This early 2026 NHL Mock Draft has forward Gavin McKenna leading the way for an exciting and deep prospect pool in this draft class next summer.
It is officially time to start looking ahead to the 2026 NHL Draft, with the minors and juniors jumping into full swing in the 2025-26 hockey season this fall in the past few weeks. College hockey is also well underway in the NCAA this fall, since early October earlier this month.
The Los Angeles Kings pick just outside the lottery and miss out on the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes in the first 2026 NHL Mock Draft for this year
We're starting to look ahead at who some of the top early prospects are for the 2026 draft in our first NHL Mock Draft of the 2025-26 regular season in the league.