Centers
Noah Östlund
Dynamic offensive player with great speed and puck-handling ability. Needs to round out his game and get to the inside more consistently but he has NHL level skill.
Oliver Kapanen
An all around center who can play on the power play and on the penalty kill. Kapanen has above average skating, but excels with his ability to be elusive in tight areas using his shifty footwork
Viljami Marjala
A skilled offensive forward who can play at center or wing. An excellent skater and capable of making plays at high speed.
Max Plante
High-pace playmaker who shows flashes of elite hockey sense. Lack of size and inconsistency make him a boom-or-bust prospect with top-six upside.
Ryan Greene
Defense-minded center with pace and compete. Great one-on-one attacker but struggles when faced with opposition. Potential middle-six pivot with elite chance-suppressing numbers.
Mason West
The most pure-and intriguing-project of the 2025 class. With plenty of size, creativity and passing ability, the three-star quarterback also has miles of runway in ice hockey.
Emmitt Finnie
A complete two-way center who is developing his scoring touch. He appears to have beat the odds of his draft position and solidified himself as a meaningful NHL piece.
Lavr Gashilov
Intelligent, detailed C with good vision to match.
Cooper Williams
September 2026 - Cooper Williams is a smart, responsible two-way center the Toronto Maple Leafs selected 158th overall, a genuine value given that Craig Button of TSN ranked him around 30th. The catch is why he slid. After a 57-point rookie season with the Saskatoon Blades that made him a Western Hockey League Rookie of [...]
Doman Szongoth
September 2026 - Doman Szongoth is a diligent two-way center the Buffalo Sabres selected 156th overall, and a genuine piece of history: a Budapest native who became just the fourth Hungarian-born player ever drafted and the first since 2002. He spent 2025-26 with KooKoo's junior team in Finland's top under-20 league, posting 28 points in [...]