Thirty-two Nationwide Hockey League groups are getting ready to participate on this weekend’s 2025 NHL Draft, and their prime associates are prepared and ready for the following wave of younger American Hockey League stars to start their skilled careers.
In 2024-25, a complete of 245 former first- and second-round draft picks performed within the American Hockey League, together with Jonathan Lekkerimäki (fifteenth total in 2022), Danila Klimovich (forty first in 2021), Aatu Räty (52nd in 2021), Jett Woo (thirty seventh in 2018) and Phil Di Giuseppe (thirty eighth in 2012) from the 2025 Calder Cup champion Abbotsford Canucks.
Twenty first- and second-rounders from the 2023 NHL Draft alone skated within the AHL this previous season, led by Springfield’s Dalibor Dvorsky (tenth) and Chicago’s Bradly Nadeau (thirtieth). Dvorsky and Nadeau have been chosen to the 2024-25 AHL Prime Prospects Staff, the place they have been joined by Chicago’s Scott Morrow (fortieth in 2021), Rochester’s Konsta Helenius (14th in 2024), and Laval’s Logan Mailloux (thirty first in 2021).
Different first-round picks within the AHL in 2024-25 included:
2024 picks Artyom Levshunov (2nd total), Jett Luchanko (thirteenth), Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (fifteenth) and Stian Solberg (twenty third);
2023 picks David Reinbacher (fifth total), Nate Danielson (ninth), Sam Honzek (sixteenth), Axel Sandin-Pellikka (seventeenth), Eduard Šalé (twentieth), Otto Stenberg (twenty fifth) and Quentin Musty (twenty sixth);
2022 picks Simon Nemec (2nd total), David Jiříček (sixth), Kevin Korchinski (seventh), Marco Kasper (eighth), Matthew Savoie (ninth), Conor Geekie (eleventh), Denton Mateychuk (twelfth), Frank Nazar (thirteenth), Rutger McGroarty (14th), Noah Östlund (sixteenth), Joakim Kemell (seventeenth), Lian Bichsel (18th), Liam Öhgren (nineteenth), Ivan Miroshnichenko (twentieth), Owen Pickering (twenty first), Nathan Gaucher (twenty second), Filip Mešár (twenty sixth), Filip Bystedt (twenty seventh), Jiří Kulich (twenty eighth), Maveric Lamoureux (twenty ninth), Brad Lambert (thirtieth) and Reid Schaefer (thirty second);
2021 picks Tyler Boucher (tenth total), Matt Coronato (thirteenth), Isak Rosen (14th), Sebastien Cossa (fifteenth), Brennan Othmann (sixteenth), Zachary Bolduc (seventeenth), Chaz Lucius (18th), Fedor Svechkov (nineteenth), Jesper Wallstedt (twentieth), Fabian Lysell (twenty first), Xavier Bourgault (twenty second), Corson Ceulemans (twenty fifth), Carson Lambos (twenty sixth), Zach L’Heureux (twenty seventh), Oskar Olausson (twenty eighth), Chase Stillman (twenty ninth), Zach Dean (thirtieth) and Nolan Allan (thirty second);
2020 picks Alexander Holtz (seventh), Yaroslav Askarov (eleventh), Shakir Mukhamadullin (twentieth), Hendrix Lapierre (twenty second), Jacob Perreault (twenty seventh), Brendan Brisson (twenty ninth) and Ozzy Wiesblatt (thirty first);
and 2019 selections Ville Heinola (twentieth), Sam Poulin (twenty first), Tobias Bjornfot (twenty second), Jakob Pelletier (twenty sixth), Nolan Foote (twenty seventh), Ryan Suzuki (twenty eighth), Brayden Tracey (twenty ninth) and Ryan Johnson (thirty first);
The New York Islanders, mum or dad membership of the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders, personal the primary decide on this yr’s draft, which will get underway on Friday night time in Los Angeles.
