Here we go. This is the first curveball of the 2025 NHL Mock Draft, and it's a doozy. The Utah Mammoth are looking to make a statement early in their existence. While a lot of this will happen in NHL Free Agency, the NHL Draft provides a platform for this, as well. With this in mind, they take Brady Martin.

You can excuse Caleb Desnoyers if he looked tired at the NHL scouting combine. Over the last month, the draft prospect was named the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s playoff MVP after helping Moncton beat Rimouski in the championship series.