{"id":575285,"date":"2026-05-15T05:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/575285\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:03:16","slug":"predators-upgrade-2027-draft-pick-following-golden-knights-series-victory-over-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/575285\/","title":{"rendered":"Predators Upgrade 2027 Draft Pick Following Golden Knights Series Victory Over Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nashville Predators<\/a> will be adding a second round pick to their draft stock in 2027.<\/p>\n

Following the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>‘ 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in Game 6 to win the series and advance to the Western Conference Finals, the Predators have upgraded a 2027 third-round pick to a second-round pick.<\/p>\n

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Vegas will face the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> in the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

Nashville received a conditional pick from the Golden Knights in a trade in June 2025, sending Colton Sissions and Jeremy Lauzon<\/a> to Vegas for Nic Hague and a conditional 2027 third-round pick.<\/p>\n

If the Golden Knights won at least two rounds in the 2026 playoffs, which they have, the pick upgrades to the second round selection.<\/p>\n

Nashville now has 12 picks in the 2027 NHL Draft: one first round, two second round, three third round, two fourth round, two fifth round, one sixth round and one seventh round pick.<\/p>\n

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Jun 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA;NHLCommissioner Gary Bettman announces Brady Martin is selected as the fifth overall pick to the NashvillePredatorsin the first round of the 2025NHLDraftat Peacock Theater. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Predators have 12 picks in the upcoming 2026 draft, including the 10th overall pick.<\/p>\n

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the past two years, beginning with Vegas star forward and 2023 Conn Smyth winner, Jonathan Marchessault<\/a>, signing with Nashville in the 2024 offseason.<\/p>\n

Along with the Hague trade, Nashville sent Cole Smith<\/a> to the Golden Knights at the 2026 trade deadline for a 2028 third-round pick and defenseman\u00a0Christoffer Sedoff.<\/p>\n

Nashville saw consistent production from Hague in his first season, totaling 15 points in 62 games. On the other hand, Marchessault’s play has steadily declined, posting a career-low 31 points in 62 games.<\/p>\n

The Predators latest acquisition, Sedoff, has no points in 12 games this season with the Milwaukee Admirals and played in just one of the Admirals three playoff games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nashville Predators will be adding a second round pick to their draft stock in 2027. Following the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5119],"tags":[233,17763,144,5,9247,781,2409,231,5281,4,2410,39,1099],"class_list":["post-575285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nashville-predators","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-cole-smith","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-hockey","tag-jeremy-lauzon","tag-jonathan-marchessault","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-predators","tag-nashvillepredators","tag-nhl","tag-predators","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-western-conference-finals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116576846097075585","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}