Boston Bruins 2026 NHL Draft Part 2

[Oates2Neely]

Here's a write from Dom on the Bruin s scouting staff:
Scouting Issue? What Scouting Issue?
You can see why the Bruins don't draft from the WHL and why they don't have too many Canadian Kids.

Well that’s not good. Is that coming from Delaware North Offices or is it Sweeney thinking their scouting dept is already elite?

 

[ON3M4N]

Agree - but I’ll be irritated

Same lol, same

 

[PB37]

Why aren't we talking more about the 2nd and 3rd round picks the Bruins could be picking with the #23 overall

 

[BMC]

Here's a write from Dom on the Bruin s scouting staff:
Scouting Issue? What Scouting Issue?
You can see why the Bruins don't draft from the WHL and why they don't have too many Canadian Kids.

It isn't just the number of scouts, it's also the quality. How good are these guys at finding and evaluating talent, especially later rounds of the draft since the Bruins usually don't have high draft picks? IMO they need scouts who can find those elusive diamonds in the rough. We know how spotty the Bruins drafting has been up until very recently. There is definitely room for improvement.

And why no scouts at all in the WHL??? Is it bad at developing players??

 

[Timmy Time]

It isn't just the number of scouts, it's also the quality. How good are these guys at finding and evaluating talent, especially later rounds of the draft since the Bruins usually don't have high draft picks? IMO they need scouts who can find those elusive diamonds in the rough. We know how spotty the Bruins drafting has been up until very recently. There is definitely room for improvement.

And why no scouts at all in the WHL??? Is it bad at developing players??

"Take Bondarev as an example. Russia is an enormous scouting territory — far too vast for any single evaluator to cover with true depth. And in his tenure, the Bruins have selected just one Russian prospect: Kirill Yemelyanov in 2025. And where did Yemelyanov play? If you guessed Bondarev’s hometown of Yaroslavl, you’re right.

And to this point, the Bruins have yet to draft a single player out of Finland under Numminen or from Czechia under Jurcina. That leads to a different, and perhaps more uncomfortable, question: are they investing their resources in the right places?"

 

[ON3M4N]

Calgary currently has 4 picks in the 2nd round. I'd be curious as to what it'd cost to get #35 & #36 OA. Maybe something like 2028 1st (Top 12 Protected).

If the stars aligned and you walked away with:

#23OA - J.P. Hurlbert
#35OA - Tommy Bleyl
#36OA - Casey Mutryn
#56OA - Lars Steiner

That'd be a solid draft, but I could see Hurlbert being gone before #23 and Bleyl & Mutryn in some mocks are going the end of the 1st round.

 

[bbfan419]

Bruins could use another draft like the 06 one,orchestrated by Jeff Gorton and Company !

Wish they have kept Gorton.

 

[marianne99]

It isn't just the number of scouts, it's also the quality. How good are these guys at finding and evaluating talent, especially later rounds of the draft since the Bruins usually don't have high draft picks? IMO they need scouts who can find those elusive diamonds in the rough. We know how spotty the Bruins drafting has been up until very recently. There is definitely room for improvement.

And why no scouts at all in the WHL??? Is it bad at developing players??

I mean they're about to trade Gasseau's rights away which on one hand is not awesome - but on the other, he's a 7th rounder and that's a small win.

 

[bruinmann77]

He get us a number 7 back for him

 

[Kegs]

Hemming or Dagenais.

I’d be ecstatic to add either.

 

[Kegs]

Why aren't we talking more about the 2nd and 3rd round picks the Bruins could be picking with the #23 overall

Bleyl

 

[bobber]

Bleyl

3rd round picks have a 21% to 30% of becoming everyday NHL players.

 

[Timmy Time]

 

[Kegs]

Wish they have kept Gorton.

Do they win the cup with Gorton?

 

[BMC]

As we get closer to draft day once again let me repeat: I want the Bruins to pick the best player available when their number comes up. No reaches. No "projects" (Letourneau is the exception that proves the rule). Just pick the best player.

 

[BlackFrancis]

Do they win the cup with Gorton?

If they pull the same choke against the Flyers in 2010, does Gorton get the same grace of getting Neely as his pending executioner or is a wholesale housecleaning initiated right away?

I believe pressuring Chiarelli but not dumping he and Julien was a pretty key decision.

The hypothetical may boil down to who Gorton would have acquired to coach.

 

[BlackFrancis]

As we get closer to draft day once again let me repeat: I want the Bruins to pick the best player available when their number comes up. No reaches. No "projects" (Letourneau is the exception that proves the rule). Just pick the best player.

I was going through some old draft stuff and Letourneau wasn't in one of the major draft publication's final top-100. He was mentioned as an honorable mention.

 

[ODAAT]

Here's a write from Dom on the Bruin s scouting staff:
Scouting Issue? What Scouting Issue?
You can see why the Bruins don't draft from the WHL and why they don't have too many Canadian Kids.

all they have to do is ask and I`ll happily take the gig, super cheap due to my lack of evaluation expertise but hell, at least I`m a warm body out here

No way do I take in more Junior games than our legend Dom but I hit 100 Junior games a year I bet, has long been the hockey I enjoy the most as a fan

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

As we get closer to draft day once again let me repeat: I want the Bruins to pick the best player available when their number comes up. No reaches. No "projects" (Letourneau is the exception that proves the rule). Just pick the best player.

Best available player by what metric? 18-40 or so is all over the place with not a lot of separation. So how does one decide who the best available player is? The Bruins will pick who they think they best available is just like every other team does.

 

[Kegs]

Best available player by what metric? 18-40 or so is all over the place with not a lot of separation. So how does one decide who the best available player is? The Bruins will pick who they think they best available is just like every other team does.

I go with best skaters with highest hockey iq personally. In today’s nhl the teams needs speed to win the cup imo.

Getting to every puck first and having separation speed makes defending very difficult.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

3rd round picks have a 21% to 30% of becoming everyday NHL players.

That seems high.

Got a source?

 

[BMC]

Best available player by what metric? 18-40 or so is all over the place with not a lot of separation. So how does one decide who the best available player is? The Bruins will pick who they think they best available is just like every other team does.

@Kegs comment was spot on IMO, especially hockey IQ. You can make up a lot with IQ even if you're not the fastest skater. I'd also look for strong willingness to go into the dirty areas and close to the net for shooting. Too many perimeter players these days IMO.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Best available player by what metric? 18-40 or so is all over the place with not a lot of separation. So how does one decide who the best available player is? The Bruins will pick who they think they best available is just like every other team does.

There are often times where “reaches” will happen due to a perceived organizational need. We get people suggesting this all the time.

Kids are 18… like. You just gotta deal with it the best you can

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

all they have to do is ask and I`ll happily take the gig, super cheap due to my lack of evaluation expertise but hell, at least I`m a warm body out here

No way do I take in more Junior games than our legend Dom but I hit 100 Junior games a year I bet, has long been the hockey I enjoy the most as a fan

Not knowing anything about the WHL is it that big a deal we don't draft from their? Is it a mediocre league? What gives?

 

[The don godfather]

it's really simple whoever falls into your lap pick him. Don't reach Donny I get nervous when Donny goes up there I wonder why.