Bruins receive No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft

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The Boston Bruins officially own the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft - which is set to take place on June 27th and June 28th, 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

After finishing the season with the league's fifth worst record, the Bruins held the following draft odds entering Monday night's NHL Draft Lottery:

No. 1 - 8.5%

No. 2- 8.6%

No. 3 - 0.3%

No. 4 - 0.0%

No. 5 - 24.5%

No. 6 - 44.0%

No. 7 - 14.2%

Unfortunately, they ended up receiving the lowest pick they possibly could have and fell two spots to No. 7 overall. Here are the official lottery results:

No. 1 - New York Islanders

No. 2 - San Jose Sharks

No. 3 - Chicago Blackhawks

No. 4 - Utah Hockey Club

No. 5 - Nashville Predators

No. 6 - Philadelphia Flyers

No. 7 - Boston Bruins

No. 8 - Seattle Kraken

No. 9 - Buffalo Sabres

No. 10 - Anaheim Ducks

No. 11 - Pittsburgh Penguins

No. 12 - NY Rangers

No. 13 - Detroit Red Wings

No. 14 - Columbus Blue Jackets

No. 15 - Vancouver Canucks

No. 16 - Montreal Canadiens

Matthew Schaefer (LD), and Michael Misa (C) are all but sure to be selected No. 1, and No. 2 overall to the New York Islanders, and San Jose Sharks respectively.

Schaefer's season was shortened due to a collarbone injury, but accumulated an impressive 7G, 15A, 22PTS, in 17GP for the Erie Otters of the OHL.

Misa on the other hand lit it up all season long while leading the OHL in scoring with 62G, 72A, 134PTS, in 65GP for the Saginaw Spirit.

After Schaefer and Misa, it's tough to predict how the board will fall, but it's easy to assume that drafting No. 7 overall, the Bruins will have one of James Hagens (C) , Anton Frondell (C), Jake O'Brien (C), Caleb Desnoyers (C), Porter Martone (RW) available. At that point, the Bruins would and should just take whichever one of these prospects is still available. Most likely, it will be either O'Brien, or Desnoyers - but prospects fall in unanticipated ways every year, so who knows. Maybe something crazy happens, and one of Hagens, Frondell, or Martone fall. But that's HIGHLY unlikely.

Hagens, Boston College's No. 1 center, had 11G, 26A, 37PTS, in 37GP as a true freshman.

Frondell scored 11G, 14A, 25PTS, 29GP playing for Djurgardens IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan - Sweden's tier two pro league. Impressive totals for his age, so much so in fact that Frondell recored the best points per game pace for a player under 18 years old in the league's history. Ahead of NHL stars William Nylander, and David Pastrnak - who now rank 2nd and 3rd all time respectively in said category.

O'Brien has leaped up the rankings to No. 4 among North American skaters according to the latest NHL Central Scouting list. O'Brien collected 32G, 66A, 98PTS, in 66GP for the Brantford Bulldogs of the OHL.

Desnoyers, a responsible, two-way center, tallied 35G, 49A, 84PTS, in 56GP for the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL.

Martone is a power forward, winger, who used his size, and skill to accumulate 37G, 61A, 98PTS, in 57GP playing for the Brampton Steelheads of the OHL.

So which of these prospects would be the best selection for Boston? Well, outside of Martone, who's a winger, the rest of them would desperately fill an organizational position of need at center ice. And while they all possess a unique skill set - which we will breakdown here at thepuckups.com throughout May, and June leading up to the draft - it ultimately comes down to who's available when Boston takes the podium.