The 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held June 27-28 at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The first round will be June 27 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS) and Rounds 2-7 are June 28 (Noon ET; NHLN, ESPN+, SN, SN1). NHL.com is counting down to the draft with in-depth profiles on top prospects, podcasts and other features. Today, a profile on Vancouver forward Cameron Schmidt. NHL.com's full draft coverage can be found here .

Cameron Schmidt understands his height isn't going to change much at this point.

Neither is his approach to questions about how he can thrive at the next level while standing 5-foot-7.

"I think I definitely use that kind of as motivation, just being the smaller guy," Schmidt said. "Try to play a more aggressive game, I guess, to fit just the way I pl

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