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2026 NHL Draft Order 2


The 2026 NHL Draft will takes place on June 26–27, 2026, from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The decentralized event features Round 1 on Friday, June 26, at 7:00 PM ET, and Rounds 2–7 on Saturday, June 27, starting at 11:00 AM ET.

223 players in total will be drafted over the seven rounds. There will be one less player drafted this year as the Vegas Golden Knights forfeited their second-round pick for violating the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoff media regulations. .


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    2026 NHL Draft Notes

    Pre-Draft Day Second Round Traded Picks

    # 35 - The Calgary Flames receive the New York Rangers 2026 2nd round pick (via UTA), as well as Ottawa's and Utah's 2026 2nd round picks, Olli Maatta and Jonathan Castagna for MacKenzie Weegar. The Utah Mammoth receive the New York Rangers 2026 2nd round pick, 2025 2nd round pick, and Patrik Nemeth for Ty Emberson.

    # 37 - The Chicago Blackhawks receive the Toronto Maple Leafs 2026 2nd round pick, a conditional 2025 first round pick, Joey Anderson, and Pavel Gogolev for Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty, and a conditional 2024 5th round pick.

    # 39 - The Pittsburgh Penguins receive the Winnipeg Jets, 2026 2nd round pick and a 2027 4th round pick for Luke Schenn.

    # 41 - The Vancouver Canucks receive the San Jose Sharks' 2026 2nd round pick, a 2027 2nd round pick, and Cole Clayton for Kiefer Sherwood.

    # 43 - The Columbus Blue Jackets receive the St. Louis Blues' 2026 2nd-round pick (via PIT), 2027 third-round pick, and Danton Heinen for Egor Chinakhov. The Pittsburgh Penguins received the Blues 2nd round pick and Ottawa's 2025 3rd round pick for a 2025 2nd round pick and a 2026 5th round pick.

    # 45 - The Chicago Blackhawks receive the New York Islanders' 2026 2nd round pick and Josh Bailey for future considerations.

    # 46 - The Los Angeles Kings received the Columbus Blue Jackets' 2026 2nd round pick (via MTL) for Phillip Danault. The Montreal Canadiens received the Blue Jackets 2nd round pick and Patrik Laine for Jordan Harris.

    # 48 - The Florida Panthers receive the Washington Capitals' 2026 2nd round pick and a 2027 6th round pick for Justin Sourdif.

    # 51 - The Calgary Flames receive the Utah Mammoth's 2026 2nd round pick (via UTA), as well as the Rangers' and Senators' 2026 2nd round picks, Olli Maatta and Jonathan Castagna for MacKenzie Weegar.

    # 55 - The Calgary Flames receive the Ottawa Senators 2026 2nd round pick (via UTA), as well as NY Rangers' and Utah's 2026 2nd round picks, Olli Maatta and Jonathan Castagna for MacKenzie Weegar. The Utah Mammoth receive the Ottawa Senators' 2026 2nd round pick, a 2023 conditional 1st round pick, and a 2024 conditional 2nd round pick for Jakob Chychrun.

    # 57 - The Nashville Predators receive the Minnesota Wild's 2026 2nd round pick for Gustav Nyquist.

    # 60 - The Toronto Maple Leafs receive the Los Angeles Kings 2026 2nd round pick for Scott Laughton. Conditions met as the Kings made the playoffs, so the conditional 3rd became a 2nd.

    # 62 - The San Jose Sharks receive the Colorado Avalanche's 2026 2nd round pick, a 2025 5th round pick, Alexandar Georgiev, and Nikolai Kovalenko for Mackenzie Blackwood, Givani Smith, and a 2027 5th round pick.

    ** - (They are appealing) The Vegas Golden Knights were forced to forfeit their second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, and head coach John Tortorella was fined by the NHL. The severe sanctions were handed down due to "flagrant violations" of the Stanley Cup Playoffs media regulations following their Game 6 series win against the Anaheim Ducks.

    # 64 - The New York Rangers receive the Carolina Hurricanes' 2026 2nd round pick, a conditional 2026 1st round pick, and Scott Morrow for K'Andre Miller.