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Ryan Lin 2026 NHL Draft profile.
Ryan Lin is listed as D / Canada in the local 2026 NHL Draft pool. The current 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
Lin is a projectable defenseman. High-end decision-making and explosive skating drive transition value (Daily Faceoff, Steven Ellis). 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. If the reads keep coming, the upside is a top-pair or high-end top-four defender. He is being treated like a premium pick, with a #7-#18 public range across 17 tracked lists. NHL Central Scouting has him 16th among North American skaters. For context, his 57 points in 53 games (1.07 P/GP) rank 70th of 850 among WHL 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
Ryan Lin is attached to Univ. of Denver / NCAA. Latest row: No qualifying latest stat row is attached in the static export.. His public rank range in this export runs from #7 to #18. Cohort context: his best qualifying season on file ranks #25 of 475 same-league, same-age WHL skater seasons since 2000 — a strong-band cohort standing (top 5%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| #7 | TSN/CHRIS PETERS | SEPTEMBER RANKING |
| #9 | FLOHOCKEY/CHRIS PETERS | JULY RANKING |
| #10 | CONSOLIDATED RANKING | listed |
| #10 | DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY | MIDSEASON RANKING |
| #11 | CAM'S CONSENSUS | FINAL RANKING |
| #12 | DAILY FACEOFF | MAY RANKING |
| #12 | SPORTSNET/BUKALA | MAY RANKING |
| #13 | DOBBERPROSPECTS | DECEMBER RANKING |
| #13 | HPR/MALLOY | FINAL RANKING |
| #15 | ELITEPROSPECTS.COM | FINAL RANKING |
Season rows
| Season | Team / league | Split | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| No stat row |