The 2025 NHL draft that took far too long has mercifully finished. Any of the 26 teams that voted to hold a decentralized draft, you get a Z grade for that. Not an F, a Z. Let's never do that again.

Additionally, several players to watch for the 2026 NHL Draft also were discussed beyond forward Gavin McKenna of Medicine Hat in the Western Hockey League, who is projected to go No. 1.