The 2025-26 NHL season is rolling along as American Thanksgiving approaches. 2025 NHL Draft No. 1 pick Matthew Schaefer is making an impact already for the New York Islanders this year. In June, the focus shifts to a number of hopefuls, including Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna. With the season nearly a month and a half gone, it's time for ClutchPoints to present its first 2026 NHL Mock Draft.

This year, we will be doing something different with our mocks. Instead of running a draft lottery of our own, we will take the order as originally laid out by Tankathon and use that without any lottery. This helps reflect the sort of teams that could be in contention for these prospects once the draft comes along in late June. This draft order is up to date as of Friday, November 21, 202

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