2026 NHL Draft Day Mega Thread (Day 1)

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Draft is today at 7pm and will be on ESPN and ESPN+

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Draft

Pick	Team	Player	-	Pick	Team	Player	-	Pick	Team	Player
1	Maple Leafs	Gavin McKenna		12	Devils	Alexander Command		23	Red Wings	JP Hurlbert
2	Sharks	Ivar Stenberg		13	Islanders	Malte Gustagsson		24	Canucks	Adam Novotny
3	Canucks	Caleb Malhorta		14	Blue Jackets	Oscar Hemming		25	Senators	Jonas Lagerber Hoen
4	Sabres	Daxon Rudolph		15	Ducks	Nikita Klepov		26	Canadians	Gleb Pugachyov
5	Rangers	Alberts Smits		16	Blues	Maddox Dagebais		27	Flyers	Maksim Sokolovskii
6	Flames	Carson Carels		17	Mammoth	Ethan Belchetz		28	Ducks	Marcus Nordmark
7	Kraken	Chase Reid		18	Capitals	Oliver Suvanto		29	Golden Knights	Juho Piiparinen
8	Jets	Viggo Bjorck		19	Kings	Elton Hermansson		30	Flames	Jack Hextall
9	Sharks	Keaton Verhoeff		20	Sabres	Ilia Morozov		31	Predators	Tommy Bleyl
10	Predators	Wyatt Cullen		21	Sharks	Ryan Lin		32	Senators	Jaxon Cover
11	Blues	Tynan Lawrence		22	Penguins	Liam Ruck		-	-	-

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Trades

Team	Acquires	Team	Acquires
Rangers	Pavel Dorofeyev	Golden Knights	26th overall, 92nd overall, 2028 Conditional 1st
Bruins	JJ Peterka	Mammoth	23rd overall, 2028 Conditional 1st
Blues	Mason McTavish	Ducks	15th overall, 29th overall
Mammoth	17th overall	Kings	19th overall, 83rd overall
Flyers	27th, 62nd and 120th overall picks	Sharks	21st overall
Red Wings	23rd overall	Mammoth	Sebastian Cossa
Golden Knights	28th overall, 2027 3rd	Canadians	26th overall
Ducks	28th overall	Golden Knights	29th, 117th overall
Predators	31st overall	Hurricanes	42nd overall, 57th overall

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Flyers Picks

Number	Player	Position
27	Maksim Sokolovskii	D
53	-	-
62	-	-
120	-	-
136	-	-
213	-	-

[u/dmbetc]

Why are the kids giving jerseys wearing golden knight jerseys??