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Oliver Suvanto 2026 NHL Draft profile.
Oliver Suvanto was drafted No. 18 (Round 1) by the Washington Capitals in the 2026 NHL Draft, a C from Finland currently with Tappara, Liiga. He was the consensus #16 prospect pre-draft. The static profile shows consensus rank, public source spread, latest season context, NHL Central Scouting status, and combine/event badges from existing local JSON only.
Scouting read
Suvanto is a big power center. Mature two-way Liiga center at 17 (NHL Central Scouting final profiles). He also drew a 2026 NHL Combine invite. The concern is pace: he still has to prove the offense arrives quickly enough at the next level. That still leaves enough skill to picture a top-six or hard middle-six outcome. He is in the first-round mix, with a #3-#28 public range across 15 tracked lists. NHL Central Scouting has him 3rd among International skaters. For context, he ranks 22nd of 25 among LIIGA U18 since 2000 at a 35-game floor.
Generated from the local ranking, stat, style, NHL CSS, and curated public-note fields only — no private model or scraped projection.
Snapshot
Oliver Suvanto is attached to Tappara / Liiga. Latest row: 48 GP, 2-9-11, 0.23 P/GP. His public rank range in this export runs from #3 to #28. Cohort context: his best qualifying season on file ranks #21 of 51 same-league, same-age U18 SM-sarja forward seasons since 2000 — an average-band cohort standing (top 39%).
Rank rows
Rank rows are public source context, not a model projection. The source range helps show whether public lists are clustered or spread out.
| Rank | Source | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING EU | FINAL RANKING |
| #13 | SPORTSNET/COSENTINO | APRIL RANKING |
| #14 | TSN/CRAIG BUTTON | MAY RANKING |
| #16 | CONSOLIDATED RANKING | listed |
| #16 | CAM'S CONSENSUS | FINAL RANKING |
| #16 | DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY | MIDSEASON RANKING |
| #17 | MCKEEN'S HOCKEY | APRIL RANKING |
| #17 | DOBBERPROSPECTS | DECEMBER RANKING |
| #18 | THN/FERRARI | APRIL RANKING |
| #22 | THN/KENNEDY | JANUARY RANKING |
Season rows
| Season | Team / league | Split | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | Liiga / Tappara | Regular | 48 GP, 2-9-11, 0.23 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | U20 SM-sarja / Tappara U20 | Playoffs | 14 GP, 0-5-5, 0.36 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | International-Jr / Finland U20 (all) | Regular | 13 GP, 4-4-8, 0.62 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | International-Jr / Finland U18 (all) | Regular | 11 GP, 4-5-9, 0.82 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | WJC-20 / Finland U20 | Regular | 7 GP, 2-0-2, 0.29 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | WJC-18 / Finland U18 | Regular | 5 GP, 1-2-3, 0.60 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup / Finland U18 | Event | 5 GP, 2-2-4, 0.80 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | U20 SM-sarja / Tappara U20 | Regular | 3 GP, 3-0-3, 1 P/GP |
Reference
Primary external reference: Oliver Suvanto on EliteProspects. Rank and stat rows are cross-checked against the public sources documented on About Data.