2025 NHL Draft Profile: Michal Svrcek

Svrcek may not be the most highly skilled player I am profiling this year, but he is still very fun to watch because of his high speed, pace, energy and tenacity that seems ideal as a third-line play-driver and supporting winger.

Monday's FTB: What's on for this week?

Not a lot. Two games at most of the SCF.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Gustav Hillström

Hillström is a player for people who loved Fraser Minten. He's a big, solid, smart two-way pure centre with skill to help facilitate and connect offense even if it doesn't generate goals and points for himself.

PPP After Dark: Still more hockey to watch

Back to fabulous Edmonton we go.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Hayden Paupanekis

Paupanekis seems like an ideal third line centre candidate with a mix of size, physical play on both sides of the puck, and defense that make him seem like a solid bet as a third or even second round pick.

Weekend FTB: Let the overpay Mitch Marner sweepstakes begin!

It's nice that the Leafs aren't actually in on one of these for once.

Signing and Trading and Cap Space

Or why you might not get news too quickly this June.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Ryker Lee

Lee is up there with Zharovsky for the most purely fun skilled player on my list of draft profiles this year, with some similar but some different weaknesses that make him more likely to be a second- or third-round pick.

Friday's FTB: Maybe you need a goalie?

Or some defending. Or both.

PPP After Dark: There's still hockey?

It's not even dark yet!

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Alexander Zharovsky

Zharovsky is one of the most purely fun, skilled players I've watched this year, but has question marks around the quality of competition he faced and how well you can project him to pro hockey.

Thursday's FTB: Game 4 and Awards on tap

More hockey. Hopefully it's actually hockey and not another line brawl.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Quinn Beauchesne

Beauchesne is an averaged sized, right shot defenseman who has potential as a solid all around two-way defenseman. He may not have a lot of hype, but he's quietly been one of the more effective defenders in the OHL.

Wednesday's FTB: It's fine season

No suspensions, just the $5k fines.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Max Psenicka

Psenicka made the jump from Czechia to the WHL halfway through the season but has made an immediate impact and big improvements already in his short time with Portland.

Tuesday's FTB: Oilers and Sceptres Fall Apart

One of these events was on purpose.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Haoxi (Simon) Wang

Wang will be the third ever Chinese-born player to be drafted to the NHL, thanks to his mix of size and skating and raw potential as a defenseman.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Henry Brzustewicz

Brzustewicz is an interesting but raw two-way defenseman prospect who played with Cowan on the prospect factory that is the London Knights, and may be relatively unknown because of how blocked he is by the pure talent on the best team in the OHL.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Carter Amico

Amico is arguably the best of the big defensive defensemen in this draft as far as his pure potentia. But a big question mark is a season-ending injury that kept him out of almost the entire year.

Weekend FTB: Overtime

The Panthers won, tying the series

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Cameron Schmidt

Schmidt is one of the smallest players in this draft, and the age old question of if he has enough skill to make up for that will likely see him fall a lot at the draft.

Friday FTB: Updating PWHL expansion and Game 2

Memorial cup champion goalie Austin Elliott will be at Leafs training camp.

2025 NHL Draft Profile: Ben Kevan

Kevan is one of my favourite prospects to watch in this year's draft in terms of pure fun with the puck on his stick, but he has some underrated off-puck skills to make him an interesting swing.
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