Nashville Predators trade up to select defenseman Cameron Reid with No. 21overall pick
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The Nashville Predators have selected defenseman Cameron Reid with the No. 21 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Reid, 18, had a breakout campaign last year with the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), scoring 14 goals and 40 assists in 67 games as a two-way defenseman. The 6-foot, 174 pound, left-handed defenseman is a high-end skater with puck carrying skills that should translate to the NHL level.
Nashville traded pick No. 23 and pick No. 67 to the Ottawa Senators to move up to pick No. 21 to make the pick.
His standout attributes are his skating ability and offensive instincts. Most scouts predict he'll develop into a play-driving offensive defensemen with shades of Colorado Avalanche's Devon Toews.
An Aylmer, Ontario native, Reid is the second pick by the Predators in the 2025 draft, who selected center Brady Martin with the No. 5 overall pick. They also select at No. 26 overall.
"(Reid) can defend, move the puck, create offense," one scout writing for Elite Prospects stated. "I’m not saying he’s (Winnipeg Jets') Josh Morrissey, but there’s a little bit there. I think he goes between 12 and 16, and if he doesn’t, he’s going to be one of those guys – like (Detroit Red Wings') Axel Sandin Pellikka – where you look back in a few years and say he should’ve gone higher."
Reid, who will likely head back to the OHL for his third season in junior hockey, joins Tanner Molendyk and Andrew Gibson as Nashville's top defensive prospects.
Alex Daugherty is the Predators beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Alex atjdaugherty@gannett.com. Follow Alex on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @alexdaugherty1. Also check out our Predators exclusive Instagram page @tennessean_preds.
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