There have been no seismic shifts from TSN’s 2025 NHL Draft mid-season ranking from mid-January to our Draft Lottery Edition Top 16 rankings from this week.

But upon further review, TSN’s survey of 10 NHL club team scouts does provide some interesting talking points leading into the NHL Draft Lottery, which will be held on Monday night in Secaucus, N.J.

Such as:

- Erie Otter dynamic defenceman Matthew Schaefer, whose season ended with a broken collarbone at the World Junior Championship in December, remains solidly at No. 1, although it’s not quite unanimous this time.

One of the 10 scouts surveyed by TSN this week has Saginaw Spirit centre Michael Misa at No. 1, followed by Schaefer at No. 2.

That single scout went with Misa ahead of Schaefer largely on the basis of positional preference. That is, he said there’s little to choose between the potential No. 1 NHL centre and No. 1 NHL defenceman but that he would give the nod to a forward.

- The gap between consensus No. 1 Schaefer and the only two........

© TSN