The 2025 NHL Draft Thread

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O’Brien vs. Mrtka for Seattle

It’ll be interesting to see if they go for a different defenseman

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Weekes saying there’s intrigue around the Avs

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Jerry Bruckheimer looks like grizzled cocaine Seth Green

Seattle took Jake O’Brien

Go for D next year, I guess

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I wonder if Buffalo’s less likely to draft a big RHD after trading for one

McQueen / Eklund seem like possibilities, although Eklund’s size has too many matches in their prospect pool.

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Schaefer seems like a genuine kid

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Sabres go with Mrtka

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I went 6/9, nice. No surprises in terms of which nine players went. I’d love one of the next few picks to go off the board.

Ducks are up next. I think they take a swing on McQueen. Maybe Eklund or Bear is Verbeek’s type and they go that way. I don’t know if they need a LHD, but Aitcheson seems like their type (and not far off from Solberg).

Ideally they’re horny for Lakovic.

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Joshua Jackson from Fringe? Don’t make me like the Anaheim Ducks

Ducks go with McQueen, 7/10. Talent-wise I think that was the clear choice but man back injuries are scary

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PNES have the next two picks. Pronman chose two D for them and some PNES fan on The Athletic was irate about it. I explained the logic and he did not appreciate it.

Anyway fuck the PNES and that guy, hope they pick two lower ranked D.

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Aitcheson is one of these picks. I still think Eklund is the other but Smith, Carbonneau, Reschny, Bear, Cootes… could be any one of them.

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Roger McQueen’s normal sized father explaining how literally every other person related to him is taller

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Benjamin Kindel? Thank you PNES

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Love that I went seven names deep and didn’t get to him

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They’re trading down?

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Meghan Chayka says some real obvious shit

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PNES trades 12 to Philly for 22 and 31

Seems like bad value?

I think the Flyers take Aitcheson

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PNES: “We can trade down since some dummy went off the board and took Benjamin Kindel, good players will still be available”

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They should’ve figured out streaming video if they’re doing this remotely

Flyers went for Nesbitt

Thank you Flyers

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I appreciate the Wings not being able to take Michael Rasmussen 2.0

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My gut says Yzerman takes Jackson Smith

Eklund, Bear, Carbonneau other possibilities.

I don’t think Aitcheson goes there. Presumably Columbus takes him