2026 NHL Draft

[Kenji]

At 1oa, we take McKenna. If it is 2 or 3, we should try to trade down I think. The next five players (Stenberg, Reid, Verhoeff, Malhotra, and Carels) seem to have a lot going for them as top of the lineup potentials, maybe can snag an extra pick

[Picker of Cherries]

From most of the draft info I’ve seen, those are the top six picks. I wouldn’t want to not walk away with one of them, but Malhotra and Carels are a bit of a reach in the top three. If they could get another first rounder, dropping down from a top three to six OA would be fine by me.

[theman]

If the Canucks get a top 2 pick, keep it. I can see trading down if they land at #3.

[Ronning's Ghost]

With respect to trading down, as with any theoretical trade option, it depends what's coming back.

While most of the top 5 are likely to be very nice pieces on any team, I am not convinced that any of them will be the centrepiece of the kind of multi-season contender that I am allowing myself to hope that the Canucks are trying to build.

I'm also not sure that any of them won't be a player like that; I'm just saying that I don't see a Crosby/MacKinnon/McDavid can't miss future Hall-of-Famer in the mix. McKenna could be that guy, but I don't think it's a lock.

So I would trade any of the first, second, or third OA that the Canucks could draw down to 4th or 5th OA, if the return also included a pick likely to wind up in the top 10 in 2027. Or a whatever overall first rounder in 2027, plus a who-can-see-that-far-into-the-future-anyway first rounder in 2028.

Yes, of course a move like that could easily bite you in the ass, but the Canucks have not stockpiled enough resources that they have a clear path to being a contender managing conservatively, so they need to take some calculated risks.

I don't see any GM making that trade, anyway, unless his scouting staff is a lot more sure of any of these young men than the scouts who publish their findings.

[donlever]

We are picking first.

We are selecting McKenna.

That's it.

That's all.

[rats19]

We are picking first.

We are selecting McKenna.

That's it.

That's all.

I am firmly ok with that…

[Carl Yagro]

^ This belongs in the positive shit...

(Donald hath spoken. Thy will is done.)

[Topper]

My opinion stands

[JelloPuddingPop]

My opinion stands

Can we put this in the hall of fame post thread?