Ranking supplement
The Hockey Writers (Orth) 2026 NHL Draft source.
The Hockey Writers (Orth) is stored as a curated public ranking supplement. Author/date metadata: Jordan Orth / 2026-06-02. 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 | Ivar Stenberg Player board → | LW/RW / Frölunda HC / SHL | |
| #2 | Gavin McKenna Player board → | LW / Penn State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #3 | Chase Reid Player board → | D / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #4 | Caleb Malhotra Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #5 | Keaton Verhoeff Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #6 | Carson Carels 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 | Daxon Rudolph Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #10 | Tynan Lawrence Player board → | C / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #11 | Ethan Belchetz Player board → | LW / Windsor Spitfires / OHL | |
| #12 | Ryan Lin Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #13 | Elton Hermansson Player board → | RW/LW / MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #14 | Oliver Suvanto Player board → | C / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #15 | Adam Novotny Player board → | LW/RW / Peterborough Petes / OHL | |
| #16 | Oscar Hemming Player board → | F / Boston College / NCAA | |
| #17 | Xavier Villeneuve Player board → | D / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #18 | Nikita Klepov Player board → | F / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #19 | Marcus Nordmark Player board → | LW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL | |
| #20 | JP Hurlbert | LW / Kamloops Blazers / WHL | |
| #21 | Malte Gustafsson Player board → | D / HV71 / SHL | |
| #22 | Juho Piiparinen Player board → | D / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #23 | Wyatt Cullen Player board → | F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #24 | Mathis Preston Player board → | F / Vancouver Giants / WHL | |
| #25 | Ilia Morozov Player board → | F / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA | |
| #26 | Maddox Dagenais Player board → | C / Québec Remparts / QMJHL | |
| #27 | William Håkansson Player board → | D / Luleå HF / SHL | |
| #28 | Yegor Shilov Player board → | C / Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL | |
| #29 | Liam Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL | |
| #30 | Niklas Aaram-Olsen Player board → | RW/LW / Örebro HK U20 / U20 Nationell | |
| #31 | Jaxon Cover Player board → | LW / London Knights / OHL | |
| #32 | Ryan Roobroeck Player board → | C / Niagara IceDogs / OHL | |
| #33 | Alexander Command Player board → | C / Örebro HK / SHL | |
| #34 | Tomas Chrenko Player board → | C / HK Nitra / Slovakia | |
| #35 | Pierce Mbuyi Player board → | LW / Penn State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #36 | Victor Plante Player board → | F / Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth / NCAA | |
| #37 | Adam Valentini Player board → | F / Univ. of Michigan / NCAA | |
| #38 | Jack Hextall Player board → | C / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #39 | Casey Mutryn Player board → | F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #40 | Markus Ruck Player board → | F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL | |
| #41 | Tommy Bleyl Player board → | D / Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL | |
| #42 | Nikita Shcherbakov Player board → | D / Toros Neftekamsk / VHL | |
| #43 | Adam Goljer Player board → | D / HK Dukla Trencin / Slovakia | |
| #44 | Simas Ignatavicius Player board → | C/W / Genève-Servette HC / NL | |
| #45 | Ben Macbeath Player board → | D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #46 | Beckham Edwards Player board → | C / Univ. of Notre Dame / NCAA | |
| #47 | Adam Nemec Player board → | F / Sudbury Wolves / OHL | |
| #48 | Vladimír Dravecký Player board → | D / Brantford Bulldogs / OHL | |
| #49 | Alessandro Di Iorio Player board → | C / Sarnia Sting / OHL | |
| #50 | Giorgos Pantelas Player board → | D / Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL | |
| #51 | Filip Novák Player board → | F / HC Sparta Praha / Czechia | |
| #52 | Oscar Holmertz Player board → | C / Linköping HC / SHL | |
| #53 | Lavr Gashilov Player board → | C / Avto Yekaterinburg / MHL | |
| #54 | Ryder Cali Player board → | C / Providence College / NCAA | |
| #55 | Lars Steiner Player board → | RW / Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL | |
| #56 | Brooks Rogowski Player board → | C / Oshawa Generals / OHL | |
| #57 | Matias Vanhanen Player board → | F / Everett Silvertips / WHL | |
| #58 | Vertti Svensk Player board → | D / SaiPa / Liiga | |
| #59 | Axel Elofsson Player board → | D / IK Oskarshamn / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #60 | Luke Schairer Player board → | D / USNTDP Juniors / USHL | |
| #61 | Thomas Vandenberg Player board → | C / Ottawa 67's / OHL | |
| #62 | Viktor Fyodorov Player board → | C / Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL | |
| #63 | Gleb Pugachyov Player board → | RW / Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL | |
| #64 | Cole Zurawski Player board → | RW / Univ. of Notre Dame / NCAA | |
| #65 | Vilho Vanhatalo Player board → | RW/LW / Tappara / Liiga | |
| #66 | Mikey Berchild Player board → | F / Univ. of Denver / NCAA | |
| #67 | Alexei Vlasov Player board → | LW / Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL | |
| #68 | Chase Harrington Player board → | F / Spokane Chiefs / WHL | |
| #69 | Brek Liske Player board → | D / Everett Silvertips / WHL | |
| #70 | Landon Amrhein Player board → | F / Calgary Hitmen / WHL | |
| #71 | Tobias Trejbal Player board → | G / Youngstown Phantoms / USHL | |
| #72 | Samu Alalauri Player board → | D / Pelicans U20 / U20 SM-sarja | |
| #73 | Egor Barabanov Player board → | F / Univ. of Massachusetts / NCAA | |
| #74 | Casper Juustovaara | C / Luleå HF / SHL | |
| #75 | Alan Shaikhlislamov Player board → | RW/LW / Tolpar Ufa / MHL | |
| #76 | Jonas Lagerberg Hoen Player board → | RW / Leksands IF / HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| #77 | Jean-Cristoph Lemieux Player board → | C / Sudbury Wolves / OHL | |
| #78 | Nils Bartholdsson Player board → | RW / Rögle BK / SHL | |
| #79 | Braidy Wassilyn Player board → | F / Boston Univ. / NCAA | |
| #80 | Olivers Murnieks Player board → | C / Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL | |
| #81 | Brady Knowling Player board → | G / U.S. National U18 Team / NTDP | |
| #82 | Landon Hafele Player board → | F / Arizona State Univ. / NCAA | |
| #83 | Ethan MacKenzie Player board → | D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | |
| #84 | Alexander Bilecki Player board → | D / Kitchener Rangers / OHL | |
| #85 | Landon Nycz Player board → | D / Univ. of Massachusetts / NCAA | |
| #86 | Ludvig Andersson Player board → | C/RW / Örebro HK / SHL | |
| #87 | Blake Zielinski Player board → | F / Des Moines Buccaneers / USHL | |
| #88 | Colin Fitzgerald Player board → | C / Soo Greyhounds / OHL | |
| #89 | Ryan Brown Player board → | LW / London Knights / OHL | |
| #90 | Michal Orsulak Player board → | G / Prince Albert Raiders / WHL | |
| #91 | Cooper Williams Player board → | F / Saskatoon Blades / WHL | |
| #92 | Jakub Vaněček Player board → | D / Tri-City Americans / WHL | |
| #93 | Noel Pakarinen Player board → | LW / Kiekko-Espoo / Liiga | |
| #94 | Simon Katolicky Player board → | LW/RW / Sarnia Sting / OHL | |
| #95 | Rudolfs Berzkalns Player board → | C / Boston College / NCAA | |
| #96 | Dmitri Borichev Player board → | G / Loko-76 Yaroslavl / MHL |