Drafted #97 · VAN
Yaroslav Bryzgalov 2026 NHL Draft profile.
Yaroslav Bryzgalov was drafted No. 97 (Round 4) by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2026 NHL Draft, a C/LW from Belarus currently with Merrimack College, NCAA. He was the consensus #100 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
Bryzgalov is a big scoring center with a Physical Forward, Playmaker profile. The offense is the projectable base. The question is decision-making, especially when pressure forces the first play away. It is a later swing on a player with one clear carrying tool. This deep into the top 100, he is a swing, with a #100 public range across 1 tracked list. NHL Central Scouting has him 90th among North American skaters. For context, he ranks 182nd of 217 among USHL 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
Photo: Kaiser matias (CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Yaroslav Bryzgalov is attached to Merrimack College / NCAA. Latest row: 64 GP, 13-42-55, 0.86 P/GP. His public rank range in this export runs from #100 to #100. Cohort context: his best qualifying season on file ranks #182 of 217 same-league, same-age USHL forward seasons since 2000 — a depth-band cohort standing (top 83%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| #100 | CONSOLIDATED RANKING | listed |
Season rows
| Season | Team / league | Split | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | WHL / Medicine Hat Tigers | Regular | 64 GP, 13-42-55, 0.86 P/GP |
| 2025-2026 | WHL / Medicine Hat Tigers | Playoffs | 15 GP, 2-12-14, 0.93 P/GP |
| 2024-2025 | USHL / Des Moines Buccaneers | Regular | 51 GP, 10-7-17, 0.33 P/GP |
| 2024-2025 | Tsyplakov Cup / Team Belarus U18 | Event | 3 GP, 3-3-6, 2 P/GP |
| 2023-2024 | Belarus Vysshaya / Team Belarus U18 | Regular | 52 GP, 21-48-69, 1.33 P/GP |
| 2023-2024 | Belarus Vysshaya / Team Belarus U18 | Playoffs | 13 GP, 3-12-15, 1.15 P/GP |
| 2023-2024 | Russia U17 Finals / Team Belarus U17 | Event | 7 GP, 6-6-12, 1.71 P/GP |
| 2023-2024 | Belarus U18 / Dinamo Minsk U18 | Playoffs | 4 GP, 2-1-3, 0.75 P/GP |
Reference
Primary external reference: Yaroslav Bryzgalov on EliteProspects. Rank and stat rows are cross-checked against the public sources documented on About Data.