NHL Entry Draft was another success for the WHL. In the end, 33 WHLers heard their names called as they were drafted into the NHL. This includes nine in the first round, which accounts for 28.125% of the picks.

The New York Rangers made eight selections at the 2025 NHL Draft, with six of them defensemen. With the organization’s blue line prospect pool thinned out in recent years, this draft was clearly about restocking it.

Five players with ties to the Sioux Falls Stampede were selected in rounds 2 through 7 of the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft on Saturday. Active Stampede players Brent Solomon and Ethan Wyttenbach heard their names called,