

 

[GEEMAN]

I've watched two games of Schaefer this year and I don't see it so far.

Porter Martone, on the other hand... Oh yeah. He's got it.

Schaefer needs more time and more muscle

Just coming back from mono , elite wheels but not sure I take him top 5

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

We better not take a D

Hughes will just as a big fuck you to all of us,,, you know fuck the fans kind of thing

 

[GEEMAN]

If there is a potential top pairing D available, I'm all for it. Not sold on our D at all.

Exactly , no question

DR , Hutson and LM only hopes of being top 4

The rest are depth filler or 5-7`s

 

[GrandWazoo]

Exactly , no question

DR , Hutson and LM only hopes of being top 4

The rest are depth filler or 5-7`s

Guhle more than Mailloux

 

[GEEMAN]

Guhle more than Mailloux

yes missed him for sure but hope he plays more than 60 games a year

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

Hagens
Martone
Frondell
Misa

After that, all solid options F or D but you don’t pass up on those 4 for a positional need.

 

[GEEMAN]

Hagens
Martone
Frondell
Misa

After that, all solid options F or D but you don’t pass up on those 4 for a positional need.

Not sold on Misa

 

[worm]

Seems like a meh draft year so we are obviously winning the lotto