NHL Central Scouting Preliminary 2026 Draft Rankings Takeaways
October 24, 2025
NHL Central Scouting Preliminary 2026 Draft Rankings Takeaways
4 comments
(Upside Hockey HQ is in YYC fwiw)
This is hard to read, more structure is needed.
I am pretty confident that Calgary will not finish last in the league, and will not win the draft lottery, but could quite possibly get a top 5 draft pick. Early on its looking like Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, and Keaton Verhoeff will be the top 3 players picked in the draft unless something dramatic changes. After that the rankings become far less clear. The 4th or 5th pick should allow a team draft the best center in the draft.
You know the season is off to a good start with posts on draft prospects 9 games in…
4 comments
(Upside Hockey HQ is in YYC fwiw)
This is hard to read, more structure is needed.
I am pretty confident that Calgary will not finish last in the league, and will not win the draft lottery, but could quite possibly get a top 5 draft pick. Early on its looking like Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, and Keaton Verhoeff will be the top 3 players picked in the draft unless something dramatic changes. After that the rankings become far less clear. The 4th or 5th pick should allow a team draft the best center in the draft.
You know the season is off to a good start with posts on draft prospects 9 games in…