Ranking supplement
PM's NHL Draft Ranking 2026 NHL Draft source.
PM's NHL Draft Ranking is stored as a curated public ranking supplement. Author/date metadata: PM (@NHLDraftRanking) / 2026-06-16. 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 | Carson Carels Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #2 | Ivar Stenberg Player board → | LW/RW / Frölunda HC / SHL | |
| #3 | Chase Reid Player board → | D / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #4 | Viggo Björck Player board → | C/RW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL | |
| #5 | Caleb Malhotra Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #6 | Gavin McKenna Player board → | LW / Penn State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #7 | Wyatt Cullen Player board → | F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #8 | Oscar Hemming Player board → | F / Boston College / NCAA | |
| #9 | Oliver Suvanto Player board → | C / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #10 | Ryan Lin Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #11 | Malte Gustafsson Player board → | D / HV71 / SHL | |
| #12 | Daxon Rudolph Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #13 | J.P. Hurlbert Player board → | F / Univ. of Michigan / NCAA | |
| #14 | Alberts Smits Player board → | D / Jukurit / Liiga | |
| #15 | Nikita Klepov Player board → | F / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #16 | Nikita Shcherbakov Player board → | D / Toros Neftekamsk / VHL | |
| #17 | Keaton Verhoeff Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #18 | Ethan Belchetz Player board → | LW / Windsor Spitfires / OHL | |
| #19 | Maddox Dagenais Player board → | C / Québec Remparts / QMJHL | |
| #20 | Gleb Pugachyov Player board → | RW / Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL | |
| #21 | Xavier Villeneuve Player board → | D / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #22 | Maksim Sokolovskii Player board → | D / London Knights / OHL | |
| #23 | Adam Novotny Player board → | LW/RW / Peterborough Petes / OHL | |
| #24 | Tynan Lawrence Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #25 | Ilia Morozov Player board → | F / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA | |
| #26 | Liam Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL | |
| #27 | Alexander Command Player board → | C / Örebro HK / SHL | |
| #28 | Jaxon Cover Player board → | LW / London Knights / OHL | |
| #29 | Brooks Rogowski Player board → | C / Oshawa Generals / OHL | |
| #30 | Elton Hermansson Player board → | RW/LW / MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #31 | Dmitri Borichev Player board → | G / Loko-76 Yaroslavl / MHL | |
| #32 | Tobias Trejbal Player board → | G / Youngstown Phantoms / USHL |