- May 21, 2026
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The 2026 NHL Draft is finally here.
Friday night will see the opening round take place with the first 32 picks at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Despite the unpopularity of the decentralized draft last season from the fans, the teams seemed to like it, because it’s returning this year. Can we please just speed up the time limits again? It was agony last season.
The most interesting part of the draft might just be how teams don’t want to pick in this draft. We’ve seen first-round picks from this draft traded eight times in the last couple weeks, including two picks changing hands twice, so what does that say about what teams think of this year’s draft class?
And of course, the hometown team always has to make a splash, and the Sabres did so to move up to fourth-overall by dealing Bowen Byram. Is there anything else the Sabres have in store for tonight?
Follow along with the selections all night long below:
1. Toronto: Gavin McKenna, LW (Penn State, NCAA, 35GP, 15G, 36A, 51P)
2. San Jose:
3. Vancouver:
4. Buffalo (from CHI):
5. NY Rangers:
6. Calgary:
7. Seattle:
8. Winnipeg:
9. San Jose (from FLA via OTT):
10. Nashville:
11. St. Louis:
12. New Jersey:
13. NY Islanders:
14. Columbus:
15. St. Louis (from DET):
16. St. Louis (from WSH):
17. Los Angeles:
18. Washington (from ANA):
19. Utah:
20. Buffalo (from EDM via SJS):
21. Philadelphia:
22. Pittsburgh:
23. Boston:
24. Vancouver (from MIN):
25. Ottawa (from TBL via SEA via FLA):
26. NY Rangers (from DAL via CAR):
27. San Jose (from BUF):
28. Montreal:
29. St. Louis (from COL via NYI):
30. Calgary (from VGK):
31. Carolina:
32. Ottawa:
And check out all of Daily Faceoff’s draft content and coverage here…
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Friday night will see the opening round take place with the first 32 picks at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Despite the unpopularity of the decentralized draft last season from the fans, the teams seemed to like it, because it’s returning this year. Can we please just speed up the time limits again? It was agony last season.
The most interesting part of the draft might just be how teams don’t want to pick in this draft. We’ve seen first-round picks from this draft traded eight times in the last couple weeks, including two picks changing hands twice, so what does that say about what teams think of this year’s draft class?
And of course, the hometown team always has to make a splash, and the Sabres did so to move up to fourth-overall by dealing Bowen Byram. Is there anything else the Sabres have in store for tonight?
Follow along with the selections all night long below:
1. Toronto: Gavin McKenna, LW (Penn State, NCAA, 35GP, 15G, 36A, 51P)
2. San Jose:
3. Vancouver:
4. Buffalo (from CHI):
5. NY Rangers:
6. Calgary:
7. Seattle:
8. Winnipeg:
9. San Jose (from FLA via OTT):
10. Nashville:
11. St. Louis:
12. New Jersey:
13. NY Islanders:
14. Columbus:
15. St. Louis (from DET):
16. St. Louis (from WSH):
17. Los Angeles:
18. Washington (from ANA):
19. Utah:
20. Buffalo (from EDM via SJS):
21. Philadelphia:
22. Pittsburgh:
23. Boston:
24. Vancouver (from MIN):
25. Ottawa (from TBL via SEA via FLA):
26. NY Rangers (from DAL via CAR):
27. San Jose (from BUF):
28. Montreal:
29. St. Louis (from COL via NYI):
30. Calgary (from VGK):
31. Carolina:
32. Ottawa:
And check out all of Daily Faceoff’s draft content and coverage here…
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