Our first official rankings of the season are here, as we break down our top 50! 2026 is a unique draft class for various reasons but it's tightness at the top end is the stand out, as 7 players are worthy of 1st overall consideration. The middle of the first round has a wide range of high-upside options with a variety of profiles. The second round sees some spillover first round quality and some outside shots at special abilities.

1 Gavin McKenna

2 Keaton Verhoeff

3 Ivar Stenberg

4 Chase Reid

5 Tynan Lawrence

6 Xavier Villeneuve

7 Alberts Šmits

8 Carson Carels

9 Ethan Belchetz

10 Ryan Lin

11 Viggo Björck

12 Mathis Preston

13 Caleb Malhotra

14 Yegor Shilov

15 Oliver Suvanto

16 Jaxon Cover

17 Malte Gustafsson

18 Ryan Roobroeck

19 Wyatt Cullen

20 Adam Novotny

21 Alexander Command

22 J.P. Hurlbert

23 Daxon Rudolph

24 Elton Hermansson

25 Nikita Shcherbakov

26 Casey Mutryn

27 Oscar Hemming

28 Giorgos Pantelas

29 Nikita Klepov

30 Ryder Cali

31 Ilia Morozov

32 Victor Plante

33 Maddox Dagenais

34 Liam Ruck

35 Pierce Mbuyi

36 Adam Valentini

37 Brooks Rogowski

38 Marcus Nordmark

39 Juho Piiparinen

40 Jack Hextall

41 William Håkansson

42 Tomáš Chrenko

43 Tobias Trejbal

44 Luke Schairer

45 Niklas Aaram-Olsen

46 Lincoln Kuehne

47 Alessandro Di Iorio

48 Beckham Edwards

49 Mikey Berchild

50 Landon Hafele

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