Prospect Info: 2026 NHL draft thread

[Oddbob]

Sportsnet guy top 100 … stenberg #1

Not saying they don't know their stuff, but both of Cosentino and Bukula bother me immensely on draft night when they are talking up the prospects. They both give off heavily entitled douche vibe.

 

[Holden Caufield]

Not high on my guys
87. Sokolovsii
88. Markus Ruck
107. Victor Fedorov
Don't see Vanhanen at all. I am probably not good at prospect evaluation

Pronman said on his most recent ‘athletic hockey show’ podcast that Sokolovskii generated a lot of steam at the combine.
And based on his finish to the season, he expects he will probably go late 1st round now.

The Ruck twin situation will be fun to follow.

 

[lilidk]

Pronman said on his most recent ‘athletic hockey show’ podcast that Sokolovskii generated a lot of steam at the combine.
And based on his finish to the season, he expects he will probably go late 1st round now.

The Ruck twin situation will be fun to follow.

He also said that Markus had some problems at Combine , so I hope he will be available at 47, even though he is not Yzerman type

 

[Henkka]

It's always funny, how some guys with great physics will get the hype at combine.

That's a pure negative for me. You have been successful through juniors, thanks to your physical advantage. And that will disappear at men's level, when everybody has good physics.

Think I would mostly try to hunt those guys with skill and bad physics, but a lack of determniation for training. Because you can build those physics later on more than gap the lack of skill.

Just like Sam Bennet, ZERO pull-ups. Perfect pick. Later on wins a Conn Smythe.

 

[Henkka]

Pronman dropped a list where he had McKenna/Stenberg at 4/5 today…. Interesting.

I feel like over the years he has incorporated what he’s hearing around the league into his rankings. Wonder if that means anything here.

McKenna could be 4/5 best player of the draft? There was 3 defencemen in front of him.

Toronto still can draft him 1st.

Seems to strong draft for defencemen (and super weak for centers), who knows if this like 2019, when "6th overall Seider" becomes the best player.