It’s finally here: The 2026 NHL Draft, with some big names from college and around the world learning this weekend where they’ll land in the first round (on Friday night) and in Rounds 2 through 7 (on Saturday).
This means the end of mock draft season, in which most folks think Gavin McKenna is going No. 1 overall. And for that, we have the exercise below: As usual, we took all the NHL mock drafts and smushed them into a “consensus” draft, which paints a picture on where the experts think the stars of tomorrow will land.
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Here’s a list of the mock drafts we used:
NHL.com
Bleacher Report
Sportsnet
The Athletic
Average: 1.0
Average: 2.0
Average: 3.6
Average: 4.4
Average: 5.4
Average: 6.4
Average: 7.0
Average: 7.8
Average: 8.2
Average: 10.2
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Average: 11.6
Average: 12.0
Average: 12.8
Average: 14.0
Average: 16.8
Average: 17.4
Average: 18.4
Average: 18.6
Average: 20.4
Average: 21.4
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Average: 21.4
Average: 21.8
Average: 24.0
Average: 24.2
Average: 25.6
Average: 25.6
Average: 26.6
Average: 28.8
Average: 29.0
Average: 29.4
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Average: 30.0
Average: 31.0
This article originally appeared on For The Win: NHL mock draft 2026: Experts’ picks with the real thing looming
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