Mock draft supplement
Daily Faceoff — June mock (Ellis) 2026 NHL Draft source.
Daily Faceoff — June mock (Ellis) is stored as a curated public mock draft supplement. Author/date metadata: Steven Ellis / 2026-06-04. The rows below are local matches and are shown separately from the consensus ranking.
Source rows
Source rows are credited to the public article or board. They are useful for comparing public opinion, but they do not create model projections or private scouting reports.
| Source rank/pick | Player | Projected team | Local player context |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Gavin McKenna Player board → | LW / Penn State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #2 | Chase Reid Player board → | D / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #3 | Caleb Malhotra Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #4 | Ivar Stenberg Player board → | LW/RW / Frölunda HC / SHL | |
| #5 | Carson Carels Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #6 | Keaton Verhoeff Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #7 | Viggo Björck Player board → | C/RW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL | |
| #8 | Alberts Smits Player board → | D / Jukurit / Liiga | |
| #9 | Wyatt Cullen Player board → | F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #10 | Tynan Lawrence Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #11 | Daxon Rudolph Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #12 | Ethan Belchetz Player board → | LW / Windsor Spitfires / OHL | |
| #13 | Oscar Hemming Player board → | F / Boston College / NCAA | |
| #14 | Malte Gustafsson Player board → | D / HV71 / SHL | |
| #15 | Ryan Lin Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #16 | Alexander Command Player board → | C / Örebro HK / SHL | |
| #17 | Nikita Klepov Player board → | F / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #18 | Xavier Villeneuve Player board → | D / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #19 | Elton Hermansson Player board → | RW/LW / MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #20 | Adam Goljer Player board → | D / HK Dukla Trencin / Slovakia | |
| #21 | Oliver Suvanto Player board → | C / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #22 | Adam Novotny Player board → | LW/RW / Peterborough Petes / OHL | |
| #23 | Mathis Preston Player board → | F / Vancouver Giants / WHL | |
| #24 | Ilia Morozov Player board → | F / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA | |
| #25 | William Håkansson Player board → | D / Luleå HF / SHL | |
| #26 | JP Hurlbert | LW / Kamloops Blazers / WHL | |
| #27 | Jack Hextall Player board → | C / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #28 | Tommy Bleyl Player board → | D / Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL | |
| #29 | Brooks Rogowski Player board → | C / Oshawa Generals / OHL | |
| #30 | Liam Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL | |
| #31 | Gleb Pugachyov Player board → | RW / Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL | |
| #32 | Maddox Dagenais Player board → | C / Québec Remparts / QMJHL |