2026 NHL Draft Thread

[DJones]

Randomly found this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbwEcXYTFQ

Button says both Ruck brothers are going to be in his top 15

[Mathgod]

Bjorck is listed everywhere as a right winger, he's shorter and lighter than Stenberg, and way less productive. He wouldn't be in my top 5, debatable top 10.

Edit: old data

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I got one better:


Flames win the Lottery and draft McKenna.
Vegas misses the playoffs, and ends up winning the lottery, enabling the Flames to draft Malhotra.
Conroy uses those 4 seconds to move up and draft the Ruck Twins.

that's the dream

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Bjorck is listed everywhere as a right winger, he's shorter and lighter than Stenberg, and way less productive. He wouldn't be in my top 5, debatable top 10.

Except where you can read with thine own eyes Djurgarden has been running Bjorck at #1 center ever since his return from the WJC.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Except where you can read with thine own eyes Djurgarden has been running Bjorck at #1 center ever since his return from the WJC.

Ok, so he can play centre. The rest of what I said stands.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Ok, so he can play centre. The rest of what I said stands.

I think Bjorck plays harder than Stenberg, in fact I'd say while paired with Stenberg during the WJC , Bjorck was the one who stirred that lines drink.

And to be clear, I have nothing against stenberg, I'm of the belief that Bjorck is being seriously overlooked.

[Mathgod]

Hmmmm.... looking at game logs, Bjorck is heating up lately, and Stenberg has only 1 point in his last 8 games. I guess I was too quick to dismiss Bjorck as a top pick.

[shutout]

Bjorck is certainly on the smaller side for a center at the moment but he excels in the faceoff circle, he played the penalty kill with Djurgarden’s junior team last year, he battles and everyone talks about how strong he is on pucks. Wilson is also over 6-feet now and their dad is 6-2, so an inch or two might not be out of the question.

From the Wheeler article.
Might be that Bjorck will be a normal sized center in the NHL when he is done growing.

I look at guys like Zach Benson, Ben Kindel and Marco Rossi (who all went in this range) and I view him as a similar caliber of prospect — if not a better one.

I would think that he is in the top 10 guaranteed.
I have him as my solid #3 on my list.

[samsaini]

I would love the flames to pick McKenna first and then trade the Vegas 1st + 2 2nds into the 8-12 range and take Bjorck if he's still there.

Top line LW and a 1C in the same draft would be a HUGE win in my eyes.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by shutout

From the Wheeler article.
Might be that Bjorck will be a normal sized center in the NHL when he is done growing.



I would think that he is in the top 10 guaranteed.
I have him as my solid #3 on my list.

But those guys also underscore the risk. Kindel looks good in his rookie year, but will we be happy if we draft a Rossi or Benson with that pick? I won't be.