Top 10 Prospects By Position in the 2025 NHL Draft: Ostrower's Rankings
While overall rankings are most popular, the 2025 NHL Draft's top players can be better understood where compared solely to their position group
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Michael Misa, C (OHL)
Anton Frondell, C (HockeyAllsvenskan)
James Hagens, C (NCAA)
Porter Martone, RW (OHL)
Jake O'Brien, C (OHL)
Caleb Desnoyers, C (QMJHL)
Victor Eklund, LW (HockeyAllsvenskan)
Carter Bear, LW (WHL)
Cole Reschny, C (WHL)
Roger McQueen, C (WHL)
HM: Benjamin Kindel, RW (WHL), Brady Martin, C (OHL), Lynden Lakovic, LW (WHL), Jack Murtagh, C (NTDP), and Justin Carbonneau, RW (QMJHL)
Defenseman
Matthew Schaefer, LD (OHL)
Radim Mrtka, RD (WHL)
Jackson Smith, LD (WHL)
Kashawn Aitcheson, LD (OHL)
Logan Hensler, RD (NCAA)
Sascha Boumedienne, LD (NCAA)
Henry Brzustewicz, RD (OHL)
Luka Radivojevic, RD (USHL)
Blake Fiddler, RD (WHL)
Carter Amico, RD (NTDP)
HM: Oliwer Sjostrom, LD (J20 Nationell), Alex Huang, RD (QMJHL), Donny Bracco, LD (NTDP), Cameron Reid, LD (OHL), and Kurban Limatov, LD (MHL)
Goaltenders
Joshua Ravensbergen (WHL)
Michal Pradel (USHL)
Jack Ivankovic (OHL)
Pyotr Andreyanov (MHL)
Gabriel D’Aigle (QMJHL)
Petteri Rimpinen (Liiga)
Linards Feldbergs (QMJHL)
Louis-Antoine Denault (QMJHL)
Lucas Beckman (QMJHL)
Patrick Quinlan (NTDP)
HM: Love Härenstam (J20 Nationell), Måns Goos (J20 Nationell), and Matthew Hutchison (WHL)
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