Baldwin picked by Lightning

St. George's School

No current Saint John Sea Dogs had their names called at the 2025 NHL Draft.

The lone player with connections to the Sea Dogs to get drafted this weekend was defenseman Everett Baldwin, who was picked in the fifth-round, 151st overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Baldwin, a second-round selection of the Sea Dogs in this year's QMJHL Entry Draft, recorded 20 points in 22 games with St. George's School last season. He also spent time with the USNTDP program and the USHL's Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. The Rhode Island native is a Providence College commit.

While Baldwin has yet to sign with Saint John for the coming season, it certainly feels like there is a good chance he will. But we'll see how things play out in the coming weeks.

Tampa Bay Lightning pick Rumford, R.I.'s Everett Baldwin in 5th round.

St. George's School D, committed to Providence College, has elite wheels

Signs point to him playing in Saint John in 25-26

— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) June 28, 2025

Sea Dogs forwards Zachary Morin and Olivier Groulx along with the recently signed Alexander Donovan were all listed in NHL Central Scouting's final rankings of North American players. All three will likely get invites to development and/or rookie camps.

It hasn't been a great run for the Sea Dogs at the NHL Draft. Eriks Mateiko (third-round pick in 2024 to the Washington Capitals) and Cameron MacDonald (fifth-round pick in 2021 to the Lightning) are the only Sea Dogs to get picked in the last five NHL Drafts. In fairness, it hasn't been a great few years for the QMJHL as a whole, either.

19 players from the QMJHL got drafted this weekend, the highest total since 2021. That includes three picks in Friday's first-round, which was highlighted by Caleb Desnoyers going fourth overall to the Utah Mammoth.

Round 1, 4th overall: Utah - Caleb Desnoyers (MON)

Round 1, 19th overall: St. Louis - Justin Carbonneau (BLB)

Round 1, 22nd overall: Pittsburgh - Bill Zonnon (ROU)

Round 3, 68th overall: Seattle - Will Reynolds (BAT/NFL)

Round 3, 84th overall: Pittsburgh - Gabriel D'Aigle (VIC)

Round 3, 85th overall: Vegas - Mateo Nobert (BLB)

Round 4, 97th overall: Ottawa - Lucas Beckman (BAC)

Round 4, 98th overall: Chicago - Julius Sumpf (MON)

Round 4, 116th overall: Buffalo - Samuel Meloche (ROU)

Round 4, 122nd overall: Nashville - Alex Huang (CHI)

Round 5, 133rd overall: Boston - Cole Chandler (SHA)

Round 5, 135th overall: Buffalo - Noah Laberge (BAT/NFL)

Round 5, 136th overall: Anaheim - Alexis Mathieu (BAC)

Round 5, 145th overall: Montreal - Alexis Cournoyer (CAP)

Round 5, 159th overall: Anaheim - Emile Guité (CHI)

Round 6, 164th overall: Philadelphia - Nathan Quinn (QUE)

Round 6, 172nd overall: Detroit - Will Murphy (CAP)

Round 6, 177th overall: Montreal - Carlos Handel (HAL)

Round 6, 190th overall: Dallas - Dawson Sharkey (BAT/NFL)

Brady Peddle, meanwhile, was selected in the third-round, 91st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Peddle, a Michigan State commit who spent last season with the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks, is the younger brother of Sea Dogs forward Tyler Peddle.