League Makes Shocking Decision With the Future of the Draft
The NHL made a major announcement regarding the future of the entry draft today. It is a move that will send shockwaves around the league.
NHL Shifts To Remote Style Draft
NHL insider Elliotte Freidman made the announcement on 32 thoughts today, stating that the league's general managers had voted in favor of eliminating the in-person draft.
There will still be a central location where the draft eligible players are and a stage where they will walk onto as they are drafted. Each team will have a representative present to great their picks.
It is a style of draft that other leagues, namely the NFL and MLB have been using for awhile.
Each organization's scouting teams will be in their home cities and they will call in to the central location to announce their selections to the league who will then make the announcement for the fans.
The move has come with a lot of criticism, including from Freidman himself, who noted that the change would have major impacts on the scouting world.
The draft was always the biggest networking event of the year for scouts and fans of the draft-eligible players.
As seen on Maple Leafs Daily:
NHL makes huge decision on future of the draft
| POLL | ||
OCTOBRE 25 | 87 ANSWERS League Makes Shocking Decision With the Future of the Draft Do you think the new draft format will be good, or should they have kept it the way it was? | ||
| New format sounds good | 16 | 18.4 % |
| They should keep it the same | 71 | 81.6 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 18 | 14 | 4 | - | 28 | |
Capitals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Devils | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Stars | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | 24 | |
Golden Knights | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||