2026 NHL DRAFT Thread

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The only other Dman I've posted clips of that's a good skater is Yellowaga. He was never a 2nd/3rd type though, he's most likely going undrafted.

as yellowaga. Undrafted. Hmmm. He can really skate. Thought he would be a great project

 

[Sombastate]

The flyers are for sure taking the giant at 21

Size means you can lift the cup even higher when you don’t win it

 

[Magua]

I’ve been putting a lot of thought into a sort of top 50. I’ll post it later. Still thinking about a couple tiers.

 

[Magua]

Alright, so I only ranked guys I’ve seen enough to have a comfort level, although a handful I’m less comfortable with than I’d like. I made rough tiers (///). Each time I look at this I shuffle something. I’d be happy to explain whatever; I could do a write up on most of them; none of this is haphazard.

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1. Reid
2. Stenberg
3. McKenna ///
4. Cullen
5. Lawrence
6. Villeneuve
7. Smits
8. Malhotra ///
9. Carels
10. Bjorck
11. Mutryn
12. Bleyl
13. Galvas ///
14. Sorensson
15. Svensk
16. Shcherbakov
17. Rudolph
18. Verhoeff
19. Gustafsson
20. Hemming ///
21. Hermansson
22. Morozov
23. Lin
24. Hurlbert
25. Aaram-Olsen
26. Belchetz
27. Dagenais
28. Preston
29. Roobroeck ///
30. Hakansson
31. Ignatavicius
32. Hafele
33. Command
34. Bilecki
35. Macbeath
36. Klepov
37. Cover
38. Piiparinen
39. Pugachyov
40. Andersson ///
41. Plante
42. Novotny
43. Valentini
44. Nordmark
45. Suvanto
46. Rogowski ///
47. Hextall
48. Shilov
49. M. Ruck
50. L. Ruck

 

[mja]

Alright, so I only ranked guys I’ve seen enough to have a comfort level, although a handful I’m less comfortable with than I’d like. I made rough tiers (///). Each time I look at this I shuffle something. I’d be happy to explain whatever; I could do a write up on most of them; none of this is haphazard.

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1. Reid
2. Stenberg
3. McKenna ///
4. Cullen
5. Lawrence
6. Villeneuve
7. Smits
8. Malhotra ///
9. Carels
10. Bjorck
11. Mutryn
12. Bleyl
13. Galvas ///
14. Sorensson
15. Svensk
16. Shcherbakov
17. Rudolph
18. Verhoeff
19. Gustafsson
20. Hemming ///
21. Hermansson
22. Morozov
23. Lin
24. Hurlbert
25. Aaram-Olsen
26. Belchetz
27. Dagenais
28. Preston
29. Roobroeck ///
30. Hakansson
31. Ignatavicius
32. Hafele
33. Command
34. Bilecki
35. Macbeath
36. Klepov
37. Cover
38. Piiparinen
39. Pugachyov
40. Andersson ///
41. Plante
42. Novotny
43. Valentini
44. Nordmark
45. Suvanto
46. Rogowski ///
47. Hextall
48. Shilov
49. M. Ruck
50. L. Ruck

Based purely on having a fun name, I want either Ignatavicius or MacBeath, though I suppose I could be talked into Command.