Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff profiles Red Wings 2025 draft pick Grayden Robertson-Palmer this morning, discussing the uphill battle which the 204th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft faces:
Robertson-Palmer has been turning heads in Moncton [Wildcats’] training camp. He tallied a highlight-reel goal during a scrimmage. He scored a goal in the Wildcats’ most recent QMJHL preseason game.
Stepping into the major junior ranks from high-school hockey, Roberson-Palmer is expecting the transition to be challenging.
“I think having to learn how to like read off plays, move my body different ways, cut back in different ways and keep my head up all the time so I don’t sustain any big injuries,” he assesses as his main challenges. “I think that’s going to be the biggest difference for me.”
Those who know him best, his teammates at Phillips Andover, praise the leadership qualities that Robertson-Palmer exhibits.
Whether it was organizing a team dinner or a Secret Santa, or providing a teammate with a non-judgmental sounding board, his teammates talk about how they could always count on Robertson-Palmer to be at the forefront of the team’s leadership group.
“I feel like he’s the kind of guy who’s always there for you if you need something or just want to talk,” teammate Edouard Lord told The Phillipian. “He’s good at making sure everyone’s in a good mental state.”
Continued; Robertson-Palmer won’t be playing alongside Guimond as the goaltender committed to Yale University, but the 5’11,” 196-pound center suggests that his 16 goals and 23 assists in only 30 games played for Phillips Andover Academy (while wearing the captain’s “C”) emphasize his strength as a playmaking forward.
