The moment it became official. #LGI | @UBS pic.twitter.com/vBuT2U3akY
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) June 27, 2025
New York selects D Matthew Schaefer with the first overall selection in the 2025 NHL entry draft here.
If there is one generational top pick in the draft, you take him. Period. If it does not work out so be it. Now that Dobson is gone the spot will be there when he's ready. Could be next season or not.
#NYC #NYI #Isles And it's Schaefer, 1st overall. No choice you take best player on paper, the one considered generational talent, for better or worse correct pick.
— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 27, 2025