And just like that, the day has finally arrived. The first round of the 2025 NHL Draft kicks off tonight, and after what feels like an eternity of lead-up and anticipation, we’re finally going to see some of these pieces begin to fall into place (and the rest, when things open back up for Rounds 2-7 on Saturday).
If you’ve been following along with us around here through most of the spring, you’ve seen us working through our reader-voted Community Draft Board, and profiling a whole lot of this year’s top prospects along the way. While this series normally just runs through the first round and first round only, with the abundance of picks the Flyers are working with this year, we decided to take it farther into the second round. So, without further ado, we bring you the final Draft Board ranking, taking us all the way through pick 47.
As always, this was a fun series to be at the helm of for the writers around here, but we hope it can also be a useful starting point for fans to get acquainted with the new players being brought into the mix here in Philadelphia, as well as elsewhere in the league. As we’ve said, with six picks between the first two rounds in the back pocket for the Flyers, there are going to be a bunch of brand new names introduced over these next couple of days, and we’re here with a first step in getting know at least (hopefully) most of them.
