The NHL Draft is a week away and the craziness of the buildup is well underway. Predicting the first round is always difficult, because so much information flies around and it's hard to separate fact from fiction. With smokescreens, misdirection and other sorts of gamesmanship afoot, one can never be too sure.

The 2025 NHL Draft is almost here and it has been one of the trickiest years to both predict and to project out players in. The class itself is not the most exciting top to bottom, but there is plenty of value to be mined out of this class. The work put in by scouts will only be more important in a season like this where that talent thins out a bit quicker than normal and teams have to dissect players even further to make their critical draft-day decisions.

FloSports a conclu un partenariat média global de sept ans avec la Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec (LHJMQ), l'une des ligues juniors les plus prestigieuses au monde. Ce partenariat fera de FloHockey la plateforme mondiale pour le visionnement en direct et sur demande de l’intégralité de la saison régulière, des séries éliminatoires et des événements majeurs de la LHJMQ. L’accord prendra effet dès la saison 2025-2026 et se poursuivra jusqu’en 2032.

The Q is coming to FloSports. As it was announced Friday, the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League will stream all games on FloHockey starting with the 2025-26 season as part of a landmark seven-year partnership that runs through 2032.

The 2025 NHL Draft Lottery was held Monday night with the New York Islanders coming out as the big winner, moving up nine spots to earn the first overall pick. They will have the No. 1 selection for the first time since 2009 when the team drafted future captain John Tavares.

OTTAWA – The preliminary round is over and the quarterfinals are set. Team USA and Team Sweden have won their respective groups, earning the top seeds as the elimination round has begun.

OSHAWA, Ontario – Team CHL scored in the opening minute and final minute of regulation to earn a 3-2 win and the sweep of Team USA in the inaugural CHL USA Prospects Challenge. Cole Reschny scored with 1:12 to play in regulation to seal the victory and the sweep, sending the partisan crowd home happy.

The CHL has named its captains for this month’s CHL-USA Prospects Challenge as Porter Martone will wear the C and be joined by alternate captains Caleb Desnoyers, Blake Fiddler and Matthew Schaefer.

Canada’s 2024 World Junior Championship and quest for a third consecutive gold medal ended today in Gothenburg in a quarterfinal loss to the Czechs. This is the first time since 2019 in Vancouver that Canada has failed to reach the final game of the tournament, having appeared in each of the last four gold-medal games.

As Canada prepares to go for its third consecutive gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, they'll do so with a lineup that is light on experience, but long on talent. Hockey Canada has had to shuffle its roster in the days leading up to the tournament, however, leaving some uncertainty about their ultimate medal hopes.

Canada’s bid for three straight gold medals at the World Junior Championship hit an important milestone Monday as the roster for Hockey Canada’s selection camp was announced. Thirty players will be competing for spots on the final roster and as usual, Canada will enter the tournament with a great chance at being champion.

Every year, there are a number of players I’ve gotten some views on that I liked, but probably not enough to include in a top 100. There will be 224 players selected over June 28-29 and probably as many as 350 players that have a reason to believe they at least have a chance to be drafted.