The Rangers' first 2025 NHL Draft pick is the 18-year-old Michigan commit, who is from Mississauga, Ontario, and has spent the past three years with the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters. In 195 games from 2022-25, Spence totaled 177 points on 67 goals and 110 assists.

LOS ANGELES -- Gavin McKenna with Medicine Hat of the Western Hockey League is projected to be the next great generational talent for the team that selects No. 1 at the 2026 NHL Draft. "What he's done ... he's so much fun to watch," Central Scouting's senior western scout John Williams told NHL.com. "He does it every single night too."

The New York Rangers had to wait 43 picks to make their first selection in the 2025 NHL Draft, but snagged what most experts considered one of the best values of the second round. Malcolm Spence, a forward from the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League, was taken by the Blueshirts with pick No. 43 overall on June 28.