2025 NHL DraftPicks

2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 1

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Aug 18 2022
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The Montreal Canadiens acquired Sean Monahan and a conditional 2025 1st round pick from the Calgary Flames for Future Considerations

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Jun 19 2024
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The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom from the Calgary Flames for Kevin Bahl and a 2025 1st round pick

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Aug 23 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Yaroslav Askarov, Nolan Burke, and a 2025 3rd round pick from the Nashville Predators for Magnus Chrona, David Edstrom, and a 2025 1st round pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Tomas Hertl, a 2025 3rd round pick, and 2027 3rd round pick from the San Jose Sharks for David Edstrom and 2025 1st round pick

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Feb 26 2023
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Tanner Jeannot from the Nashville Predators for Cal Foote, a 2025 1st round pick, 2024 2nd round pick, 2023 3rd round pick, 2023 4th round pick, and 2023 5th round pick.

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Feb 27 2023
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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty, 2024 Conditional 5th Round Pick and 2025 Conditional 5th Round Pick from the Chicago Blackhawks for 2025 conditional 1st Round Pick, 2026 2nd Round pick, Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev

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Mar 6 2024
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The Colorado Avalanche acquired Sean Walker and 2026 5th Round Pick from the Philadelphia Flyers for Ryan Johansen and conditional 2025 1st Round Pick

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Jun 28 2024
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The Edmonton Oilers acquired a 2024 1st round pick (#32) from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2025 conditional 1st round pick

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Jul 22 2022
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The Florida Panthers acquired Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional 2025 fourth round pick from the Calgary Flames for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and conditional 2025 first round pick

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 2

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Jan 8 2024
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The Anaheim Ducks acquired Cutter Gauthier from the Philadelphia Flyers for Jamie Drysdale and 2025 second round pick

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Jun 6 2023
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The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired Kevin Connauton from the Philadelphia Flyers for 2023 1st round pick (#22) and 2024 conditional 2nd round pick

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Aug 6 2023
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The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Mike Hoffman and Rem Pitlick from the Montreal Canadiens for Jeff Petry, Casey DeSmith, Nathan Legare, and 2025 2nd Round Pick

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Aug 20 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Philip Broberg from the Edmonton Oilers for a 2025 2nd round pick as offer sheet compensation

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Aug 13 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired 2025 2nd Round Pick and 2026 5th Round Pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins for 2026 2nd Round Pick and 2025 3rd Round Pick

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Jun 29 2024
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The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Kevin Hayes and a 2025 2nd round pick from the St. Louis Blues for future considerations

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May 21 2024
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Ryan McDonagh and a 2024 4th round pick from the Nashville Predators for a 2025 2nd round pick and 2024 7th round pick

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Jun 29 2024
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The Los Angeles Kings acquired Tanner Jeannot from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2025 2nd round pick and 2024 4th round pick (#118)

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Jun 29 2024
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The Utah Hockey Club acquired Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lightning for JJ Moser, Conor Geekie, a 2025 2nd round pick, and a 2024 7th round pick (#199)

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Feb 19 2022
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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Ryan Dzingel and Ilya Lyubushkin from the Arizona Coyotes for Nick Ritchie and conditional pick (2023 third round pick OR 2025 second round pick)

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Jun 27 2024
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The Washington Capitals acquired Andrew Mangiapane from the Calgary Flames for a 2025 2nd round pick

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Mar 1 2023
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The Colorado Avalanche acquired Lars Eller from the Washington Capitals for a 2025 2nd Round Pick

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Feb 23 2023
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The Boston Bruins acquired Garnet Hathaway from the Washington Capitals for Craig Smith, 2023 1st Round Pick, 2025 2nd Round Pick, and 2024 3rd Round Pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The Winnipeg Jets acquired Tyler Toffoli from the New Jersey Devils for a 2025 2nd round pick and 2024 3rd round pick

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Mar 2 2023
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The Dallas Stars acquired Max Domi and Dylan Wells from the Chicago Blackhawks for Anton Khudobin and 2025 2nd Round Pick

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Jun 28 2024
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The Utah Hockey Club acquired a 2024 1st round pick (#24) from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2024 2nd round pick (#38), 2024 3rd round pick (#71), and a 2025 2nd round pick

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Jul 13 2022
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The Arizona Coyotes acquired Patrik Nemeth, 2025 second round pick and conditional 2026 second round pick from New York Rangers for Ty Emberson

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Jun 29 2024
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The Utah Hockey Club acquired John Marino and a 2024 5th round pick (#153) from the New Jersey Devils for a 2024 2nd round pick (#49) and 2025 2nd round pick

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Jul 7 2022
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The Arizona Coyotes acquired Zack Kassian, 2022 1st Round Pick (#29), 2024 3rd Round Pick and 2025 2nd Round Pick from the Edmonton Oilers for 2022 1st Round Pick (#32)

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Jun 29 2024
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The Florida Panthers acquired a 2024 2nd round pick (#58) from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2025 2nd round pick and 2024 7th round pick (#225)

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 3

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Mar 8 2024
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The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Tomas Hertl, a 2025 3rd round pick, and 2027 3rd round pick from the San Jose Sharks for David Edstrom and 2025 1st round pick

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Jun 29 2024
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The Chicago Blackhawks acquired a 2024 3rd round pick from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2025 3rd round pick

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Aug 13 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired 2025 2nd Round Pick and 2026 5th Round Pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins for 2026 2nd Round Pick and 2025 3rd Round Pick

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Jul 2 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 3rd round pick from the Ottawa Senators for future considerations

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Mar 8 2024
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The New Jersey Devils acquired Jake Allen from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2025 3rd round pick

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Aug 13 2024
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The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Cody Glass, 2025 3rd Round Pick and 2026 6th Round Pick from Nashville Predators for Jordan Frasca

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Jun 29 2024
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The Philadelphia Flyers acquired a 2024 2nd round pick (#59) from the Nashville Predators for a 2024 3rd round pick (#118) and 2025 3rd round pick

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Jun 28 2024
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The Minnesota Wild acquired a 2024 1st round pick (#12) from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2024 1st round pick (#13) and a 2025 3rd round pick

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Aug 20 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Dylan Holloway from the Edmonton Oilers for a 2025 3rd round pick as offer sheet compensation

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Jun 29 2024
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The Washington Capitals acquired Logan Thompson from the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 3rd round pick (#83) and a 2025 3rd round pick

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Jun 29 2024
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The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Alexander Holtz and Akira Schmid from the New Jersey Devils for Paul Cotter and a 2025 3rd round pick

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Jun 30 2024
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Jake Guentzel from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2025 3rd round pick

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Feb 29 2024
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The Anaheim Ducks acquired 2025 3rd Round Pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Kirill Slepets (part of Ilya Lyubushkin double retention trade)

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Aug 23 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Yaroslav Askarov, Nolan Burke, and a 2025 3rd round pick from the Nashville Predators for Magnus Chrona, David Edstrom, and a 2025 1st round pick

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Mar 7 2024
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The Colorado Avalanche acquired Yakov Trenin and Graham Sward from the Nashville Predators for Jeremy Hanzel and 2025 3rd Round Pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Evgeny Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals for 2025 3rd round pick

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Sep 19 2023
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The Montreal Canadiens acquired Tanner Pearson and a 2025 3rd round pick from the Vancouver Canucks for Casey DeSmith

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Oct 29 2024
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The Utah Hockey Club acquired Olli Maatta from the Detroit Red Wings for a 2025 3rd round pick

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Feb 28 2023
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The New York Rangers Acquired Patrick Kane from the Arizona Coyotes for a 2025 conditional 3rd Round Pick

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Oct 31 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Timothy Liljegren from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Matt Benning, a 2026 6th round pick and a Conditional 2025 3rd round pick

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Aug 18 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Cody Ceci and 2025 3rd Round Pick from the Edmonton Oilers for Ty Emberson

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Mar 6 2024
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The Florida Panthers acquired Vladimir Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators for a 2024 4th round pick (converted to 2026 3rd Round pick) and 2025 3rd round pick

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 4

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Aug 18 2024
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The Edmonton Oilers acquired Vasily Podkolzin from the Vancouver Canucks for 2025 4th Round Pick

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Jul 15 2024
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The Ottawa Senators acquired Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson from the Edmonton Oilers for Roby Jarventie and a 2025 4th round pick

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Jul 22 2022
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The Florida Panthers acquired Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional 2025 fourth round pick from the Calgary Flames for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and conditional 2025 first round pick

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Aug 18 2023
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The Anaheim Ducks acquired Ilya Lyubushkin from the Buffalo Sabres for 2025 4th Round Pick

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Mar 3 2023
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The Minnesota Wild acquired John Klingberg from the Anaheim Ducks for Andrej Sustr, Nikita Nesterenko, and a 2025 4th round pick

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Jul 3 2024
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The Anaheim Ducks acquired Robby Fabbri and a 2025 conditional 4th Round Pick from the Detroit Red Wings for Gage Alexander

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Jun 28 2024
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Alexandre Texier from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2025 4th round pick

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Feb 17 2023
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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Ryan O'Reilly and Josh Pillar from the Minnesota Wild for 2025 4th Round Pick

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Aug 15 2023
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The Detroit Red Wings acquired Jeff Petry from the Montreal Canadiens for Gustav Lindstrom and 2025 Conditional 4th Round Pick

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Mar 2 2023
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The Boston Bruins acquired Tyler Bertuzzi from the Detroit Red Wings for a 2024 1st round pick and a 2025 4th round pick

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Jun 19 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Ty Dellandrea from the Dallas Stars for a 2025 4th round pick

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Mar 3 2023
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The Winnipeg Jets acquired Vladislav Namestnikov from the San Jose Sharks for a 2025 4th round pick

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Oct 6 2024
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The Vancouver Canucks acquired Erik Brannstrom from the Colorado Avalanche for Tucker Poolman and 2025 4th Round Pick

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Mar 6 2024
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The New York Rangers acquired Alexander Wennberg from the Seattle Kraken for 2024 2nd Round Pick and 2025 4th Round Pick

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Sep 19 2022
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The Dallas Stars acquired Nils Lundkvist from the New York Rangers for a 2023 conditional first round pick and 2025 conditional fourth round pick

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Feb 28 2023
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The Chicago Blackhawks acquired 2023 conditional 2nd Round Pick, 2025 4th Round Pick and Andy Welinski from the New York Rangers for Cooper Zech (part of Patrick Kane double retention trade)

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Mar 6 2024
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The Edmonton Oilers acquired Adam Henrique from Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional 2026 4th Round Pick

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 5

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Jul 1 2023
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Anthony Duclair from the Florida Panthers for Steven Lorentz and a 2025 5th round pick

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Mar 7 2024
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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Joel Edmundson from the Washington Capitals for 2024 3rd Round Pick and 2025 5th Round Pick

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Feb 27 2023
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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty, 2024 Conditional 5th Round Pick and 2025 Conditional 5th Round Pick from the Chicago Blackhawks for 2025 conditional 1st Round Pick, 2026 2nd Round pick, Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev

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Jul 1 2023
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The New Jersey Devils acquired Colin Miller from the Dallas Stars for a 2025 5th round pick

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Nov 23 2022
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The Minnesota Wild acquired Ryan Reaves from the New York Rangers for 2025 fifth round pick

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Aug 9 2023
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The Carolina Hurricanes acquired David Kase from the Philadelphia Flyers for Massimo Rizzo and a 2025 fifth round pick

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Jul 1 2024
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The New York Rangers acquired Reilly Smith from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2027 2nd round pick and conditional 2025 5th round pick

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Mar 6 2024
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The Edmonton Oilers acquired Sam Carrick, Ty Taylor and 2024 7th Round Pick from the Anaheim Ducks for 2024 1st Round Pick and conditional 2025 5th Round Pick

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 6

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Jun 29 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired a 2024 3rd round pick (#82) from the New Jersey Devils for a 2024 3rd round pick (#85) and 2025 6th round pick

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Jun 29 2024
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The Washington Capitals acquired a 2024 7th round pick (#212) from the vegas Golden Knights for a 2025 6th round pick

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2025 NHL Entry Draft | Round 7

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Mar 7 2024
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Anthony Duclair and 2025 7th round pick from the San Jose Sharks for Jack Thompson and 2024 3rd round pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Matt Dumba and a 2025 7th round pick from the Arizona Coyotes for a 2027 5th round pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The New Jersey Devils acquired Kaapo Kahkonen from the San Jose Sharks for Vitek Vanecek and 2025 7th round pick

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Nov 8 2023
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The Minnesota Wild acquired Zach Bogosian from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2025 7th round pick

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Mar 3 2023
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Jakub Vrana from the Detroit Red Wings for Dylan McLaughlin and a 2025 7th round pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The San Jose Sharks acquired Devin Cooley from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2025 7th round pick

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Jun 29 2023
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The Washington Capitals acquired a 2023 7th round pick (#206) from the San Jose Sharks for a 2025 7th round pick

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Mar 2 2023
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The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Jonathan Quick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Michael Hutchinson and a 2025 7th round pick

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Mar 3 2023
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The Nashville Predators acquired Rasmus Asplund from Buffalo Sabres for a 2025 7th round pick

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Mar 8 2024
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The Florida Panthers acquired Magnus Hellberg from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Ludovic Waeber and a 2025 conditional 7th round pick (condition not met)

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Mar 8 2024
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The Florida Panthers acquired Magnus Hellberg from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Ludovic Waeber and a 2025 conditional 7th round pick (condition not met)

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About The NHL Draft

The NHL Entry Draft is an assembly of NHL franchises, during which teams take turns selecting the rights to amateur ice hockey players. Players are selected from junior or collegiate leagues, as well as professional European league players who meet the draft requirements two to three months after the previous season has concluded. For North American players to be eligible, they should have reached the age of 18 on or before September 15 of the draft year, and should be below 20 years of age before December 31st. For European and international players, the age range is between 18 and 21 years of age.

NHL Draft History

The first NHL Draft was held on June 5, 1963 in Montreal. During this time, the conference was called the NHL Amateur Draft, because only players between 18 and 20 years of age from non-professional leagues were eligible. The title was eventually changed to NHL Entry Draft in 1980, when professional players (from age 18 to 20) from the defunct World Hockey Association (WHA) joined the league through the draft, with the exception of Wayne Gretzky, who came to the NHL undrafted as part of an agreement for WHA teams to bring over a limited number of players.

NHL Draft Lottery

Throughout NHL draft history, there have been many changes in the draft lottery format. From 1963 up to 1994, draft order was determined in reverse order of the team standings, so the team that finished last during the previous season was allowed to make the first pick. In 1995, the NHL changed the way the draft selections were awarded. All non-playoff teams would be entered in a lottery, and the winner would move up by as many as 4 picks. The chances of winning the lottery weighed heavily on the teams at the bottom of the regular season standings. In 2013, the NHL made another alteration to the draft lottery process. Instead of allowing the lottery winner to move up by 4 draft spots, the winner would now move all the way up to the number one spot. Recently, in 2016, the NHL draft lottery format was modified once again. This time, the top 3 picks were all drawn through the lottery, instead of simply holding a lottery for the first overall pick.

NHL Expansion Draft

Occasionally, whenever the NHL expanded, they would need to stock the new team with players through an expansion draft. During an NHL Expansion Draft, existing teams would submit a list of 'protected' players, who are not to be included in the draft, and the expansion teams would instead choose players who are not on the lists.

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