2026 Draft Thread

[Muffinalt]

One guy that I'll be closely follow and really intrigued me is Czech forward Simon Katolicky.

Huge potential, and he is yet another tall, tough, skilled guy. Lots of those in this draft, at least the way it's looking early on.

 

[ChicagoHockeyFan]

Roobroeck is the perfect consolation prize if we dont get McKenna.

If KD doesn’t take Martone this year would think he would be pretty averse to taking Roobroeck as well next year. That said I agree he would fit really nice on the hawks

 

[Toews2Bickell]

 

[eklund2chicago]

It will be interesting to see if and how much Viggo Björck keeps growing. His brother is 6ft and their father is 6’2 so I guess there’s still hope. The last Swedish forward that came up with that level of IQ is probably Bäckström. His stats this year were just insane. He scored the most points ever during a season in the J20 and he did this as a 16 year old. He outpaced the Sedins, Elias Pettersson, Lucas Raymond, William Nylander and every other top Swedish talent at the same age. The potential is crazy. If he just grows a little he’s in contention for second overall.

 

[Wally1112pac]

Still a year away but it seems like there is about 5 real top notch forwards in this draft.

Hopefully we get 1 of them and that is the last time we draft that high for a long time.

 

[Castle8130]

Roobroeck is the perfect consolation prize if we dont get McKenna.

Im a skeptic on Roobroeck. He didn’t have a great U18 worlds, but the size is intriguing. Plays more like a winger. Belchetz might be the guy to look at for size. I admit both I have not seen much yet, but are getting high praise by evaluators

 

[Muffinalt]

Im a skeptic on Roobroeck. He didn’t have a great U18 worlds, but the size is intriguing. Plays more like a winger. Belchetz might be the guy to look at for size. I admit both I have not seen much yet, but are getting high praise by evaluators

Man the idea of both, but especially Belchetz is so good. I expect a healthy down great by years end once everyone gets truly found out like it always happens, but early on the draft is looking really good.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

What if the hawks end up with Martone and Roobroeck? A skilled power forward for Bedard and Nazar.