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2026 NHL Mock Draft

Prospect Rankings updated ago | Draft Order updated after every game
Draft Order updated after every game
Some team needs are factored into the mock and simulations.
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Round 1
1
Gavin McKenna
LW | Penn State
6'0" 165
2007-DEC
NCAA
GAMES
2
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
3
2
Keaton Verhoeff
RD | North Dakota
6'4" 212
2008-JUN
NCAA
3
Ivar Stenberg
LW/RW | Frölunda HC
6'0" 181
2007-SEP
U20 Nationell
4
Tynan Lawrence
C | Muskegon
6'0" 185
2008-AUG
USHL
5
Ryan Roobroeck
LW | Niagara
6'4" 216
2007-SEP
OHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
6
NHLe
22.7
6
Ethan Belchetz
LW | Windsor
6'5" 227
2008-MAR
OHL
GAMES
8
GOALS
5
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
8
NHLe
26.5
7
Mathis Preston
F | Spokane
5'11" 176
2008-JUL
WHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
4
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
8
8
Viggo Björck
C/RW | Djurgårdens IF
5'10" 172
2008-MAR
SHL
GAMES
9
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
4
NHLe
21.7
9
Ryan Lin
RD | Vancouver
5'11" 176
2008-APR
WHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
8
POINTS
10
NHLe
35.4
10
Adam Novotný
LW/RW | Mountfield HK
6'1" 198
2007-NOV
Czechia
11
Daxon Rudolph
RD | Prince Albert
6'2" 203
2008-MAR
WHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
6
POINTS
8
NHLe
33.0
12
Chase Reid
RD | Soo
6'2" 185
2007-DEC
OHL
GAMES
8
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
6
POINTS
7
NHLe
23.2
13
Elton Hermansson
RW/LW | Örebro HK
6'1" 181
2008-FEB
U20 Nationell
GAMES
5
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
4
14
Xavier Villeneuve
LD | Blainville-Boisbriand
5'11" 157
2007-SEP
QMJHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
5
POINTS
6
NHLe
23.3
15
Carson Carels
LD | Prince George
6'2" 194
2008-JUN
WHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
4
16
Marcus Nordmark
RW | Djurgårdens IF
6'1" 183
2008-MAY
U20 Nationell
GAMES
8
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
10
POINTS
13
17
Forfeited
18
Lars Steiner
RW | Rouyn-Noranda
5'10" 176
2007-NOV
QMJHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
5
POINTS
8
NHLe
26.6
19
Niklas Aaram-Olsen
RW/LW | Örebro HK
6'1" 183
2008-APR
U20 Nationell
GAMES
6
GOALS
5
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
7
20
Beckham Edwards
C | Sarnia
6'1" 181
2008-JAN
OHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
5
POINTS
8
NHLe
35.3
21
Malte Gustafsson
LD | HV71
6'4" 198
2008-JUN
U20 Nationell
GAMES
7
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
5
22
Mikey Berchild
F | USDP
5'9" 172
2008-FEB
NTDP
GAMES
5
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
2
23
Tomas Chrenko
C | HK Nitra
5'11" 170
2007-NOV
Slovak
GAMES
9
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
4
24
Alessandro Di Iorio
C | Sarnia
6'1" 190
2008-MAR
OHL
25
Braidy Wassilyn
F | Niagara
5'11" 194
2008-MAY
OHL
26
Tobias Tomik
C/RW | HK Dukla Trenčín
6'1" 190
2007-DEC
Slovak
27
Jack Hextall
C | Youngstown
6'0" 185
2008-MAR
USHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
5
28
Colin Fitzgerald
C | Peterborough
6'2" 207
2008-APR
OHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
2
NHLe
8.8
29
Olivers Murnieks
C | Sioux City
6'1" 190
2008-JUL
USHL
30
Chase Harrington
F | Spokane
6'0" 196
2007-OCT
WHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
4
31
Adam Valentini
F | Michigan
5'11" 185
2008-APR
NCAA
GAMES
2
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
2
32
Casey Mutryn
F | USDP
6'2" 190
2008-JUL
NTDP
GAMES
8
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
2
Round 2
33
JP Hurlbert
F | USDP
5'11" 176
2008-APR
NTDP
34
Simon Katolicky
LW/RW | Tappara
6'4" 198
2008-JUL
SM-sarja
GAMES
8
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
5
35
Viktor Fyodorov
C | Chaika Nizhny
5'10" 176
2008-FEB
MHL
GAMES
3
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
2
36
William Hakansson
LD | Luleå HF
6'4" 207
2007-OCT
SHL
GAMES
10
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
1
NHLe
4.9
37
Oscar Holmertz
C | Linköping HC
6'0" 192
2008-MAR
U20 Nationell
GAMES
7
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
6
38
Adam Nemec
F | HK Nitra
6'1" 176
2007-OCT
Slovak
GAMES
9
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
4
39
Liam Ruck
F | Medicine Hat
6'0" 176
2008-FEB
WHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
5
NHLe
20.6
40
Alberts Smits
LD | Jukurit
6'3" 205
2007-DEC
SM-sarja
GAMES
5
GOALS
6
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
10
41
Juho Piiparinen
RD | Tappara
6'2" 203
2008-AUG
Liiga
GAMES
7
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
2
NHLe
10.6
42
Nikita Klepov
F | Saginaw
6'0" 181
2008-JUN
OHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
7
ASSISTS
6
POINTS
13
NHLe
49.2
43
Luke Schairer
RD | USDP
6'2" 187
2008-JAN
NTDP
GAMES
8
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
1
44
Pierce Mbuyi
LW | Owen Sound
5'10" 159
2008-APR
OHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
5
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
7
NHLe
26.5
45
Cooper Williams
F | Saskatoon
6'0" 150
2008-FEB
WHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
4
46
Caleb Malhotra
C | Brantford
6'0" 170
2008-JUN
OHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
3
ASSISTS
6
POINTS
9
47
Blake Zielinski
F | Des Moines
6'0" 185
2008-MAR
USHL
GAMES
5
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
5
48
Oscar Hemming
F | Kiekko-Espoo
6'4" 194
2008-AUG
SM-sarja
49
Yegor Shilov
C | Green Bay
6'1" 181
2008-APR
USHL
50
Oliver Suvanto
C | Tappara
6'3" 209
2008-SEP
Liiga
GAMES
10
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
2
NHLe
7.4
51
Maddox Dagenais
C | Quebec
6'3" 194
2008-MAR
QMJHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
3
POINTS
4
NHLe
15.5
52
Gleb Pugachyov
RW/LW | Chaika Nizhny
6'3" 198
2008-MAR
MHL
GAMES
10
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
4
POINTS
6
53
Arseni Ilyin
RW/LW | Spartak Moskva
6'2" 170
2007-DEC
MHL
GAMES
11
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
1
54
Lavr Gashilov
C | Avto Yekaterinburg
6'2" 170
2007-SEP
MHL
GAMES
10
GOALS
5
ASSISTS
15
POINTS
20
55
Axel Elofsson
RD | Örebro HK
5'10" 163
2008-JUN
U20 Nationell
GAMES
6
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
9
POINTS
10
56
Vladimír Dravecký
RD | Rögle BK
6'0" 187
2007-DEC
U20 Nationell
57
Vilho Vanhatalo
RW/LW | Tappara
6'4" 190
2008-JAN
SM-sarja
GAMES
10
GOALS
7
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
9
58
Filip Novák
F | HC Sparta Praha
6'1" 198
2008-MAR
Czechia U20
GAMES
11
GOALS
5
ASSISTS
7
POINTS
12
59
Ilya Morozov
F | Tri-City
6'3" 205
2008-AUG
USHL
60
Landon Nycz
LD | Massachusetts
6'3" 201
2007-OCT
NCAA
GAMES
2
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
0
POINTS
1
61
Brooks Rogowski
C | Oshawa
6'6" 227
2008-JUN
OHL
GAMES
7
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
2
POINTS
4
NHLe
15.1
62
Cameron Chartrand
RD | Saint John
6'1" 201
2008-MAR
QMJHL
GAMES
6
GOALS
1
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
2
NHLe
7.8
63
Adam Goljer
RD | HK Dukla Trencin
6'3" 194
2008-JUN
Slovak
GAMES
7
GOALS
0
ASSISTS
0
POINTS
0
64
Lucas Zajic
RW | USDP
5'10" 174
2008-JAN
NTDP
GAMES
8
GOALS
2
ASSISTS
1
POINTS
3
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NHLe
- A metric used to predict NHL points over 82 games based on a player's performance in specific leagues. (PPG x translation_factor * 82) Source
Determining the NHL Draft Order
1
All teams missing the playoffs are in the Lottery
2
Teams with the least points get more chances at winning the Lottery
3
The 1st overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls. A team can only jump ten spots, so only the top 11 teams are eligible for the 1st pick. If a team in the 12-16 range wins the first drawing, the first pick will be awarded to the worst team. The 12-16 seed team that won the first drawing is also locked into their new position.
4
A second drawing is held to determine the other lottery winner. Like the first drawing, the second winner can only jump ten spots, but this time it is using the re-seeded order following the first drawing. This second drawing will not affect the team(s) with locked-in positions from the first drawing. If a ten spot jump is to a pick that is already locked-in, this team will receive the next available pick.
5
Teams are only allowed to improve their positioning via the Lottery twice in a five year period (beginning with the 2022 Lottery).
6
Ties are broken by teams' total number of regulation wins (RW), regulation and non-shootout overtime wins (ROW), and then head-to-head if still tied
7
Playoff teams that did not win their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks
8
Playoff teams that won their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks
9
Conference finals losers sorted by points are assigned picks 29 and 30
10
Stanley Cup runner-up is assigned pick 31
11
Stanley Cup champion is assigned pick 32
12
Note: This site uses points percentage instead of points to account for different number of games played between teams