The Elite Prospects first draft meeting of the 2024-25 season. We ranked 50 prospects. Here, we present the 32 that made our list.
Link to full board and player grades: https://eprinkside.com/2024/12/11/the-elite-prospects-december-top-50-ranking-for-the-2025-nhl-draft
Timestamps:
0:50 James Hagens
3:25 Michael Misa
4:50 Matthew Schaefer
5:35 Porter Martone
6:35 Roger McQueen
7:40 Porter Martone
9:05 Comparing the top four
15:20 Jackson Smith
17:35 Victor Eklund
20:30 Lynden Lakovic
20:45 Carter Bear
21:05 Carter Bear vs Victor Eklund
21:55 Lynden Lakovic vs Carter Bear
23:55 Carter Bear
24:50 Cameron Schmidt
28:00 Cameron Reid
32:05 Brady Martin
34:15 Braeden Cootes
35:30 Caleb Desnoyers
38:10 Caleb Desnoyers vs Justin Carbonneau
42:50 Malcolm Spence
44:15 Anton Frondell
47:55 Blake Fiddler
50:45 Sorting the middle of the top 32
52:40 Joshua Ravensbergen
56:25 Jake O’Brien
57:30 Jake O’Brien vs Anton Frondell
59:10 Kashawn Aitcheson
1:01:05 Radim Mrtka
1:03:05 Jack Murtagh
1:04:15 Benjamin Kevan
1:07:00 Benjamin Kevan vs Jack Murtagh
1:09:35 Bill Zonnon
1:11:25 Nathan Behm
1:12:35 Shane Vansaghi vs Bill Zonnon
1:18:25 Ivan Ryabkin
1:24:40 Jakob Ihs-Wozniak
1:27:00 Logan Hensler
1:27:50 William Moore
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17 Comments
How does Schaefer compare / rank vs. the 2024 Dmen class: Levshunov / Buium / Dickinson / Parekh / Yakemchuk?
Good job Lauren. 👍
Stop trying to rank McQueen higher than he should rank.
McQueen Game by Game DY =
G1 = 4-0-4 Points, +3, 6 SOG
G2 = 0-2-2 Points, +0, 2 SOG
G3 = 1-1-2 Points, +2, 2 SOG
G4 = 1-0-1 Point, -1, 6 SOG
G5 = 1-0-1 Point, +0, 4 SOG
G6 = 1-0-1 Point, +1, 3 SOG
G7 = 0-0-0 Points, -3, 4 SOG
G8 = 0-0-0 Points, -2, 5 SOG
After his 4 Goal Game McQueen =
4-3-7 Points in 7 Games, -3, 26 SOG
McQueen is 6’5”, 193 lbs, he should be at least 1.80 P/GP if he is as good as you say he is.
McQueen multi-Point games in WHL Career =
21 Games in 118 Career Games
For context =
Martone Career multi-Point Games =
44 Games in 147 Career Games
Misa Career multi-Point Games =
59 Games in 139 Career Games
McQueen is a top 10 pick.
McQueen is not a 1st overall level player.
Hagens has been really disappointing. Playing with Leonard and Perreault he should be challenging records. Hopefully he can turn it around after the WJC.
How big is the gap from Ravensbergen to Ivankovic, Andreyanov and D'Aigle
schmidt is like a mini mcdavid lol
Lakovic reminds me of Samuel Honzek in 2023
You always have such a fantastic ranking that values potential and skill. I just can't fathom how other scouts aren't high on Misa. You guys are the only ones that have him contesting for first, most top ones have him ranking 3-6 range. After watching all his games this year, I can say that Misa is going to alter the scape of the franchise he goes to. Once agin, great breakdown guys.
Schaefer will go 1st overall. He is 1 of 1
Hagens at 2
Hagens translates better at winger. High energy smaller forward. Top 6 potential. Not as skilled as Celebrini. Schaefer #1 defenseman. Haven’t seen a d prospect since probably Ekblad/Makar?
Do you think Will Smith would be ahead of James Hagens if he was in this draft? Hagens is a little faster, but he's also a couple inches shorter which would probably even out his draft stock with Smith.
It feels like such a missed opportunity to draft Demidov for Chicago where drafting Schaffer at 2 with a better profile and upside than leshuanov while need a winger for bedard
I think it’s a possibility that Misa goes #1 to Chicago
Good job guys, as always! I'd like to hear what you had to say about Bedkowski and Brzustewicz, they've been two of my favorite dmen this season ^^
How does Martone compare to say a Matt Tkachuk, how does he compare to Leonard?
Fastly my top 5 so for
1-Porter Martone
2-Lynden Lakovic
3-James Hagen
4-Micheal Misa
5-Cullen Potter