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2025 NHL Staff Mock Draft 2.0: Schaefer goes No. 1, but where do Misa, Desnoyers and Hagens land?

The Athletic NHL Staff
June 11, 2025 6:00 am CDT

The 2025 NHL Draft is just over two weeks away, so after doing a mock draft following the lottery, we reconvened our staff of NHL reporters to make selections for the entire first round.

This is their best attempt to predict what will happen on draft day based on their knowledge of the teams they cover and what those teams covet in players. Trades were allowed in this exercise, and there was one agreed upon that sent Vancouver’s No. 15 pick to Boston.

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19. Logan Hensler

Commentary

I debated between Cameron Reid and Hensler, but ultimately went with the right-shot Hensler, who has more size. I know the Blues took a right-shot D with their first-round pick in 2024 (Adam Jiricek). He may turn out to be a solid NHL defenseman, but he’s been limited by injuries, and it wouldn’t hurt to add another high-end pick on that side. Goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen was tempting, but the highest the Blues have drafted a goalie under GM Doug Armstrong was Colten Ellis in the third round (No. 93) in 2019. On the flip side, they haven’t taken a single goalie in the last four years, so perhaps this is the year. — Jeremy Rutherford

Bio Info
Position: RHD
Height: 6' 2.25"
Team: Wisconsin
Weight: 192 Ibs

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