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Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held June 27-28 at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The first round will be held June 27 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS), with rounds 2-7 on June 28 (Noon ET;
General manager Danny Briere and assistant general manager Brent Flahr will hold their pre-draft press conference Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. You can stream it live here on our YouTube page.
This is about projecting five years down the road, and mostly focusing on what teams have in their farm system.
First-year NHL Draft-eligible prospects aren't the only players hoping to hear their names called at some point during the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft. There are several notable players passed over in the 2024 NHL Draft hoping for another shot.
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Yardbarker on MSNPittsburgh Penguins’ 7-Round 2025 Mock DraftThe NHL Draft is just a few short weeks away, with the event taking place on June 27 and 28 in Los Angeles. After another season of missing the playoffs and moving on from former head coach Mike Sullivan,
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And lest you think O'Brien is an offense-only guy, let me reassure you: his dedication to being defensively responsible is just as high-priority for him as his dedication to pulling off passes to his teammates.
You can excuse Caleb Desnoyers if he looked tired at the NHL scouting combine. Over the last month, the draft prospect was named the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s playoff MVP after helping Moncton beat Rimouski in the championship series.
Just over two weeks from draft day, we reconvened our staff of NHL reporters to make selections for the entire first round.
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Yardbarker on MSNWhy Michael Misa is a future NHL superstarThe amount of pressure that gets placed on teenagers can be quite insane at times. Like, take Michael Misa, for example. At 15, the Oakville, Ontario native became the most recent OHLer to earn exceptional status following his record-breaking run at the 2022 OHL Cup.
When he was taken second overall in the 2024 NHL Draft, the expectation was clear: Artyom Levshunov would become an elite, No. 1 defenseman for the Chicago Blac
The WHL is set to play a big role in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Leading up to the draft, we at The Hockey News will be profiling some of the players who are projected to hear their names called at the end of June.