Way-too-early 2025 NHL mock draft been….

The 2025 NHL draft is expected to be held in late June next year. It will be the first in which the top picks will be in a host city while most of the management and scouting departments of the 32 teams make their selections from their home cities.

NHL Central Scouting will release its initial ranking of the top North American and international hockey prospects later this fall. The early favorite to become the top prospect is center James Hagens, who played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP) in 2023-24.

Since we’re still stuck in the dog days of the NHL offseason with little news to report, it’s a good opportunity to conduct our annual summer mock draft. We’ll provide a brief biography of each prospect and use our July 3 power rankings in place of standings to determine which could be the best fit.

Prospect information was drawn from Elite Prospects, with rankings by TSN’s Craig Button (from November 2023), Sportsnet’s Jason Bukala, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman, and Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis.

Each club’s prospect pools were based on evaluations by The Hockey News‘ Tony Ferrari, Ellis and The Hockey Writers.

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