Reporting from inside the 2025 Kraken draft room reveals how trades are made (or not) plus that every scout’s discovery of young talent could become a higher-round NHL prospect ...

The result was the three Swedes in the draft room, Axel Alavaara (director of European scouting), Pelle Eklund and Marcus Fingal, landed one of their recommended players in Karl Annborn, a 6-foot ...

The NHL draft is complete as the league’s teams search for the next generation of hockey's stars Michael Charles, Daniel Shirley and The Athletic Staff June 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM EDT Getty Images ...

The previous time the NHL went three draft cycles without that happening was almost 40 years ago from 1984 to 1986. The latter part of the 1980s saw more teams take first-round goalies.

The 2025 NHL Draft was marked a first for the league. Instead of having all 32 teams in attendance, clubs would instead operate operate from a war room in their home markets, similar to how the ...