2025 NHL Draft Guide

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Consider The Hockey Writers your go-to source for everything related to the NHL Draft and this page your live home page for information on the upcoming 2025 NHL Entry Draft.

Bookmark this page and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to hockey’s version of Christmas. THW’s 2025 NHL Draft Guide is your quintessential draft resource featuring:

  • Detailed unique prospect profiles on all the top prospects
  • Mock drafts
  • Exclusive rankings
  • Team-specific needs and speculations
  • Looking ahead to the 2025 NHL Draft and beyond

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The Hockey Writers 2025 NHL Entry Draft Guide James Hagens, Matthew Schaefer
James Hagens, Matthew Schaefer (The Hockey Writers)

2025 NHL Draft Rankings

Forbes’ Top 96 March Rankings
Baracchini’s Top 96 March Rankings
Forbes’ Top 64 January Rankings
Baracchini’s Top 64 January Rankings
Horn’s Top 64 for December
Horn’s Early Top 50
Baracchini’s Top 32 Preseason Rankings
Baracchini’s Way Too Early Top 32

2025 NHL Draft- Prospect Profiles

Top 5 Hopefuls

Eklund, Victor
Hagens, James
Martone, Porter
Misa, Michael
Schaefer, Matthew

Top 16 Hopefuls

Bear, Carter
Desnoyers, Caleb
Eklund, Victor
Frondell, Anton
Hagens, James
Hensler, Logan
Lakovic, Lynden
Martone, Porter
Martin, Brady
McQueen, Roger
Misa, Michael
Mrtka, Radim
O’Brien, Jake
Ryabkin, Ivan
Schaefer, Matthew
Smith, Jackson

Forwards

Bear, Carter
Desnoyers, Caleb
Eklund, Victor
Epperson, Kristian
Frondell, Anton
Hagens, James
Ihs-Wozniak, Jakob
Kindel, Benjamin
Martin, Brady
Martone, Porter
McKinney, Cole
Misa, Michael
Moore, William
Reschny, Cole
Ryabkin, Ivan
Vansaghi, Shane

Defensemen

Aitcheson, Kashawn
Fiddler, Blake
Hensler, Logan
Reid, Cameron
Schaefer, Matthew
Smith, Jackson

Goalies

Ivankovic, Jack
Ravensbergen, Joshua

Top 5/10 Lists

League Rankings

Top 10 Draft-Eligible WHL Players for 2024-25: Preseason Edition
Top 10 Draft-Eligible OHL Players for 2024-25: Preseason Edition

Draft Coverage by NHL Team (Alphabetical)

Anaheim Ducks

Montreal Canadiens

Philadelphia Flyers

Player Features

Top 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Michael Misa Talks Taking His Game to the Next Level, Hype, Pressure & More
Top Performers From the Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game
Top Performers From the 2024 CHL/ USA Prospects Challenge
Malcolm Spence Needs More Attention After CHL/USA Prospects Challenge
NHL Draft Prospect Joshua Ravensbergen Going Undrafted to First-Round Potential
Barrie Colts’ Kashawn Aitcheson Making Noise for Upcoming NHL Draft
2025 NHL Draft: Which Defenseman Gets Picked First?
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Standouts
Jack Ivankovic Making Case for Best Goaltender
Draft-Eligible Prospects at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

World Junior Championship Coverage

World Junior Championship All Time Leading Scorers
Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship
10 Players to Watch at the 2025 World Junior Championship
2025 NHL Draft-Eligible Players to Watch at the WJC
2025 World Juniors Roster Breakdown by NHL Team

Looking Back At Older NHL Drafts

10 Best 7th Round Picks Since 2005
1999: The Worst NHL Draft Class Ever?
1st Overall NHL Draft Picks: Regrets From the Last Decade
2007 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
2010 NHL Entry Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
2012 Redraft: What if the Edmonton Oilers Didn’t Take Nail Yakupov?
2013 NHL Entry Draft: Where Are They Now?
2016 NHL Entry Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now?
2017 NHL Entry Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now?
4 Oilers’ Early Draft Steals of the Past 5 Years
All-Decade NHL Draft – 2010 to 2019
Boston Bruins’ Top 5 Draft Picks of the Don Sweeney Era
Canucks’ 2011 Draft Remains Worst in Franchise History
Classic Draft Day Quotes
Did The 2005 NHL Lockout Help Make The 2003 Draft Class Great?
Edmonton Oilers’ Top 5 Draft Picks of Ken Holland Era
Grading Buffalo Sabres’ First-Round Picks in the Pegula Era
Grading the Red Wings’ First Round Picks of the Last Decade
Islanders Draft History: Missing Out on First-Round Selections
Kings’ Top 5 All-Time Draft Steals
Oilers’ 10 Best First Round Picks All-Time
Rangers Paying Price for Failed Top-10 Picks in 2017 & 2018
Re-Drafting the 2012 NHL Entry Draft
Revisiting Minnesota Wild Drafts – 2010
Revisiting Preseason Rankings for 2018 NHL Draft
Revisiting the Edmonton Oilers’ Disastrous 1990 Draft
Revisiting the Edmonton Oilers’ Dubious 2012 Draft After 10 Years
The Best Late-Round Picks Ever
The Sedin Twins and the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
The Worst 1st Overall Draft Pick…Ever
The Worst 1st Overall Draft Pick…Ever
The Worst First Overall Draft Picks in NHL History
Who’s Never Picked #1 in the Draft?

2024 NHL Draft Review

Grading Each Team’s 2024 Draft Class
Top 5 Surprising Undrafted Players in the 2024 Entry Draft
Colorado Avalanche 2024 Draft Recap & Analysis
Devils Add 7 Prospects to Pool in NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators’ 2024 NHL Draft Class Recap
Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024 Draft Recap
Toronto Maple Leafs 2024 NHL Draft Class Recap
Utah: 5 Thoughts After Busy 2024 NHL Draft & Day One of Free Agency
Winnipeg Jets 2024 NHL Draft Recap

Previous Draft Guides

Forgotten Draft Picks

Where Are They Now?