Okay, yesterday was fun/boring/went long/etc., but today is the day the Leafs get to play.

The second day of the draft will be looooong, so be prepared.

Rounds 2-7: June 28, 12PM ET on Sportsnet, SN1, NHL Network, ESPN+

We'll have articles up today on each Leafs pick, and you can find Brian's articles here:

NHL Draft - PPP Leafs
Coverage of the NHL Entry Draft and draft prospects.
PPP LeafsAdam Selvig

In other news, there was the first round:

2025 NHL Draft: Day One recap
All the picks, trades, and deals from the lead up to pick 32
PPP LeafsAdam Selvig

And there were a host of trades and signings yesterday, notably John Tavares (yay!) and Sam Bennett re-signed with Florida (Also Yay!). Noah Dobson did a sign and trade to Montréal (booooo!) and if you want to keep track of who has signed a contract, there are several options as both TSN and Sportsnet have pages for signings and trades, but puckpedia links you to team and contract information.

https://puckpedia.com/#signings

https://puckpedia.com/#trades

There will be tonnes of comments today on all the prospects added to the Leafs, so that's enough reading for now. See you at noon.

Brian's Day Two Takes

A bunch of my favourite guys were already taken last night: Bill Zonnon, Vaclav Nestrasil, Ryker Lee, and Henry Brzustewicz. Here's a quick list of who's still left to start day two:

  • Cole McKinney
  • Ben Kevan
  • Cameron Schmidt
  • Carter Amico
  • Haoxi Wang
  • Max Psenicka
  • Quinn Beauchesne
  • Alexander Zharovsky
  • Hayden Paupanekis
  • Gustav Hillstrom
  • Michal Svrcek
  • Edison Engle
  • Sean Barnhill
  • Kurban Limatov
  • Karl Annborn
  • Maxim Agafonov


In addition to that, here are the surprises who are still available from Bob's rankings:

  • Malcolm Spence
  • Milton Gastrin
  • Blake Fiddler
  • Eric Nilson

Here are some other names to watch that have interested me but I haven't written about:

  • Mason Moe
  • Brandon Gorzynski
  • Kirill Yemelyanov
  • Kieren Dervin
  • Connor Davis
  • Owen Martin
  • Cooper Simpson
  • Nicolas Sykora
  • Liam Pettersson
  • Anthony Allain-Samaké
  • Ilyas Magomedsultanov
  • Bogdan Pestretsov

Let's hope the picks come in a lot faster than they did for the first round!

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