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Mock draft supplement

The Athletic — Wheeler Mock Draft 3.0 2026 NHL Draft source.

The Athletic — Wheeler Mock Draft 3.0 is stored as a curated public mock draft supplement. Author/date metadata: Scott Wheeler / 2026-06-24. The rows below are local matches and are shown separately from the consensus ranking.

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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/pickPlayerProjected teamLocal player context
#1Gavin McKenna Player board →LW / Penn State Univ. / NCAA
#2Ivar Stenberg Player board →LW/RW / Frölunda HC / SHL
#3Caleb Malhotra Player board →C / Boston Univ. / NCAA
#4Chase Reid Player board →D / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA
#5Alberts Smits Player board →D / Jukurit / Liiga
#6Carson Carels Player board →D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA
#7Keaton Verhoeff Player board →D / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA
#8Viggo Björck Player board →C/RW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL
#9Daxon Rudolph Player board →D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA
#10Ethan Belchetz Player board →LW / Windsor Spitfires / OHL
#11Tynan Lawrence Player board →C / Boston Univ. / NCAA
#12Wyatt Cullen Player board →F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL
#13Malte Gustafsson Player board →D / HV71 / SHL
#14Ryan Lin Player board →D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA
#15Oscar Hemming Player board →F / Boston College / NCAA
#16Alexander Command Player board →C / Örebro HK / SHL
#17Oliver Suvanto Player board →C / Tappara / Liiga
#18Adam Novotny Player board →LW/RW / Peterborough Petes / OHL
#19Maddox Dagenais Player board →C / Québec Remparts / QMJHL
#20Ilia Morozov Player board →F / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA
#21Maksim Sokolovskii Player board →D / London Knights / OHL
#22J.P. Hurlbert Player board →F / Univ. of Michigan / NCAA
#23Jack Hextall Player board →C / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA
#24Mathis Preston Player board →F / Vancouver Giants / WHL
#25William Håkansson Player board →D / Luleå HF / SHL
#26Elton Hermansson Player board →RW/LW / MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan
#27Tommy Bleyl Player board →D / Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL
#28Gleb Pugachyov Player board →RW / Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL
#29Brooks Rogowski Player board →C / Oshawa Generals / OHL
#30Nikita Klepov Player board →F / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA
#31Xavier Villeneuve Player board →D / Boston Univ. / NCAA
#32Casey Mutryn Player board →F / USNTDP Juniors / USHL
#33Liam Ruck Player board →F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL
#34Jakub Vaněček Player board →D / Tri-City Americans / WHL
#35Ryder Cali Player board →C / Providence College / NCAA
#36Tobias Trejbal Player board →G / Youngstown Phantoms / USHL
#37Ryan Roobroeck Player board →C / Niagara IceDogs / OHL
#38Marcus Nordmark Player board →LW / Djurgårdens IF / SHL
#39Simas Ignatavicius Player board →C/W / Genève-Servette HC / NL
#40Timofei Runtso Player board →D / Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA
#41Markus Ruck Player board →F / Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL
#42Chase Harrington Player board →F / Spokane Chiefs / WHL
#43Niklas Aaram-Olsen Player board →RW/LW / Örebro HK U20 / U20 Nationell
#44Jonas Lagerberg Hoen Player board →RW / Leksands IF / HockeyAllsvenskan
#45Adam Goljer Player board →D / HK Dukla Trencin / Slovakia
#46Jaxon Cover Player board →LW / London Knights / OHL
#47Zac Olsen Player board →F / Colorado College / NCAA
#48Nikita Shcherbakov Player board →D / Toros Neftekamsk / VHL
#49Juho Piiparinen Player board →D / Tappara / Liiga
#50Charlie Morrison Player board →D / Québec Remparts / QMJHL
#51Yegor Shilov Player board →C / Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL
#52Alessandro Di Iorio Player board →C / Sarnia Sting / OHL
#53Samu Alalauri Player board →D / Pelicans U20 / U20 SM-sarja
#54Thomas Vandenberg Player board →C / Ottawa 67's / OHL
#55Adam Nemec Player board →F / Sudbury Wolves / OHL
#56Ben Macbeath Player board →D / Univ. of Denver / NCAA
#57Tomas Chrenko Player board →C / HK Nitra / Slovakia
#58Beckett Hamilton Player board →F / Red Deer Rebels / WHL
#59Måns Gudmundsson Player board →D / Färjestad BK U20 / U20 Nationell
#60Alexander Bilecki Player board →D / Kitchener Rangers / OHL
#61Liam Lefebvre Player board →C / Univ. of Vermont / NCAA
#62Rian Chudzinski Player board →RW / Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL
#64Rudolfs Berzkalns Player board →C / Boston College / NCAA