The 2026 draft class of 149 skaters and 18 goalies is complete. Thanks to Kevin for starting it off, and Trevor, Nicholas and anyone else who contributed to the tail end/goalies. It is available as always in the draft spreadsheet. You can also find the full draft order (will be pasted into threads before the draft starts), and look up the eligible draftees here (this also includes eligible players who weren't picked in the last two drafts, as well as some crappy fake players who are not eligible*). Thus, we are ready to begin the draft.
The draft will start on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at noon ET. In the meantime, please review the draftees and the draft order and let me know if you spot any issues so that I can fix them before the draft starts. Also review the entry draft rules.
New this year, I gave a couple of undrafted players from last year boosts - Ethan Wyttenbach, who had a remarkable freshman NCAA season IRL and was given a +20 bump in potential as if he'd double boosted, and Vojtech Cihar, who had a less spectacular season but at least earned a modest boost to his POT. Technically it's not too late to do this for some other players if you know of any who had great seasons IRL.
Note that as with the last two years, you can draft second-time eligible/overage POT boosters and sign them immediately. I don't know how many there are.
This draft class is similar to the last two years, with perhaps a deeper complement of boosters. As usual, judge for yourself rather than taking the project OV at face value, since that's only used for making autopicks.
* I thought I caught all of the EHM-generated draftees in one go, but apparently I missed a few who had unreasonably high POT/CON. If you notice any unreal players still in the list without 30 POT/CON, let me know.
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You may have noticed that Ethan Belchetz kind of sucks. I meant to make him a POT booster but failed somehow, sorry. If someone drafts him anyway - and they probably will in the 4th round or whenever - I'll probably just rename him to an IRL 6th round pick that missed the cut for the file and put him back in next year's draft class with revised ceilings.