Post your 2026 draft list
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GermanSpitfire
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| # | Player Name | Position | Team |
| 1 | Gavin McKenna | Forward | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| 2 | Viggo Björck | Forward | Djurgårdens IF J18 |
| 3 | Viktor Fyodorov | Forward | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod U18 |
| 4 | JP Hurlbert | Forward | U.S. National U17 Team |
| 5 | Daxon Rudolph | Defense | Northern Alberta Xtreme U18 Prep |
| 6 | Ryan Roobroeck | Forward | Niagara IceDogs |
| 7 | Ethan Belchetz | Forward | Windsor Spitfires |
| 8 | Braidy Wassilyn | Forward | Markham Majors U16 AAA |
| 9 | Mathis Preston | Forward | Spokane Chiefs |
| 10 | Olivers Murnieks | Forward | HK Mogo |
| 11 | Adam Valentini | Forward | Chicago Steel |
| 12 | Yegor Shilov | Forward | Yunost Yekaterinburg U17 |
| 13 | Zachary Nyman | Defense | Penticton Vees |
| 14 | Mikey Berchild | Forward | U.S. National U17 Team |
| 15 | Ivar Stenberg | Forward | Frölunda HC J20 |
| 16 | Alexei Vlasov | Forward | Yunost Yekaterinburg U17 |
| 17 | Keaton Verhoeff | Defense | Victoria Royals |
| 18 | Brett Olson | Forward | St. Albert Raiders U18 AAA |
| 19 | Alessandro Di Iorio | Forward | Sarnia Sting |
| 20 | Colin Fitzgerald | Forward | Peterborough Petes |
| 21 | Viljo Kähkönen | Forward | HIFK |
| 22 | Noah Kosick | Forward | Sherwood Park Crusaders |
| 23 | Axel Elofsson | Defense | Örebro HK J20 |
| 24 | Joe Iginla | Forward | Edmonton Oil Kings |
| 25 | Elton Hermansson | Forward | Örebro HK J20 |
| 26 | Caleb Malhotra | Forward | Chilliwack Chiefs |
| 27 | Maddox Dagenais | Forward | Québec Remparts |
| 28 | Juho Piiparinen | Defense | Tappara U20 |
| 29 | Luke Schairer | Defense | U.S. National U17 Team |
| 30 | Alex Mclean | Forward | Barrie Colts U16 AAA |
| 31 | Cruz Pavao | Forward | Tri-City Americans |
| 32 | Logan Stuart | Forward | U.S. National U17 Team |
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
One player not being named that I think will be high on first round lists when all is said and done is Chase Reid for Waterloo in USHL.
He didn’t play that many games this past season, but I see him almost as like a right handed Luke Hughes. Kris Letang if you want a righty comparison.
He didn’t play that many games this past season, but I see him almost as like a right handed Luke Hughes. Kris Letang if you want a righty comparison.
What is your opinion on Evan Jardine? Seems to produce a lot.
frontsfan67
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I don’t know the Europeans here but holy crap this is gonna be a STACKED draft
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Dime a dozen smaller scoring winger that isn’t that tall or fast and doesn’t have elite scoring abilities. Probably will light up the USHL and then be a mid/late round pick.
Katolicky, Novak and Novotny may end up in the first round. Or at least two of them. But the total number of Czechs in this draft will be small compared to the previous and subsequent years.
EdJovanovski
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The 2025 class is outstanding, 2026 is going to be an absolutely exceptional draft class!
Gavin McKenna (F)
Viktor Fyodorov (F)
Viggo Björck (F)
Mikey Berchild (F)
Pazucha
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The 2025 class is outstanding, 2026 is going to be an absolutely exceptional draft class!
You think its that good? To me your list looks pretty average. Lots of the super talented guys in this class don't have the size.
No idea if it is that good but regarding size, most of these kids just turned 16, probably some growing to do for many. And I mean like Bjorck, Berchild and Nyman all listed at 5'-9, 165 - that's not bad physique for 16. These aren't tiny for their age.
No Croskery? I can't find it but in some other thread discussing him and Nyman, there was a quote from some scout or twitter guy saying he's a better pro prospect than Nyman and a threat to go very, very high in 2026.The 2025 class is outstanding, 2026 is going to be an absolutely exceptional draft class!
Relative to the 2024 class, both of the next classes are exceptional, but on the whole, I expect the 2025s to be an above average class, and the 2026 class to be exceptional.
Not in my top 33, and certainly not on Nyman’s tier today, but there’s honestly 50 or so guys who trend to be 1st round quality…he’s definitely in that group!
As for the Czech players: along with Novotný, Katolický now looks like a first round player.The 2025 class is outstanding, 2026 is going to be an absolutely exceptional draft class!
On the contrary, after the performance at the HGC, I don't see Dravecký in the first round, I expected more dominant performances from him.
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Always difficult to predict so far out, so can’t fault anyone that gives their best effort. Good for the discourse. Thank you for the list.
I’ll echo the comment about Katolicky as a first rounder. I think he could be an early first rounder also. Novak is another Czechia player I think might go first round. Katolicky, Dravecky, Novotny, Novak would all be first rounders for me this far out for the draft and in that order.
I don’t see Francisco or Stuart as first rounders from the NTDP as of now. Reid from Waterloo looks like a first rounder out of the USHL, and I think potentially an early first rounder.
Nyman has ability with the puck, but will have to grow to go first round, let alone high first. I don’t think Hurlbert looks like an early first rounder based off what I saw at the YOG. Mid/late first. Di Iorio looked like a high first rounder at the YOG. I know some say he doesn’t always show that.
I’ll echo the comment about Katolicky as a first rounder. I think he could be an early first rounder also. Novak is another Czechia player I think might go first round. Katolicky, Dravecky, Novotny, Novak would all be first rounders for me this far out for the draft and in that order.
I don’t see Francisco or Stuart as first rounders from the NTDP as of now. Reid from Waterloo looks like a first rounder out of the USHL, and I think potentially an early first rounder.
Nyman has ability with the puck, but will have to grow to go first round, let alone high first. I don’t think Hurlbert looks like an early first rounder based off what I saw at the YOG. Mid/late first. Di Iorio looked like a high first rounder at the YOG. I know some say he doesn’t always show that.
Agree, Katolicky is probably the best Czech for the 2026 draft as of now.
As for Dravecky, during pre-tournament/early in the tournament he looked like he was purposefully put there by the Slovak federation to sabotage the Czech team... at least throughout the tournament he progressed to the extent where he was no longer a liabilty I guess. But Dravecky in Slovak national jersey and Dravecky in Czech jersey have been two vastly different players so far.
Yes, there is still a lot of time and things will change. However, at the moment I don't really believe that Dravecky will be in the first round. It is quite possible that his performance was influenced by the fact that he eventually changed the Slovak national team to the Czech one, it could have been reflected and his performances were not quite ideal, a lot of attention was focused on him.
Novák is certainly an interesting player, but Katolicky looks like a better player now. But as it was written, there is still a lot of time left and everything can be different..
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Maybe Dravecky was really nervous about the transfer between those teams. But as you write, they were different players..
kudla
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Judging from his play, he was nervous. And also made fun of by his new teammates
Maybe Dravecky was really nervous about the transfer between those teams. But as you write, they were different players..
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
I think everyone is putting way too much on a summer tournament. Players aren’t in form and it was also his first tournament with new teammates. He’s a first round talent. If he continues to play like that, he’ll move down. I doubt he will.
scoutman1
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well for JP Hurlbert i feel he will be a 1st round talent, as you said for putting too much into a summer tournament, you are judging Hurlbert off a YOG tourny, which personally i was not there but he could have had a bad tournament... JP has great hands with the puck and an amazing shot and works well in tight situations, he plays with a super high IQ. the JP i watched play never stayed to a perimeter game and had no fear of driving to the net, maybe he was hurt or something along those lines....either way, once he gets comfortable with the U17 team and starts playing like himself i guess that is when we see how his game is translating.
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scoutman1
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i really like Vlasov, what i seen online and what I have heard through the grape vine with people i know in Russia who scout Fedorov could easily be taken as high as 3rd overall he is stronger than Vlasov and grittier but Vlasov has such a high offensive ability that it is hard to over look, i like the exciting amazing hands and agility with the puck. There is so much time before this draft, this list will change a lot by then, but as of right now this is what i like.
Nyman i would love to put higher, but his size at the moment keeps him down the list, Dagenais in Quebec has a lot of offense, he needs to really work on being a complete player from what i saw, he is a guy with high upside.
This is a very strong draft with guys rated 2nd round who in different list could be 1st round talents...i look forward to following this draft class and hoping all continue with their trajectory, but there will be guys we are not talking about right now who will make a big jump for top 10 im sure.
Nyman i would love to put higher, but his size at the moment keeps him down the list, Dagenais in Quebec has a lot of offense, he needs to really work on being a complete player from what i saw, he is a guy with high upside.
This is a very strong draft with guys rated 2nd round who in different list could be 1st round talents...i look forward to following this draft class and hoping all continue with their trajectory, but there will be guys we are not talking about right now who will make a big jump for top 10 im sure.
- Gavin McKenna—F—Medicine Hat 6’00/165 00 00 00 00
- Viggo Bjorck—C—Djurgadens J20 5’09/165 00 00 00 00
- Alexei Vlasov—F—D13 Yunost 2007 born 5’09/161 00 00 00 00
- Michael Berchild—F—NTDP U17 5’09/165 00 00 00 00
- Mathis Preston—F—Spokane 5’11/165 00 00 00 00
- Viktor Fedorov—F—Chaika MHL 6’02/176 00 00 00 00
- Yegor Shilov—F—D13 Yunost 2007 born 5’09/165 00 00 00 00
- JP Hurlbert—F—NTDP U17 5’10/161 00 00 00 00
- Ethan Belchetz—F—Windsor 6’04/231 00 00 00 00
- Maddox Dagenais—F—Quebec 6’03/181 00 00 00 00
- Daxon Rudolph—D—Prince Albert 6’01/185 00 00 00 00
- Adam Valentini—F—Chicago USHL 5’11/183 00 00 00 00
- Ryan Roobroeck—F—Niagara 6’02/185 00 00 00 00
- Ivar Stenberg—F—Frolunda J20 5’10/168 00 00 00 00
- Riley Boychuk—F—Prince Albert 5’09/161 00 00 00 00
- Adam Nemec—F—HK Nitra U20 6’00/160 00 00 00 00
- Alessandro Di Lorio—F—Sarnia 6’00/165 00 00 00 00
- Keaton Verhoeff—D—Victoria 6’03/201 00 00 00 00
- Marcus Nordmark—F—Djurgardens J18 6’00/174 00 00 00 00
- Liam Ruck—F—Medicine Hat 5’10/161 00 00 00 00
- Ryan Lin—D—Vancouver 5’11/152 00 00 00 00
- Braidy Wassilyn—F—Niagara 6’02/194 00 00 00 00
- Filip Novak—F—HC Sparta Praha U17 6’02/198 00 00 00 00
- Zachary Nyman—D—Penticton BCHL 5’09/165 00 00 00 00
- Colin Fitzgerald—C—Peterborough 6’02/181 00 00 00 00
- Brek Liske—D—Everett 6’00/181 00 00 00 00
- Tynan Lawrence—F—Muskegon USHL 6’00/168 00 00 00 00
- Dayne Beuker—C—NTDP U17 5’10/154 00 00 00 00
- Vladimir Dravecky—D—Rogle BK J20 6’00/176
- Callum Croskery—D—Chicago USHL 6’00/161 00 00 00 00
- Joe Iginla—F—Edmonton 5’10/157 00 00 00 00
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I'm always a big fan of your personal lists as you're one of the best posters on this forum. I would love to see your 2026 list if you have one.
Here's an aggregated list from @Ovechkin962 , @GermanSpitfire , @HockeyProspects101 and @scoutman1 . Weighted a little more towards the lists added post-Hlinka/5-Nations/summer tourneys. I'll update if @Pavel Buchnevich or anybody else well known around this forum adds a list or if the earlier ones get updated (added a few more resources to the aggregation - but kept the "ranked" players limited to the posted lists in this thread):
HFB AGGREGATE 2026 WATCHLIST - UPDATED 8/22/24
1. Gavin McKenna
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2. Viggo Bjorck
3. Viktor Fyodorov
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4. Mathis Preston
5. J.P. Hurlbert
6. Ethan Belchetz
7. Ivar Stenberg
8. Mikey Berchild
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9. Ryan Roobroeck
10. Adam Valentini
11. Alexei Vlasov
12. Maddox Dagenais
13. Zach Nyman
14. Yegor Shilov
15. Daxon Rudolph
16. Braidy Wassilyn
17. Alessandro Di Iorio
18. Joe Iginla
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19. Dayne Beuker
20. Vladimir Dravecky
21. Keaton Verhoeff
22. Adam Novotny
23. Elton Hermansson
24. Olivers Murnieks
25. Colin Fitzgerald
26. Callum Croskery
27. Simon Katolicky
28. Riley Boychuk
29. Viljo Kahkonen
30. Ryan Lin
31. Filip Novak
32. Brett Olson
33. Tynan Lawrence
34. Liam Ruck
35. Luke Schairer
36. Beckham Edwards
37. Marcus Nordmark
38. Juho Piiparainen
39. Adam Nemec
40. Brady Smith
41. A.J. Francisco
42. Parker Trottier
43. Brek Liske
44. Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte
45. Jack Hextall
46. Logan Stuart
47. Axel Elofsson
48. Noah Kosick
49. Xavier Villeneuve
50. Caleb Malhotra
51. Markus Ruck
52. Alex McLean
53. Cruz Pavao
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(Alphabetical)
HM: Niklas Aaram-Olsen
HM: Samu Alalauri
HM: Cole Bumgarner
HM: Tomas Chrenko
HM: Adam Goljer
HM: Alexander Hage
HM: Oscar Holmertz
HM: Alexander Ivanov
HM: Mans Josbrant
HM: Martins Klaucans
HM: Nikita Ovcharov
HM: Gleb Pugachyov
HM: Chase Reid
HM: Ondrej Ruml
HM: Rafik Varosyan
HFB AGGREGATE 2026 WATCHLIST - UPDATED 8/22/24
1. Gavin McKenna
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2. Viggo Bjorck
3. Viktor Fyodorov
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4. Mathis Preston
5. J.P. Hurlbert
6. Ethan Belchetz
7. Ivar Stenberg
8. Mikey Berchild
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9. Ryan Roobroeck
10. Adam Valentini
11. Alexei Vlasov
12. Maddox Dagenais
13. Zach Nyman
14. Yegor Shilov
15. Daxon Rudolph
16. Braidy Wassilyn
17. Alessandro Di Iorio
18. Joe Iginla
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19. Dayne Beuker
20. Vladimir Dravecky
21. Keaton Verhoeff
22. Adam Novotny
23. Elton Hermansson
24. Olivers Murnieks
25. Colin Fitzgerald
26. Callum Croskery
27. Simon Katolicky
28. Riley Boychuk
29. Viljo Kahkonen
30. Ryan Lin
31. Filip Novak
32. Brett Olson
33. Tynan Lawrence
34. Liam Ruck
35. Luke Schairer
36. Beckham Edwards
37. Marcus Nordmark
38. Juho Piiparainen
39. Adam Nemec
40. Brady Smith
41. A.J. Francisco
42. Parker Trottier
43. Brek Liske
44. Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte
45. Jack Hextall
46. Logan Stuart
47. Axel Elofsson
48. Noah Kosick
49. Xavier Villeneuve
50. Caleb Malhotra
51. Markus Ruck
52. Alex McLean
53. Cruz Pavao
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(Alphabetical)
HM: Niklas Aaram-Olsen
HM: Samu Alalauri
HM: Cole Bumgarner
HM: Tomas Chrenko
HM: Adam Goljer
HM: Alexander Hage
HM: Oscar Holmertz
HM: Alexander Ivanov
HM: Mans Josbrant
HM: Martins Klaucans
HM: Nikita Ovcharov
HM: Gleb Pugachyov
HM: Chase Reid
HM: Ondrej Ruml
HM: Rafik Varosyan
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