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2026 Draft

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With Game 1 of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge going tonight, what better time to get this thread going.

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Top 20:
1. Gavin McKenna - LW
2. Ivar Stenberg - LW
3. Keaton Verhoeff - D
4. Juho Piiparinen - D
5. Chase Reid - D
6. Carson Carels - D
7. Ethan Belchetz - LW
8. Oliver Suvanto - C
9. Tynan Lawrence - C
10. Oscar Hemming - LW
11. Marcus Nordmark - LW/RW
12. Alberts Smiths - D
13. Daxon Rudolph - D
14. Ryan Line - D
15. Xavier Villeneuve - D
16. Caleb Malhotra - C
17. Egor Shilov - C
18. Nikita Klepov - RW
19. Cooper Williams - C
20. Ilia Morozov - C
 
I didn't realize that Stenberg had overtaken Verhoeff. His number are looking really impressive in the SHL.
 
Here's a question for you draftniks (heard the comment on the College network on Sirius regarding football.)

Are you better to draft a player with a higher floor or a higher ceiling.
 
Here's a question for you draftniks (heard the comment on the College network on Sirius regarding football.)

Are you better to draft a player with a higher floor or a higher ceiling.
Great question

For me round 1-2 in hockey highest ceiling , later rounds you could aim for ceiling but your looking at role players with one good trait so the floor
could end up a good pick...ie good stay at home shutdown D
 
With Game 1 of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge going tonight, what better time to get this thread going.

*****


Top 20:
1. Gavin McKenna - LW
2. Ivar Stenberg - LW
3. Keaton Verhoeff - D
4. Juho Piiparinen - D
5. Chase Reid - D
6. Carson Carels - D
7. Ethan Belchetz - LW
8. Oliver Suvanto - C
9. Tynan Lawrence - C
10. Oscar Hemming - LW
11. Marcus Nordmark - LW/RW
12. Alberts Smiths - D
13. Daxon Rudolph - D
14. Ryan Line - D
15. Xavier Villeneuve - D
16. Caleb Malhotra - C
17. Egor Shilov - C
18. Nikita Klepov - RW
19. Cooper Williams - C
20. Ilia Morozov - C
Mahotra should go higher
 
Here's a question for you draftniks (heard the comment on the College network on Sirius regarding football.)

Are you better to draft a player with a higher floor or a higher ceiling.
Floor and ceiling are less important than projection probabilities.

For example a player that has 1% of top line projection, 5% of 2nd line projection, 10% of bottom 6 and 84% of minor league is less appealing than a player that has 0% of top line projection, 25% of 2nd line, 30% of bottom 6 and 45% minor league, even if technically his ceiling is lower.
 
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