Prospect Info: The 2026 NHL Draft First Round Thread - Part 4

[quat]

No Carels is disappointing, but then again, this franchise hasn't been able to identify WHL talent in like 5 decades, why would it change now?

The curse of Ron Delorme?

 

[sting101]

In the Central Scouting video Dan Marr talks about a world with "the top5-6 teams all honestly saying we got the guy we wanted"

He talks about 4 D and Malhotra in NA clumped together with 2 Euro players Stenberg top3 and Smits anywhere from 2 through that top grouping. All that without mentioning Cullen or Bjorck who i believe moved into the conversation just have some physical traits that will see some trepidation

Maybe people should listen to the scouts before making accusations


Go to 2:10

 

[Gekj]

In the Central Scouting video Dan Marr talks about a world with "the top5-6 teams all honestly saying we got the guy we wanted"

He talks about 4 D and Malhotra in NA clumped together with 2 Euro players Stenberg top3 and Smits anywhere from 2 through that top grouping. All that without mentioning Cullen or Bjorck who i believe moved into the conversation just have some physical traits that will see some trepidation

Maybe people should listen to the scouts before making accusations


Go to 2:10

To add, this video was from more than a month ago which was around the start? of the OHL playoffs and prior to the U18s. Malhotra's stock has probably risen the most and Verhoeff's stock probably dropped the most in that time among those guys in that range.