Traded First-Round Picks For 2025 NHL Draft

The 2025 NHL Draft may still be nearly a year away, but multiple teams have already traded away their first-round picks, and even more will change hands before the March 6, 2025 trade deadline.

This article will be used to monitor each team’s 2025 first-round pick, updating it as necessary throughout the year.

We’ve listed all 32 teams here, so even if a team hasn’t traded its first-round pick, that will be noted. We’ll also provide details on the protections for each traded pick, including what happens to the pick in 2026 if it doesn’t change hands in 2025.

Here’s the full breakdown of the status of each 2025 first-round pick:

Atlantic

• Boston Bruins: Own pick.
• Buffalo Sabres: Own pick.
• Detroit Red Wings: Own pick.
• Florida Panthers: Traded to Flames or Canadiens (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Panthers would owe the Flames their 2026 first-round pick (unprotected). 
  • Flames/Panthers details are outlined below.
• Montreal Canadiens: Own pick.
• Ottawa Senators: Own pick.
• Tampa Bay Lightning: Traded to Predators (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Lightning would owe the Predators their 2026 first-round pick (unprotected).
• Toronto Maple Leafs: Traded to Blackhawks (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Maple Leafs would owe the Blackhawks their 2026 first-round pick (unprotected).

Metropolitan

• Carolina Hurricanes: Own pick.
• Columbus Blue Jackets: Own pick.
• New Jersey Devils: Traded to Flames (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Devils would owe the Flames their 2026 first-round pick (unprotected).
• New York Islanders: Own pick.
• New York Rangers: Own pick.
• Philadelphia Flyers: Own pick.
• Pittsburgh Penguins: Own pick.
• Washington Capitals: Own pick.

Central

• Chicago Blackhawks: Own pick.
• Colorado Avalanche: Traded to Flyers (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Avalanche would owe the Flyers their 2026 first-round pick (unprotected).
• Dallas Stars: Own pick.
• Minnesota Wild: Own pick.
• Nashville Predators: Own pick.
• St. Louis Blues: Own pick.
• Utah Hockey Club: Own pick.
• Winnipeg Jets: Own pick.

Pacific

• Anaheim Ducks: Own pick.
• Calgary Flames: Traded to Canadiens or own pick.
  • Flames/Canadiens details are outlined below.
• Edmonton Oilers: Traded to Flyers (top-12 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Oilers would owe the Flyers their 2026 first-round pick…