The Ottawa Senators traded their 21st overall selection to the Nashville Predators, sliding two spots to No. 23 and adding a third-round pick at No. 67, then used the first-round choice to select University of Wisconsin defenceman Logan Hensler at the 2025 NHL Draft in Los Angeles. Hensler, an 18-year-old, 6-foot-2 right-shot blue-liner, produced two goals and 32 points with Wisconsin last season and helped the United States win World Junior gold in Ottawa earlier this year. Club scouts described right-handed defencemen as a premium asset and said Hensler’s skating and puck-moving ability project him as a potential top-four contributor. Ottawa added five more prospects on Day 2. The team traded with Washington to take right-winger Blake Vanek—son of former NHL forward Thomas Vanek—at No. 93, followed by goaltender Lucas Beckman at No. 97, Russian winger Dmitri Isayev at No. 149, Croatian left-winger Bruno Idzan at No. 181 and Russian forward Andrei Trofimov at No. 213.