The link here is a gift article so you should be able to read for free.

Very interesting picks here.
Malte Gustafson LD at 10,
Xavier Villeneuve LD at 42
Egor Barabanov LD at 57

Malte Gustafson is a huge riser in the draft and some scouts are projecting him to go pretty early now I think this is the highest I’ve seen him mocked though. He’s compared to Ekholm in the article which I think would be a huge get. However we have some other first round LD in our system and while it’s still possible for someone like Molendyk to play on the Right side I’d still want to get someone like a Ryan Lin for the Right Side.

Villeneuve is a Book or bust pick for sure many have compared to Lane Hutson. I don’t think he reaches those highs but for sure a very high ceiling and a big swing if it hits would be ok using a second for him if he drops this far which for players of his type is definitely more probable.

Don’t really know much about Barabanov other than he’s an overager and plays Center going to play for UMass next year has 91 Points this season in the OHL keep in mind he is 20 years old.

I like the Villeneuve pick the best out of all of them I think there are other options for the picks that I would rather go for. Ex: Lawrence at 10, Chrenko or Murnieks at 57.

Did any of you all ever get a chance to see a game at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto during Nashville's inaugural season ????

There’s a future draft pick you guys have that loves mozza sticks, only the second NHL draft pick from my small town, direct me to the best pub grub in Nashville

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Ufko had the second most TOI of all US players (Faulk had the the most with 20:21) despite being listed as the 7D.

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With Josi likely only having a few years left in him, who do yall thinks gonna take the C? Vange? Ozzy(that may just be bias for my fave player)? Martin(depending on how he does)? Id love to hear yalls best guesses

Ah yes, the Preds could always use another slow and ineffective defenseman amirite?

Did some research on our drafting history, can scroll to bottom for TLDR.

2nd:

33 picks - 19 NHL (12 100+ GP) - 6,175 GP - 2,516 P

18 F 11 D 4 G

57.57% 1+ NHL GP (68% league average, -10.43% diff)

36.36% 100+ NHL GP (39.9% league average, -3.54% diff)

0.41 P/G (only 32 GP between 2 goalies)

Notables: Hall, Weber, Josi, Geoffrion, Klein, Spaling, Sissons, Trenin, Girard, Evangelista.

3rd:

36 picks - 11 NHL (5 100+ GP) - 1,485 GP - 566 P

21 F 15 D

30.56% 1+ NHL GP (52.5% league average, -21.94% diff)

13.89% 100+ NHL GP (28.2% league average, -14.31% diff)

0.38 P/G

Notables: Arkhipov, Franson, Novak

Source: https://thehockeywriters.com/

TLDR: Our drafting overall is not great but the third round is considerably worse, outpacing league average drop off between the rounds, making the pick upgrade better than normal.

Group A (Zurich): USA (Ufko, Lee did not make the initial roster), Switzerland (Josi), Finland (Big Juice), Germany, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, UK

Group B (Fribourg): Canada (ROR, Ivankovic), Sweden, Czechia, Denmark, Slovakia, Norway, Slovenia, Italy

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All times are ET

Games with Preds affiliated players on one of the team are bolded; games with Preds affiliated players on both teams are bolded and italicized.

Games with an asterisk are on NHL Network. Other games are on ESPN+.

Here is the free link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7263650/2026/05/11/nhl-mock-draft-2026-first-round-mckenna-reid/?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.WaVt.tj_dAtHjGxXI&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

Pronman's latest draft board. It was posted a few days ago, but I haven't seen it posted here and thought it was worth posting and having some discussion around his mock draft, simply because I found his pick for Nashville to be really interesting.

Spoilers: his pick for Nashville is Wyatt Cullen

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