NHL Central Scouting has released their first official draft ranking for 2025. Let's see how the OHL players were ranked. In total, 67 were listed. I'll be releasing my own midseason rankings very shortly (likely by the end of the month), in addition to the preliminary media/scout poll. See below for some commentary on these rankings.
Skaters
1. Matthew Schaefer (1)
2. Michael Misa (3)
3. Porter Martone (4)
4. Jake O'Brien (8)
5. Malcolm Spence (14)
6. Kashawn Aitcheson (15)
7. Jack Nesbitt (16)
8. Brady Martin (17)
9. Henry Brzustewicz (19)
10. Simon Wang (23)
11. Cameron Reid (27)
12. Luca Romano (35)
13. David Bedkowski (38)
14. Ethan Czata (41)
15. Kristian Epperson (45)
16. Evan Passmore (55)
17. Jimmy Lombardi (64)
18. Tyler Hopkins (68)
19. Shamar Moses (71)
20. Daniil Skvortsov (79)
21. Lucas Karmiris (83)
22. Quinn Beauchesne (84)
23. Lirim Amidovski (85)
24. Carson Cameron (87)
25. Kieren Dervin (95)
26. Jake Crawford (98)
27. Lauri Sinivuori (100)
28. Josh Glavin (103)
29. Noah Jenken (104)
30. Carson Harmer (106)
31. Lev Katzin (107)
32. Caden Taylor (113)
33. Aidan Lane (114)
34. Harry Nansi (116)
35. Travis Hayes (117)
36. Oliver Turner (132)
37. Filip Ekberg (136)
38. Jordan Charron (138)
39. Joshua Avery (141)
40. Callum Hughes (152)
41. Tanner Lam (175)
42. Parker Holmes (177)
43. Jonathan Kapageridis (178)
44. Parker Snelgrove (179)
45. Aiden Young (183)
46. Blake Arrowsmith (186)
47. Noah Read (187)
48. Liam Beamish (190)
49. Jacob Cloutier (193)
50. Owen Griffin (197)
51. Anthony Cristoforo (199)
52. Tristan Delisle (201)
53. Max Dirracolo (205)
54. Evan Van Gorp (215)
55. Ruslan Karimov (216)
56. Shaan Kingwell (219)
57. Carter Kostuch (220)
LV - Luke Dragusica
Goaltenders
1. Aleksei Medvedev (2)
2. Jack Ivankovic (5)
3. Trenten Bennett (9)
4. Ben Hrebik (10)
5. Matthew Koporowski (12)
6. Michael McIvor (22)
7. Jaeden Nelson (26)
8. Michael Newlove (27)
9. David Egorov (31)
Full list is here.
Comments:
1. I think one of the things that really stood out to me (and to the general public) was the ranking of Aleksei Medvedev ahead of Jack Ivankovic. I think, given Jack's lack of size, it was only a matter of time before other goaltenders started passing him in the eyes of scouting organizations. I have these two neck and neck on my rankings now. Medvedev isn't just a netminder playing behind a strong team, he's earned the movement up rankings.
2. Cameron Reid is a player that I'm just a bit higher on than NHL Central Scouting. That's actually probably the lowest ranking I've seen of him (as essentially a mid second rounder). I would suspect that their concerns are that he's a jack of all trades type who also doesn't possess terrific size, making him higher risk to be an impact player at the next level. Where as I would argue that his skating and sense are both high end traits that can carry him above that label.
3. Interesting to see Kristian Epperson ranked as a near second round prospect. It's something that I agree with. He's been sensational for Saginaw. It would have been great to see him at the OHL Top Prospect's Game (perhaps playing with someone other than Misa), but he had to bow out due to injury.
4. Simon Wang continues to be a hot discussion topic. That's going to be the case for the rest of the year. Not to my surprise, he's struggled in his minimal time with Oshawa. But, Wang has always been a long term play. He's raw. You are banking on his elite physical tools rising above the questionable puck skill and two-way sense. He hasn't been playing hockey as long as the other players in this age group, so you hope that he can catch up because he's such an elite athlete. That's going to make him worth the gamble in the top 50 or a DND for people.
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