Ranking supplement
Tankathon Big Board 2026 NHL Draft source.
Tankathon Big Board is stored as a curated public ranking supplement. Author/date metadata: Tankathon staff / 2026-05-06. 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 | Ivar Stenberg Player board → | LW/RW / Frölunda HC / SHL | |
| #3 | Chase Reid Player board → | D / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #4 | Keaton Verhoeff Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #5 | Caleb Malhotra Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #6 | Carson Carels Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #7 | Alberts Smits Player board → | D / Jukurit / Liiga | |
| #8 | Tynan Lawrence Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #9 | Viggo Björck Player board → | C/RW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL | |
| #10 | Daxon Rudolph Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #11 | Ethan Belchetz Player board → | LW / Windsor Spitfires / OHL | |
| #12 | Ryan Lin Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #13 | Oscar Hemming Player board → | F / Boston College / NCAA | |
| #14 | Adam Novotny Player board → | LW/RW / Peterborough Petes / OHL | |
| #15 | Malte Gustafsson Player board → | D / HV71 / SHL | |
| #16 | Elton Hermansson Player board → | RW/LW / MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #17 | Oliver Suvanto Player board → | C / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #18 | Nikita Klepov Player board → | F / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #19 | Xavier Villeneuve Player board → | D / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #20 | Wyatt Cullen Player board → | F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #21 | Marcus Nordmark Player board → | LW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL | |
| #22 | Ilia Morozov Player board → | F / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA | |
| #23 | JP Hurlbert | F / Kamloops / WHL | |
| #24 | Mathis Preston Player board → | F / Vancouver Giants / WHL | |
| #25 | Alexander Command Player board → | C / Örebro HK / SHL | |
| #26 | Yegor Shilov Player board → | C / Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL | |
| #27 | Juho Piiparinen Player board → | D / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #28 | Maddox Dagenais Player board → | C / Québec Remparts / QMJHL | |
| #29 | Liam Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL | |
| #30 | William Håkansson Player board → | D / Luleå HF / SHL | |
| #31 | Ryan Roobroeck Player board → | C / Niagara IceDogs / OHL | |
| #32 | Markus Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL |