NHL Mock Draft 2025: Far too early predictions for the first round

Yes, the NHL regular season has just begun. And yes, most teams only played one of two games. But that doesn’t stop us from looking forward to the end of June 2025, when the 2025 NHL Draft will take place. Why not release a way-too-early mock draft on the first weekend of the regular season?

For this way-too-early mock draft, I used the NHL playoff odds on MoneyPuck from before regular season games began in North America. I should note that these odds are updated daily, so the current rankings have shifted since this order was determined for a first weekend of the regular season mock draft.

As I have always done in the past, I follow draft rankings from many sources (The athleteElite Prospects, NHL Central Scouting and other prospect analysts) to compile my own rankings and create a mock draft. Since it’s still so early in the season(s) for NHL teams and these prospects, I won’t go into much detail about individual players at this point. Future mock drafts will contain more information, statistics and rationale for selections.

2025 NHL Mock Draft – First Round

No. 1. San Jose Sharks —James Hagens, C
5-10, 170
Shoots: Left

2. Columbus Blue Jackets —Porter Martone, RW
6-3, 208
Shoots: Right

3. Anaheim Ducks —Matthew Shaefer, LHD
6-2, 183
Shoots: Left

4.Chicago Blackhawks —Roger McQueen, C
6-5, 197
Shoots: Right

5. Montreal Canadiens —Michael Misa, LW
6-1, 184
Shoots: Left

6. Washington Capitals —Malcolm Spence, LW
6-1, 203
Shoots: Left

7. Calgary Flames — Anton Frondell, C
6-0, 196
Shoots: Right

8. Utah Hockey Club — Ivan Ryabkin, C
6-0, 170
Shoots: Left

9. Philadelphia Flyers – Blake Fiddler, RHD
6-4, 207
Shoots: Right

10. St Louis Blues —Joshua Ravensbergen, G
6-5, 195

11. Pittsburgh Penguins — Radim Mrtka, RHD
6-6, 207
Shoots: Right

12. Buffalo saber — Jake O’Brien, C
6-2, 172
Shoots: Right

13. Detroit Red Wings —Caleb Desnoyers, C
6-1, 178
Shoots: Left

14. Ottawa Senators — Logan Hensler, RHD
6-2, 192
Shoots: Right

15. Seattle Kraken — Kashawn Aitcheson, LHD
6-1, 196
Shoots: Left

16. New York Islanders — Lynden Lakovic, LW
6-4, 190
Shoots: Left

17. Minnesota Wild — Braeden Cootes, C
5-11, 183
Shoots: Right

18. Winnipeg Jets —Charlie Trethewey, RHD
6-1, 200
Shoots: Right

19. Boston Bruins —Jackson Smith, LHD
6-3, 195
Shoots: Left

20. Nashville Predators —Brady Martin, C
6-0, 178
Shoots: Right

21. Los Angeles Kings —William Moore, C
6-2, 161
Shoots: Left

22. Nashville Predators (from VGK) – VIctor Eklund, RW
5-11, 161
Shoots: Right

23. Calgary Flames (from New Jersey) – Justin Carbonneau, RW
6-1, 191
Shoots: Right

24.Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR) – Sascha Boumedienne, LHD
6-2, 183
Shoots: Left

25. Nashville Predators (from TB) – Artyom Vilchinsky, LHD
6-6, 240
Shoots: Left

26. Vancouver Canucks — Cole Reschny, C
5-10, 183
Shoots: Left

27. New York Rangers —Alex Huang, RHD
6-0, 170
Shoots: Right

28. Montreal Canadiens (from FLA) – Jakob Ihs Wozniak, RW
6-2, 184
Shoots: Right

29. Philadelphia Flyers (from COL) – Carter Amico, RHD
6-5, 205
Shoots: Right

30. Carolina Hurricanes — Conrad Fondrk, LW
5-11, 174
Shoots: Left

31. Dallas Stars —Milton Gastrin, C
6-1, 185
Shoots: Left

32. Philadelphia Flyers (From EDM) – Kurban Limatov, LHD
6-4, 187
Shoots: Left