Upside Hockey 2026 NHL Draft Rankings May 2026 Substack.xlsx

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1	Rank	Name	68G Eq Pts	Ht	Wt	Pos	S	Ctry	League	Team	Birth	GP	Pts	GP	G	A	Pts	+ -		#	Up

2	1	McKenna, Gavin	99	5'11	170	LW	L	CDN	USA - NCAA	Penn State	20-Dec-07	35	51	35	15	36	51	-7		72	1
3	2	Stenberg, Ivar	52	5'11	183	LW	L	SWE	SWE 1	Frölunda HC	30-Sep-07	43	33	43	11	22	33	+10		55	2
4	3	Carels, Carson	86	6'2	198	D	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Prince George	23-Jun-08	58	73	58	20	53	73	+23		4	3
5	4	Malhotra, Caleb	85	6'2	182	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Brantford	2-Jun-08	67	84	67	29	55	84	+33		27	4
6	5	Reid, Chase	73	6'3	195	D	R	USA	CAN - OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	30-Dec-07	45	48	45	18	30	48	+27		25	5
7	6	Verhoeff, Keaton	38	6'4	208	D	R	CDN	USA - NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	19-Jun-08	36	20	36	6	14	20	+7		18	6
8	7	Smits, Alberts	14	6'3	205	D	L	LAT	GER 1	EHC München	2-Dec-07	5	1	5	0	1	1	+0		23	7
9	8	Rudolph, Daxon	78	6'3	206	D	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Prince Albert	6-Mar-08	68	78	68	28	50	78	+32		68	28
10	9	Hemming, Oscar	29	6'4	193	LW	L	FIN	USA - NCAA	Boston College	13-Aug-08	19	8	19	1	7	8	+0		9	9
11	10	Cullen, Wyatt	68	6'1	176	C	L	USA	USA - NTDP	USA - U18 NTDP	8-Sep-08	34	34	34	12	22	34	+4		7	10
12	11	Gustafsson, Malte	43	6'4	200	D	L	SWE	SWE J20	HV71 U20	11-Jun-08	19	12	19	4	8	12	-6	-18	43	11
13	12	Björck, Viggo	24	5'9	177	RW	R	SWE	SWE 1	Djurgårdens IF	12-Mar-08	42	15	42	6	9	15	+5		61	12
14	13	Lawrence, Tynan	26	6'1	185	C	L	CDN	USA - NCAA	Boston University	3-Aug-08	18	7	18	2	5	7	+1		11	13
15	14	Belchetz, Ethan	70	6'5	228	LW	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Windsor	30-Mar-08	57	59	57	34	25	59	+19		61	14
16	15	Hermansson, Elton	38	6'1	181	RW	R	SWE	SWE 2	MoDo Hockey	5-Feb-08	38	21	38	11	10	21	+9		49	15
17	16	Novotny, Adam	76	6'1	205	LW	L	CZE	CAN - OHL	Peterborough	13-Nov-07	58	65	58	34	31	65	-2		85	16
18	17	Ruck, Liam	104	6'0	177	RW	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Medicine Hat	21-Feb-08	68	104	68	45	59	104	+47		12	17
19	18	Ruck, Marcus	108	6'0	167	LW	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Medicine Hat	21-Feb-08	68	108	68	21	87	108	+45		26	18
20	19	Dagenais, Maddox	68	6'4	196	C	L	CDN	CAN - QMJHL	Quebec	27-Mar-08	62	62	62	30	32	62	+0		26	19
21	20	Klepov, Nikita	98	6'0	180	LW	L	RUS	CAN - OHL	Saginaw	27-Jun-08	67	97	67	37	60	97	+9		98	20
22	21	Command, Alexander	100	6'1	183	C	L	SWE	SWE J20	Örebro HK U20	16-Jun-08	30	44	30	17	27	44	+10		17	21
23	22	Morozov, Ilia	38	6'3	200	C	L	RUS	USA - NCAA	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	3-Aug-08	36	20	36	8	12	20	+2		18	22
24	23	Suvanto, Oliver	16	6'3	207	C	L	FIN	FIN 1	Tappara	3-Sep-08	48	11	48	2	9	11	+3		89	23
25	24	Ignatavicius, Simas	17	6'3	198	C	R	LIT	SUI 1	Genève-Servette HC	22-Oct-07	52	13	52	7	6	13	+7		80	24
26	25	Lin, Ryan	73	5'11	178	D	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Vancouver	18-Apr-08	53	57	53	14	43	57	-19		4	25
27	26	Bleyl, Thomas	87	6'0	165	D	R	USA	CAN - QMJHL	Moncton	1-Dec-07	63	81	63	13	68	81	+58		16	26
28	27	Nordmark, Marcus	103	6'2	180	RW	L	SWE	SWE J20	Djurgårdens IF U20	4-May-08	25	38	25	14	24	38	+24		57	27
29	28	Shcherbakov, Nikita	45	6'3	187	D	L	RUS	RUS - VHL	Toros Neftekamsk	23-Oct-07	15	10	15	0	10	10	+4		89	28
30	29	Aaram-Olsen, Niklas	94	6'1	183	LW	L	NOR	SWE U20	Örebro HK J20	19-Apr-08	29	40	29	20	20	40	+14		2	29
31	30	Hurlbert, JP	97	6'0	183	RW	R	USA	CAN - WHL	Kamloops	11-Apr-08	68	97	68	42	55	97	+13		2	30
32	31	Goljer, Adam	17	6'3	194	D	R	SVK	SVK 1	HK Dukla Trencin	7-Jun-08	43	11	43	4	7	11	-17		8	31
33	32	Piiparinen, Juho	7	6'1	201	D	R	FIN	FIN 1	Tappara	10-Aug-08	29	3	29	0	3	3	+6		57	32
34	33	Bilecki, Alexander	30	6'1	180	D	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Kitchener	9-May-08	66	29	66	9	20	29	+16		89	33
35	34	Sokolovsky, Maksim	12	6'7	238	D	L	RUS	CAN - OHL	London	12-Jul-08	44	8	44	2	6	8	+10		49	34
36	35	Preston, Mathis	65	5'11	173	RW	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Vancouver	21-Jul-08	46	44	46	18	26	44	-9		29	35
37	36	Rogowski, Brooks	62	6'7	235	C	R	USA	CAN - OHL	Oshawa	28-Jun-08	46	42	46	15	27	42	-24		10	36
38	37	Pugachyov, Gleb	49	6'3	198	LW	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	25-Mar-08	33	24	33	10	14	24	+2		93	37
39	38	Roobroeck, Ryan	80	6'3	209	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Niagara	25-Sep-07	49	58	49	30	28	58	+1		25	38
40	39	Mutryn, Casey	46	6'3	200	RW	R	USA	USA - NTDP	USA - U18 NTDP	5-Jul-08	55	37	55	14	23	37	-12		12	39
41	40	Cover, Jaxon	53	6'2	183	LW	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	St. Andrew's College	13-Feb-08	67	52	67	20	32	52	+9		24	40
42	41	Chrenko, Tomas	48	5'11	172	C	R	SVK	SVK 1	HK Nitra	2-Nov-07	44	31	44	9	22	31	+11		19	41
43	42	Borichev, Dmitri	0.929	6'2	194	G	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	Loko-76 Yaroslavl	19-Jun-08	24	0.929	24		2.25	0.929			31	42
44	43	Villeneuve, Xavier	70	5'11	162	D	L	CDN	CAN - QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand	29-Sep-07	37	38	37	6	32	38	+7		72	43
45	44	Hextall, Jack	67	6'1	188	C	R	USA	USA - USHL	Youngstown	23-Mar-08	59	58	59	20	38	58	+8		17	44
46	45	MacBeath, Ben	52	6'2	188	D	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Calgary	18-Apr-08	67	51	67	7	44	51	+5		16	45
47	46	Hakansson, William	4	6'4	207	D	L	SWE	SWE J20	Luleå HF	8-Oct-07	33	2	33	0	2	2	+1		29	46
48	47	Valentini, Adam	46	5'9	190	LW	L	CDN	USA - NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	11-Apr-08	40	27	40	11	16	27	+2		92	47
49	48	Gudmansson, Mans	49	6'2	185	D	R	SWE	SWE J20	Färjestad BK U20	9-Jun-08	35	25	35	1	24	25	-3		92	48
50	49	Alalauri, Samu	43	6'2	203	D	R	FIN	FIN U20	Pelicans U20	31-May-08	40	25	40	6	19	25	+19		8	49
51	50	Cali, Ryder	52	6'2	219	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	North Bay	6-Sep-08	47	36	47	16	20	36	+2		17	50
52	51	Lagerberg Hoen, Jonas	121	6'2	185	RW	R	SWE	SWE J20	Leksands IF U20	24-Oct-07	9	16	9	9	7	16	+10		9	51
53	52	Galvas, Tomas (OA2)	51	5'10	168	D	L	CZE	CZE 1	Bílí Tygři Liberec	11-Feb-06	32	24	32	8	16	24	+16		79	52
54	53	Trejbal, Tobias	0.916	6'4	190	G	R	CZE	USA - USHL	Youngstown	9-Nov-07	42	0.916	42		2.12	0.916			79	53
55	54	Shilov, Yegor	89	6'1	177	C	L	RUS	CAN - QMJHL	Victoriaville	22-Apr-08	63	82	63	32	50	82	-11		9	54
56	55	Vandenberg, Thomas	58	6'0	178	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Ottawa	8-Sep-08	59	50	59	25	25	50	+21		37	55
57	56	Vanecek, Jakub	40	6'2	194	D	L	CZE	CAN - WHL	Tri-City	25-Feb-08	59	35	59	14	21	35	+21		25	56
58	57	Liske, Brek	31	6'1	190	D	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Everett	9-Jan-08	52	24	52	7	17	24	+36		42	57
59	58	Vanhatalo, Vilho	34	6'3	187	LW	L	FIN	FIN U20	Tappara U20	18-Jan-08	38	19	38	10	9	19	-3		5	58
60	59	Gashilov, Lavr	92	6'3	170	C	R	RUS	RUS - MHL	Avto Yekaterinburg	23-Sep-07	51	69	51	16	53	69	+25		67	59
61	60	Morrison, Charlie	22	6'3	198	D	L	CDN	CAN - QMJHL	Quebec	12-Oct-07	41	13	41	4	9	13	+8		27	60
62	61	Steiner, Lars	85	5'10	175	RW	R	SUI	CAN - QMJHL	Rouyn-Noranda	12-Nov-07	44	55	44	30	25	55	+22		15	61
63	62	Holmertz, Oscar	72	6'0	187	C	L	SWE	SWE J20	Linköping HC U20	21-Mar-08	34	36	34	13	23	36	-3		33	62
64	63	Vanhanen, Matias (OA1)	95	5'11	176	LW	L	FIN	CAN - WHL	Everett	11-Sep-07	62	87	62	21	66	87	+58		37	63
65	64	Nycz, Landon	6	6'2	201	D	L	USA	USA - NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	4-Oct-07	35	3	35	1	2	3	-1		15	64
66	65	Ivchenko, Dmitri	0.922	6'3	179	G	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	Omskie Yastreby	29-Jun-08	19	0.922	19		1.91	0.922			31	65
67	66	Andersson, Adam	39	6'4	205	C	L	SWE	SWE J20	Leksands IF U20	2-Jul-08	30	17	30	3	14	17	+0		16	66
68	67	Shaikhlislamov, Alan	77	6'1	187	LW	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	Tolpar Ufa	4-Sep-08	31	35	31	18	17	35	+15		11	67
69	68	Schairer, Luke	21	6'3	195	D	R	USA	USA - NTDP	USA - U18 NTDP	30-Jan-08	55	17	55	1	16	17	-9		10	68
70	69	Nemec, Adam	77	6'0	173	LW	L	SVK	CAN - OHL	Sudbury	18-Oct-07	31	35	31	14	21	35	-9		71	69
71	70	Bartholdsson, Nils	89	5'10	175	RW	R	SWE	SWE U20	Rögle BK U20	25-Apr-08	32	42	32	23	19	42	+15		21	70
72	71	Frolo, Jakub	74	6'1	194	RW	R	CZE	FIN U20	Ilves U20	5-Dec-07	37	40	37	10	30	40	+16		34	71
73	72	Pantelas, Giorgos	37	6'2	210	D	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Brandon	24-Apr-08	68	37	68	6	31	37	+19		84	72
74	73	Palme, Ola	48	6'1	188	D	L	SWE	SWE U20	Växjö Lakers HC U20	9-Feb-08	20	14	20	5	9	14	+0		7	73
75	74	Edwards, Beckham	48	6'1	187	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Sarnia	6-Jan-08	64	45	64	19	26	45	-26		81	74
76	75	Plante, Victor	54	5'10	163	LW	L	USA	USA - NTDP	USA - U18 NTDP	10-Mar-08	50	40	50	19	21	40	-6		26	75
77	76	Berchild, Mikey	60	5'10	180	LW	L	USA	USA - NTDP	USA - U18 NTDP	16-Feb-08	52	46	52	19	27	46	+3		11	76
78	77	Sorensson, Wiggo	89	5'10	178	C	L	SWE	SWE 4	Boro/Vetlanda HC	5-Apr-08	29	38	29	20	18	38	+14		21	77
79	78	Zielinski, Blake	71	6'0	188	RW	R	USA	USA - USHL	Des Moines	5-Mar-08	53	55	53	25	30	55	+9		10	78
80	79	MacKenzie, Ethan (OA2)	67	6'1	188	D	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Edmonton	2-Sep-06	59	58	59	22	36	58	+29		47	79
81	80	Di Iorio, Alessandro	47	6'0	188	RW	R	CDN	CAN - OHL	Sarnia	17-Mar-08	45	31	45	12	19	31	-37		17	80
82	81	Harrington, Chase	64	6'1	194	LW	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Spokane	30-Oct-07	61	57	61	28	29	57	+10		26	81
83	82	Floris, Jakub	32	6'3	198	D	R	SVK	FIN U20	Lukko U20	19-Feb-08	38	18	38	10	8	18	-2		19	82
84	83	Bowes, Spencer	43	6'0	172	C	L	CDN	CAN - OHL	Ottawa	19-Sep-07	67	42	67	23	19	42	+30		12	83
85	84	Chudzinski, Rian	40	6'1	191	RW	R	USA	CAN - QMJHL	Monction	31-Dec-07	64	38	64	21	17	38	+30		22	84
86	85	Grimes, Matthew (OA1)	40	6'1	185	D	L	USA	USA - USHL	Sioux Falls	19-May-07	60	35	60	9	26	35	+34		8	85
87	86	Hamilton, Beckett	63	5'11	170	RW	R	CDN	CAN - WHL	Red Deer	28-Mar-08	67	62	67	24	38	62	-15		21	86
88	87	Andersson, Ludwig	92	5'11	192	C	R	SWE	SWE J20	Örebro HK U20	24-May-08	31	42	31	20	22	42	+18		32	87
89	88	Brown, Ryan	65	5'11	177	LW	L	CDN	CDN - OHL	London	26-Oct-07	67	64	67	22	42	64	-14		43	88
90	89	Jardine, Evan	78	6'0	185	LW	L	USA	USA - USHL	Youngstown	23-Oct-07	53	61	53	27	34	61	+12		10	89
91	90	Eriksson, Samuel	13	6'5	210	D	L	SWE	SWE U20	Färjestad BK U20	20-Mar-08	32	6	32	3	3	6	+5		4	90
92	91	Pakarinen, Noel	66	6'2	198	LW	L	FIN	FIN U20	Kiekko-Espoo U20	9-Jul-08	31	30	31	13	17	30	+18		24	91
93	92	Knights, Theodor	6	6'4	194	D	L	SWE	SWE U20	MoDo Hockey U20	16-Apr-08	24	2	24	0	2	2	-3		54	92
94	93	Dravecky, Vladimir	33	5'11	192	D	R	CZE	CAN - OHL	Brantford	19-Dec-07	58	28	58	9	19	28	+24		29	93
95	94	Boettiger, Harrison	0.911	6'2	181	G	L	USA	CAN - WHL	Kelowna	11-Dec-07	41	0.911	41		2.83	0.911			30	94
96	95	Williams, Cooper	59	6'1	164	LW	L	CDN	CAN - WHL	Saskatoon	18-Feb-08	66	57	66	23	34	57	-7		25	95
97	96	Sapozhnikov, Alexander (OA1)	54	6'6	209	D	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	17-Jan-07	19	15	19	4	11	15	+9		5	96
98	97	Ruzicka, Filip	0.906	6'7	230	G	L	CZE	CDN - WHL	Brandon	6-May-08	42	0.906	42		3.19	0.906			30	97
99	98	Fyodorov, Viktor	38	5'10	176	C	L	RUS	RUS - MHL	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	21-Feb-08	18	10	18	3	7	10	+5		41	98
100	99	Hafele, Landon	55	6'0	179	LW	L	USA	USA - USHL	Green Bay	18-Oct-07	52	42	52	15	27	42	+9		10	99