General manager Danny Briere and assistant general manager Brent Flahr will hold their pre-draft press conference Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. You can stream it live here on our YouTube page.

Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held June 27-28 at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The first round will be held June 27 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS), with rounds 2-7 on June 28 (Noon ET;

And lest you think O'Brien is an offense-only guy, let me reassure you: his dedication to being defensively responsible is just as high-priority for him as his dedication to pulling off passes to his teammates.

The WHL is set to play a big role in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Leading up to the draft, we at The Hockey News will be profiling some of the players who are projected to hear their names called at the end of June.

First-year NHL Draft-eligible prospects aren't the only players hoping to hear their names called at some point during the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft. There are several notable players passed over in the 2024 NHL Draft hoping for another shot.

This is about projecting five years down the road, and mostly focusing on what teams have in their farm system.

You can excuse Caleb Desnoyers if he looked tired at the NHL scouting combine. Over the last month, the draft prospect was named the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s playoff MVP after helping Moncton beat Rimouski in the championship series.

A new mock draft not only has the Bruins drafting a center at No. 7 overall, but also acquiring the No. 15 pick from Vancouver.

Just over two weeks from draft day, we reconvened our staff of NHL reporters to make selections for the entire first round.

Jackson Smith, one of the hockey's top defensive prospects, commits to the Penn State Nittany Lions for the 2025-26 season.