2025 NHL Draft Profiles: Goalies

Toronto has become so out there with the goalies they've drafted over the past several years, I almost didn't even want to make this list this year. The last three goalies they drafted in particular – Timofei Obvintsev, Dennis Hildeby, and Vyacheslav Peksa – came out of absolute nowhere. But I can't really say anything about goalies who are backups in a junior league in their D+1 or D+2 seasons when there are so many of those and no scouting reports to speak of.

So, just in case, here are 10 of the more well known names that I can actually tell you anything about them if Toronto changes things up and goes for one of the top goalies.

PYOTR ANDREYANOV

• League(s): MHL
• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 207 lbs
• Birthdate: January 22nd, 2007

I think the top goalie in the draft this year. I watched him a fair amount when I tried checking in on Obvintsev, since they were on the same team least year and this one. He's been a top goalie prospect in Russia for a couple of years now, especially since he grew a couple of inches and is no longer a "small" goalie. He was only one of three goalies to play in the MHL last year as a 16 year old, and had a .916 sv%. This year the league's best goalie had a .943 sv%, and Andreyanov was right behind him with a .942. He'll probably be taken earlier than I would want to go for any goalie, but if you really buy into the Russia as a goalie factory thing, he's one of the more hyped guys in recent years.

SEMYON FROLOV

• League(s): MHL
• Height: 6'3"
• Weight: 203 lbs
• Birthdate: January 17th, 2007

Arguably Russia's second best goalie prospect in this year's draft, he's a bit bigger than Andreyanov but doesn't have quite as good results – but his stats are still among the best in the league, and among the best for U18 Russian goalies in MHL history. From reading scouting reports on him and Andreyanov, it sounds like Frolov plays a lot more aggressively by playing at the top of the crease and cutting down angles. His style requires a mix of anticipating puck movement to keep himself square to shooters and not leaving the net wide open, but so far he's seemed to make it work. The reason why he isn't considered at the same level as Andreyanov is because there's some concern for how well he can manage that in better leagues, and if he can adjust and still perform as a top goalie when he does.

LOVE HÄRENSTAM

• League(s): J20 Nationell
• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 194 lbs
• Birthdate: January 18th, 2007

I think my favourite goalie in this year's draft, Härenstam is one of the top goalies from Sweden this year. He can reportedly be very inconsistent with his performances, but I can say I've seen him when he is at the top of his game and he can be downright unbeatable. He basically carried his team against Victor Johansson and Leksands, the best team in the regular season by record, facing an average of 40 shots per game across three games and winning two of the three games each by one goal. They weren't wide open shots from the blueline either, he made some very athletic saves from dangerous areas of the nice. The athleticism is what sells me on him, and I think with age and development if he learns to reign in some of the chaos and add some positional play to manage the easy shots then rely on the athleticism to make the more difficult ones, he can be something special.

JACK IVANKOVIC

• League(s): OHL
• Height: 5'11"
• Weight: 179 lbs
• Birthdate: May 22nd, 2007

I am certain that Ivankovic would be considered the unanimous top goalie prospect for Canada if he wasn't so small. However, he's actually gotten more of the starts for Team Canada in international play. He was almost perfect at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, he was even one of Canada's goalies at the World Juniors despite being so young, and he was easily Canada's top goalie at the recent World U18s where he won the best goalie award and had a .961 sv% in 6 games – and while Canada won gold, it was hardly a team full of their best possible talent. He gets rave reviews for his quickness and his positioning, with notes on his technical control even when he has to get scrambling. The reason why he's still pretty highly considered in this year's draft despite being listed as sub-6'0" is scouts have learned his father is 6'5" and reportedly had a big growth spurt when he was 19/20, so they're expecting him to go through something similar.

JOSHUA RAVENSBERGEN

• League(s): WHL
• Height: 6'5"
• Weight: 192 lbs
• Birthdate: November 27th, 2006

The other big hope from Canada for goalie prospects this year, Ravensbergen has typically been ranked as among if not the best goalie in the draft—in the first round, no less! He played for Prince George in the WHL, so I saw him a fair amount down the stretch when I was watching Borya Valis. He was pretty good in the regular season, but not so great in the playoffs. I won't say he lost them the series, but I do think he was one of the reasons why they were constantly playing from behind. It's the standard Canadian goalie overhype – he's big, he has better than average stats for goalies his age in the CHL, he's been one of Canada's top goalies for a couple of years now, and he's played for one of the top teams in his league. I wouldn't take him unless he somehow fell to the later rounds, but he almost certainly won't.

MICHAL PRADEL

• League(s): USHL
• Height: 6'5"
• Weight: 194 lbs
• Birthdate: March 10th, 2007

Pradel had some hype in this year's draft, but hasn't been included in the group of 5 or so "best" listed above. He split this season between Slovakia's junior and second tier pro league, and then made the jump to the USHL. His stats were always good, but not elite. His hype is a combination of his size and scouts liking his mechanics. Then he played as Slovakia's top goalie at the World U18 Championship and played very well – among all the top goalies who started more than a couple of games, he was second only behind Ivankovic with a .914 sv%. He helped get them to the medal rounds, and almost stole a bronze from the USA for his country. So now he has some big tournament hype, on top of the scouting hype he already had, and I'm seeing a few scouts now say they think he could be one of the first goalies off the board.

ALEXEI MEDVEDEV

• League(s): OHL
• Height: 6'1"
• Weight: 165 lbs
• Birthdate: September 10th, 2007

I quite like Medvedev. He is a Russian goalie playing in the OHL this year for the London Knights, and very young for this year's draft – only 6 days away from not being eligible until next year. His .912 sv% in 34 games was 4th in the entire OHL, and tops for all U18 goalies in the league. But his teammate, Austin Elliott who is 20 years old, was the league's top goalie even if Medvedev played in one more game. So far, he hasn't gotten into any playoff games. He gets good reviews for his technique and movement, and is typically considered to be in the same top tier of goalie prospects with those mentioned above. I have some worries about him looking better than he actually is because he played with the best team in the OHL, maybe the best team in the entire CHL. But if others are a bit worried about holes in his game, him being a bit smaller, and about how good he is vs how good his team was, I'd be interested in him from the third round or later.

LUCAS BECKMAN

• League(s): QMJHL
• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 194 lbs
• Birthdate: August 23rd, 2007

One of the more underrated goalies from Canada, Beckman is a much younger goalie with a late August birthday. He had the fourth best sv% in the QMJHL among those with a starter's workload, and the 7th best so far in the playoffs with a .925. Scouts like his lateral quickness and a tight technique, but worry about slower recovery when he makes a move or gets set to face one shot. I like him as a more realistic option for Toronto, because I think he's more likely to be available in the mid to late rounds. He was Canada's backup goalie at the World U18s, behind Ivankovic. He got into one full game against Latvia and one period against Norway, and while they were definitely weaker competition he had a stellar .955 sv%.

MICHAEL MCIVOR

• League(s): OHL
• Height: 6'1"
• Weight: 174 lbs
• Birthdate: March 22nd, 2006

The first re-entry goalie on this list, I lowkey liked McIvor quite a bit. He's a touch on the small side, and didn't play that much last year for North Bay as he was initially their third goalie. He won the main backup position in the second half, then won the starter's role early in the playoffs. Despite playing on a rebuilding team this season, he finished in a tie with the 5th best sv% – better than NHL drafted goalies his age like Ryerson Leenders, Carter George, and Nathaniel Day. He gets good reviews for his composure and calmness that looks bigger in the net than he actually is because of his posture and technique.

ANDREI TROFIMOV

• League(s): MHL
• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 170 lbs
• Birthdate: July 20th, 2006

Another re-entry, there's no illusions why Trofimov was not drafted last year. He played in only two games in the MHL last season, and only 13 in Russia's U18 junior league otherwise. This year, he played as the 1B goalie for Magnitogorsk's MHL team but had the better stats (.919 sv%) than the 1A goalie, who has also gotten all the playoff starts so far. There aren't a lot of scouting reports on him, but in the bits I've caught of his games I liked him. He seems like the kind of relatively obscure, re-entry goalie out of Russia who hasn't gotten as much of a chance that Toronto has taken in years past (Peksa, Obvintsev) so I'm including him as much because of that hunch as anything.

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