2025 NHL Draft Class

[Chef Boi RD]

Canucks should 1,000% draft for position.

There is little to no difference between the player in the area they will pick and they have to look out to the future. Wingers are cheap and easy to get in the off season, D is much harder and through trades and drafting they are good in that position. Now they need to load up on C and hope 1/2 actually make the NHL or we will be for ever complaining about lack of C depth on the team.

My plan A/plan B would be on draft day.

A. Draft a centre
B. Trade Willander for a centre, draft a forward (centre or winger)

[Blob Mckenzie]

I'm not against trading Wilander or EP Jr for a young centre. I'm not against trading EP40 if its a solid deal.

Reef drafting for position got us Virtanen and Olaf. BPA. Trade for need down the road.

That said I'd love to see them nab a young pivot like O'Brien.

[Chef Boi RD]

I'm not against trading Wilander or EP Jr for a young centre. I'm not against trading EP40 if its a solid deal.

Reef drafting for position got us Virtanen and Olaf. BPA. Trade for need down the road.

That said I'd love to see them nab a young pivot like O'Brien.

I actually see huge upside for EP Jr. I’m ok with trading Willander. He’ll return a top shelf centre.

[2Fingers]

I'm not against trading Wilander or EP Jr for a young centre. I'm not against trading EP40 if its a solid deal.

Reef drafting for position got us Virtanen and Olaf. BPA. Trade for need down the road.

That said I'd love to see them nab a young pivot like O'Brien.

I know it comes with risks but a D or winger selected could also fail. They have to roll the dice and start filling in the centre position.

I’m not saying drop 10-20 spots and take a wild ass guess. I’m hoping they do their due diligence and pick the right player with the right attitude.

[dangler]

Canucks should 1,000% draft for position.

There is little to no difference between the player in the area they will pick and they have to look out to the future. Wingers are cheap and easy to get in the off season, D is much harder and through trades and drafting they are good in that position. Now they need to load up on C and hope 1/2 actually make the NHL or we will be for ever complaining about lack of C depth on the team.

You know Allvin will be drooling over Frondel, but i suspect he'll be gone by the time the Canucks pick. Luckily there are lots of Centers in the Canucks
range.

[Madcombinepilot]

Canucks should 1,000% draft for position.

There is little to no difference between the player in the area they will pick and they have to look out to the future. Wingers are cheap and easy to get in the off season, D is much harder and through trades and drafting they are good in that position. Now they need to load up on C and hope 1/2 actually make the NHL or we will be for ever complaining about lack of C depth on the team.

You know Allvin will be drooling over Frondel, but i suspect he'll be gone by the time the Canucks pick. Luckily there are lots of Centers in the Canucks
range.

Hopefully some are Canadian. This team needs an injection of grit on this team.

[edit] -- or Finnish.. some of them are right proper bastards to play against

[Chef Boi RD]

Canucks should 1,000% draft for position.

There is little to no difference between the player in the area they will pick and they have to look out to the future. Wingers are cheap and easy to get in the off season, D is much harder and through trades and drafting they are good in that position. Now they need to load up on C and hope 1/2 actually make the NHL or we will be for ever complaining about lack of C depth on the team.

You know Allvin will be drooling over Frondel, but i suspect he'll be gone by the time the Canucks pick. Luckily there are lots of Centers in the Canucks
range.

Frondell will be long gone

[Megaterio Llamas]

I'd rather have a left winger that plays for us than a center who busts.

And who knows if we need a center in three or four years anyway. Needs change.

[dangler]

I'd rather have a left winger that plays for us than a center who busts.

And who knows if we need a center in three or four years anyway. Needs change.

I'd rather have a center that plays for us than a left winger that busts.
Where are we going with this Megs?

[Megaterio Llamas]

I'd rather have a left winger that plays for us than a center who busts.

And who knows if we need a center in three or four years anyway. Needs change.

I'd rather have a center that plays for us than a left winger that busts.
Where are we going with this Megs?

Well, I keep reading here that we should pick for position in the middle of the first round, but I disagree. It's a running theme in the thread.

People say that there's no guarantee that we would have selected Dylan Guenther with the ninth pick we traded away in the OEL deal, even though he was the consensus pick. Drafting for position is exactly how you mess that up. I'm just sayin'.

In fact, if you look up 'drafting for position' in the dictionary, you'll probably find a picture of Olli Juolevi

[Meds]

I'd rather have a left winger that plays for us than a center who busts.

And who knows if we need a center in three or four years anyway. Needs change.

I'd rather have a center that plays for us than a left winger that busts.
Where are we going with this Megs?

Well, I keep reading here that we should pick for position in the middle of the first round, but I disagree. It's a running theme in the thread.

People say that there's no guarantee that we would have selected Dylan Guenther with the ninth pick we traded away in the OEL deal, even though he was the consensus pick. Drafting for position is exactly how you mess that up. I'm just sayin'.

In fact, if you look up 'drafting for position' in the dictionary, you'll probably find a picture of Olli Juolevi

Yep.

In the first round you take the best player available. The only time you factor position is if the players in question are essentially a wash in regards to talent.

[dangler]

Meh, it's a crap shoot at best and the debate over bpa vs positional needs has been going on for decades.
There is zero% proof the bpa (which is a misnomer in itself as no player has played in the NHL at that point) is guaranteed success.
And good RHD and Centers are harder to come by. Willander was a positional needs pick,looks like aok pick so far.

[Chef Boi RD]

Anyone paying attention to Gavin McKenna’s recent exploits? He’s looking like a tier above Bedard and Celebrini. Question now is, one that everyone is asking, is he on a level with McDavid? Some seem to think so.

[Meds]

Anyone paying attention to Gavin McKenna’s recent exploits? He’s looking like a tier above Bedard and Celebrini. Question now is, one that everyone is asking, is he on a level with McDavid? Some seem to think so.

Was something of a nothing burger at the WJC.

However, his WHL numbers this season are staggering.

[Cousin Strawberry]

In fact, if you look up 'drafting for position' in the dictionary, you'll probably find a picture of Olli Juolevi

OJ was the consensus top defenseman prospect at the time

He was far from a reach...at the time