Nashville Predators 2026 NHL Draft Live Updates

Follow along as the Predators have 11 selections over the seven round NHL Draft.

Jun 28, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Egor Surin is selected by the Nashville Predators with the 22nd overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft at The Sphere. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images / Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

The Nashville Predators enter the 2026 NHL Draft with 11 picks for new general manager Chris MacFarland to use. The Predators enter the KeyBank Center in Buffalo tied with the New York Rangers for the second-most picks across the seven rounds, trailing just the St. Louis Blues who have 13 picks.

There's already been some predraft movement in the top ten picks, but McFarland told reporters in a predraft press conference that, despite making calls to move up, he expects to make the Predators' first pick when No. 10 is on the board on Friday night.

Experts consider the top of the draft to be ripe with defensive talent, but many mock drafters predict the Predators to select a forward. 17-year-old Wyatt Cullen out of Moorhead, Minnesota is considered one of the top forwards that can fall into Nashville's range. 18-year-old Ethan Belchetz is out of Ontario, Canada and is rumored to be on Nashville's radar.

The NHL Draft first round can be seen on ESPN beginning at 6 p.m. CT. The second through seventh rounds begin on Saturday at 10 a.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+.

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Round 7

• Pick 193 - New York Rangers - D - Ivan Patrikhayev - Russia
• Pick 194 - Chicago - D - Alexander Ivonov - Russia 2
• Pick 195 - Colorado - LW - Shawn Carrier - QMJHL
• Pick 196 - Detroit - D - Myles Brosnan - HIGH - MA
• Pick 197 - Dallas - C - Jasper Kuhta - OHL
• Pick 198 - Seattle - D - Rylan Singh - OHL
• Pick 199 - Winnipeg - D - Alofa Tunoa Ta'amu - WHL
• Pick 200 - Chicago - C - William Sorbrand - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 201 - San Jose - D - Alexander Karmanov - OHL
• Pick 202 - Nashville - C - Charlie Puglisi - HIGH- MA
• Pick 203 - St. Louis - C - Colin Fitzgerald - OHL
• Pick 204 - Seattle - C - William Tomko - USHL
• Pick 205 - New York Islanders - RW - Robert Cowan - NCHC
• Pick 206 - Columbus - LW - Filip Novak - Czechia Jr.
• Pick 207 - Las Vegas - LS - Noel Pakarinen - Finland Jr.
• Pick 208 - Washington - C - Logan Stuart - NTDP - USHL
• Pick 209 - Los Angeles - RW - Tobias Krestan - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 210 - Anaheim - D - James Rieber - USHL
• Pick 211 - Utah - LW - Artem Prima - NAHL
• Pick 212 - Edmonton - G - Ryan Cameron - USHL
• Pick 213 - Philadelphia - D - Max Laatikainen - Finland Jr.
• Pick 214 - Colorado - D - Ondrej Ruml - OHL
• Pick 215 - Colorado - G - Alexandre Raymond - QMJHL
• Pick 216 - Boston - D - Cullen McCrate - USHL
• Pick 217 - Florida - G - Louis-Antoine Denault - QMJHL
• Pick 218 - Tampa Bay - D - Max Vilen - QMJHL
• Pick 219 - Dallas - D - Mikhail Cherepanov - NAHL
• Pick 220 - Winnipeg - G - John Parsons - H-East
• Pick 221 - Montreal - D - Jean-Samuel Daigneault - USHL
• Pick 222 - New Jersey - C - Quinn McKenzie - OHL
• Pick 223 - Los Angeles - D - Lucas Ambrosio - OHL
• Pick 224 - Montreal - RW - Tyler Deakos - USHL

Round 6

• Pick 161 - Toronto - D - Yaroslav Fedoseyev - Russia Jr.
• Pick 162 - New York Rangers - D - Andre Mondoux - OHL
• Pick 163 - New York Rangers - RW - Darian Anderson - OHL
• Pick 164 - Calgary - D - Bode Laylin - USHL
• Pick 165 - Carolina - G - Zachary Jovanovski - OHL
• Pick 166 - Seattle - D - Ola Palme - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 167 - Winnipeg - C - Landon Hafele - USHL
• Pick 168 - Florida - RW - Vilho Vanhatalo - Finland Jr.
• Pick 169 - Toronto - RW - Brody Pepoy - OHL
• Pick 170 - Boston - G - Roberto Henriquez - USHL
• Pick 171 - St. Louis - RW - Lars Steiner - QMJHL
• Pick 172 - New Jersey - C - Luke Wilfley - WHL
• Pick 173 - New York Islanders - C - Artyom Matyuk - Russia Jr.
• Pick 174 - San Jose - C - Jake Gustafson - WHL
• Pick 175 - Detroit - LW - Luka Arkko - Finland Jr.
• Pick 176 - Vancouver - RW - Lucian Bernat - Finland Jr.
• Pick 177 - Los Angeles - RW - Alex Kostov - OHL
• Pick 178 - Anaheim - G - Gleb Peshkov - Russia Jr.
• Pick 179 - Nashville - D - Benjamin Cossette Ayotte - QMJHL
• Pick 180 - Edmonton - C - Caden Harvey - OHL
• Pick 181 - Florida - RW - Cole Zurawski - OHL
• Pick 182 - Columbus - C - Anttoni Uronen - Finland
• Pick 183 - Ottawa - D - Alexander Grunin - Russia Jr.
• Pick 184 - Vancouver - D - Samuel Eriksson - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 185 - Columbus - D - Jonas Woo - WHL
• Pick 186 - Tampa Bay - G - Stepan Shurygin - OHL
• Pick 187 - Dallas - G - Anton Emil Wilde Larsen - Denmark
• Pick 188 - Buffalo - RW - Dylan Dumont - QMJHL
• Pick 189 - Montreal - LW - Parker Trottier - NTDP-USHL
• Pick 190 - Montreal - RW - Wesley Royston - OHL
• Pick 191 - Las Vegas - G - Matthew Minchak - OHL
• Pick 192 - Anaheim - C - Noah Kosick - WHL

Round 5

• The Nashville Predators traded pick No. 160 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for their 2028 Fifth Round Pick.

TRADE 🔄

We've acquired a fifth-round pick in the 2028 Draft from Pittsburgh in exchange for the 160th overall pick in this year's draft. pic.twitter.com/pW2VpdeCL7

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 27, 2026

• Pick 129 - Vancouver - RW - Connor Davis - USHL
• Pick 130 - Utah - D - Theodor Knights - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 131 - Seattle - D - Finn Kearns - High-On
• Pick 132 - Calgary - LW - Simon Katolicky - Finland Jr.
• Pick 133 - Edmonton - D - Andrew Robinson - OHL
• Pick 134 - Tampa Bay - C - Morgan Anderberg - Sweden
• Pick 135- Winnipeg - D - Alexandre Taillefer - QMJHL
• Pick 136 - Philadelphia - C - Kent Sauer - HIGH-MN
• Pick 137 - Minnesota - G - Filip Ruzicka - WHL
• Pick 138 - Nashville - LW - Philip Hemmyr - Sweden 2
• Pick 139 - St. Louis - D - Nicholas Bogas - NTDP - USHL
• Pick 140 - Colorado - D - Cole Tuminaro - USHL
• Pick 141 - New York Islanders - D - Vladimir Dravecky - OHL
• Pick 142 - Columbus - G - Parker Snell - WHL
• Pick 143 - Detroit - C - Beckham Edwards - OHL
• Pick 144 - Washington - D - Brian McFadden - HIGH-MA
• Pick 145 - Los Angeles - D - Vertti Svensk - Finland Jr.
• Pick 146 - Anaheim - D = Eric Frossard - OHL
• Pick 147 - Utah - RW - Florent Houle - QMJHL
• Pick 148 - Seattle - D - Luken Huff - USHL
• Pick 149 - New Jersey - G - Daniil Rusakovich - Russia Jr.
• Pick 150 - St. Louis. - RW - Carter Stevens - OHL
• Pick 151 - Ottawa - D - Harris Pangretitsch - OHL
• Pick 152 - Colorado - D - Theodore Lechner - HIGH-MN
• Pick 153 - Los Angeles - D - Giorgos Pantelas - WHL
• Pick 154 - Tampa Bay - C - Cooper Soller - USHL
• Pick 155 - Dallas - LW - Ryan Brown - OHL
• Pick 156 - Buffalo - C - Doman Szongoth - Finland Jr.
• Pick 157 - Boston - D - Jacob Vandeven - GOHL
• Pick 158 - C - Cooper Williams - WHL
• Pick 159 - Las Vegas - D - Will McLaughlin - WHL
• Pick 160 - Pittsburgh - G - Matvei Nikonovich - Russia Jr.

Round 4

• Pick 97 - Vancouver - LW - Yaroslav Bryzgalov - WHL
• Pick 98 - Florida - D - Jonas Kemps - USHL
• Pick 99 - Seattle - C - Viktor Fedorov - Russia 2
• Pick 100 - Calgary - C - Egor Barabanov - OHL
• Pick 101 - Washington - C - Tyus Sparks - WHL
• Pick 102 - New York Rangers - LW - Spencer Bowes - OHL
• Pick 103 - Los Angeles - C - Thomas Vandenberg - OHL
• Pick 104 - Boston - RW - Matvei - Russia Jr.
• Pick 105 - Carolina - LW - Michael Berchild - NTDP - USHL
• Pick 106 - Nashville - D - Jakub Floris - Finland Jr.
• Pick 107 - St. Louis - D - Landon Nycz - H-East
• Pick 108 - Detroit - C - Adam Levac - QHL
• Pick 109 - New York Islanders - D - Lincoln Kuehne - NCHC
• Pick 110 - Ottawa - G - Elliot Lennon - HIGH- MA
• Pick 111 - Pittsburgh - D - Parker Von Richter - OHL
• Pick 112 - Minnesota - RW - Kayden Lemire - WHL
• Pick 113 - Las Vegas - RW - Jonah Sivertson - WHL
• Pick 114 - Toronto - G - Patriks Plumins - Latvia
• Pick 115 - Utah - G - Carl Axelsson - USHL
• Pick 116 - Winnipeg - LW - Zach Wooten - USHL
• Pick 117 - Montreal - D - Brayden Klimpke - WHL
• Pick 118 - Nashville - LW - Justin Graf - USHL
• Pick 119 - New Jersey - C - Lavr Gashilov - Russia Jr.
• Pick 120 - Philadelphia - G - Marek Sklencka - WHL
• Pick 121 - Columbus - LW - Evan Jardine - USHL
• Pick 122 - Boston - LW - Oscar Olsson - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 123 - St. Louis - G - Vladimir Proskurin - Russia Jr.
• Pick 124 - Buffalo - C - Olivers Murnieks - QMJHL
• Pick 125 - Carolina - G - Ryder Fetterolf - OHL
• Pick 126 - Colorado - G - Tobias Tvrznik - WHL
• Pick 127 - San Jose - G - Brady Knowling - NTDP - USHL
• Pick 128 - Colorado - D - Alex Elofsson - Sweden Jr.

Round 3

• Nashville selected Dmitri Borichev, a Russian goaltender from Loko Yarosalvl of the Russian Junior Hockey League with the No. 70 pick.

• Pick 65 - Calgary - RW - Joe Iginla - WHL
• Pick 66 - Chicago - D - Samu Alalauri - Finland Jr.
• Pick 67 - New York Rangers - G - Danai Shaiikov - QMJHL
• Pick 68 - Carolina - RW - Zachary Lansard - WHL
• Pick 69 - Toronto - D - Ethan MacKenzie - WHL
• Pick 70 - Nashville - G - Dmitri Borichev - Russia Jr.
• Pick 71 - Winnipeg - G - Samuel Hrenak - USHL
• Pick 72 - Ottawa - LS - Adam Nemec - OHL
• Pick 73 - Toronto - RW - Zach Olsen - WHL
• Pick 74 - Colorado - C - Beckett Hamilton - WHL
• Pick 75 - St. Louis - D - Luke Schairer - NTDP - USHL
• Pick 76 - Toronto - D - Mans Gudmundsson - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 77 - New York Rangers - D - Charlie Morrison - QMJHL
• Pick 78 - Vancouver - G - Dmitri Ivchenko - Russia Jr.
• Pick 79 - Detroit - G - Michal Orsulak - WHL
• Pick 80 - Los Angeles - C - Blake Zielinksi - USHL
• Pick 81 - New York Rangers - C - Tomas Chrenko - Slovakia
• Pick 82 - Anaheim - RW - Rian Chudzinski - QMJHL
• Pick 83 - Minnesota - C - Adam Andersson - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 84 - Edmonton - LW - Malcom Gastrin - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 85 - Toronto - G - Juuso Ainasto - Finland Jr.
• Pick 86 - Pittsburgh - LW - Pierce Mbuyi - OHL
• Pick 87 - Ottawa - C - Oscar Holmertz - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 89 - Los Angeles - G - Yegor Rybkin - Russia Jr.
• Pick 90 - Tampa Bay - D - Tomas Kralovic - Slovakia
• Pick 91 - Ottawa - RW - Louis Felix Bourque - QMJHL
• Pick 92 - Las Vegas - C - Benjamin Wilmott - OHL
• Pick 93 - Montreal - D - Cooper Cleaves - ECAC
• Pick 94 - Columbus - C - Alessandro Di lorio - OHL
• Pick 95 - Las Vegas - D - Sean Burick - WHL
• Pick 96 - Utah - C - Adam Valentini - BIG 10

Round 2

• Nashville didn't have a second-round pick after trading both away to move to pick No. 31 on Friday night to select defensemen Tommy Bleyl.

• Pick 33 - Vancouver - C - Brooks Rogowks - OHL
• Pick 34 - Chicago - D - Xavier Villenueve - QMJHL
• Pick 35 - Chicago - LW - Ryan Roobroeck - OHL
• Pick 36 - Calgary - LW - Chase Harrington - WHL
• Pick 37 - New Jersey - LW - Matias Vanhanen - WHL
• Pick 38 - Seattle - RW - Casey Mutryn - NTDP- USHL
• Pick 39 - Pittsburgh - C - Markus Ruck - WHL
• Pick 40 - Florida -RW - Simas Ignatavicius - Swiss
• Pick 41 - Vancouver - LW - Niklas Aaram-Olsen - Sweden Jr.
• Pick 42 - Calgary - G - Tobias Trejbal - USHL
• Pick 43 - Colorado - C - Egor Shilov - QMJHL
• Pick 44 - New Jersey - D - Nikita Shcherbakov - Russia Jr.
• Pick 45 - Anaheim - D - Jayden Kurtz - HIGH
• Pick 46 - Los Angeles - C - Liam Lefebvre - QMJHL
• Pick 47 - Detroit - LW - Victor Plante
• Pick 48 - Florida - C - Ryder Cali - OHL
• Pick 49- Los Angeles - D - Adam Goljer - Slovakia
• Pick 50 - Anaheim - RW - Mathis Preston - WHIL
• Pick 51 - Carolina - D - William Hakansson - Sweden
• Pick 52 - Tampa Bay - RW - Oleg Kulebiakin - QMJHL
• Pick 53 - Philadelphia - D - Brek Liske - WHL
• Pick 54 - Pittsburgh - D - Tomas Galvas - Czechia
• Pick 55 - Calgary - RW - Alan Shaikhlislam - Russia Jr.
• Pick 56 - Boston - G - Yuri Ivanov - Russia Jr.
• Pick 57 - Montreal - D - Timofei Runtso - WHL
• Pick 58 - Edmonton - C - Rudolfs Berzkalns - USHL
• Pick 59 - Dallas - D - Jakub Vanecek - WHL
• Pick 60 - Toronto - D - Alexander Bilecki - OHL
• Pick 61 - Carolina - C - Wiggo Sorensson - Sweden 4
• Pick 62 - Philadelphia - G - Martin Psohlavec - Czechia Jr.
• Pick 63 - Las Vegas - Forfeited
• Pick 64 - New York Rangers - D - Benjamin MacBeath - WHL

Round 1

• With the final pick of the night, the Ottawa Senators have selected left winger Jaxon Cover, from the London Knights in the OHL.

• With the No. 31 pick in the NHL Draft, the Nashville Predators have selected defenseman Thomas Bleyl from the Moncton Wildcats in the Quebec Junior Hockey League.

• The Predators get pick No. 31, Nashville gives up picks No. 42 and 57 to the Carolina Hurricanes and the Predators are back on the clock.

• The Nashville Predators are trading back into the first round. The Predators are trading for the 31st overall pick with the Carolina Hurricanes. More details to follow,

Like father, like son 🤝 pic.twitter.com/f7J5joWvcm

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 27, 2026

• The Calgary Flames choose center Jack Hextall from Youngstown in the USHL with the 30th pick in the NHL Draft.

• Las Vegas Golden Knights select defensemen Juho Piiparinen from Finland with the No. 29 pick.

• The Anaheim Ducks take the seventh Swedish player, a new record for most Swedish players chosen in the first round, in left winger Marcus Nordmark with the 28th pick.

• The Philadelphia Flyers choose defensemen Maksim Sokolovskii with the No. 27 overall pick.

• The Montreal Canadiens choose Russian right winger Gleb Pugachyov with the No. 26 pick.

• The Ottowa Senators select right wing Jonas Lagerberg Hoen out of Sweden with the No. 25 pick.

• The Vancouver Canucks select left winger Adam Novotny from Peterborough in the OHL with the No. 24 pick.

• The Detroit Red Wings traded up to select left winger JP Hurlbert out of the WHL with the No. 23 pick.

• The Pittsburgh Penguins drafted Canadian right winger Liam Ruck out of the WHL with the No. 22 pick.

• The San Jose Sharks selected defensemen Ryan Lin from the WHL with the No. 21 pick.

What's up Smashville, it's Wyatt Cullen! 👋 pic.twitter.com/2M9E9sWqgY

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 27, 2026

• The Buffalo crowd cheered loudly as the Sabres selected Russian center ilia Morozov with the No. 20 overall pick.

• The Los Angeles Kings select Swedish right winger Elton Hermansson with the No. 19 overall pick.

• The Washington Capitols selected center Oliver Suvanto from Finland with the No. 18 overall pick. The television commentators compared Suvanto to Aleksander Barkov.

Wyatt Cullen looks great in Gold. #Preds #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/i8dqxsftCG

— Brooks Bratten (@brooksbratten) June 27, 2026

• The Utah Mammoth trade with the Los Angeles Kings for the No. 17 pick and select left winger Ethan Belchetz from Windsor out of the OHL. La receives No. 19 and No. 83

• The St. Louis Blues use their second first round pick on center Maddox Dagenais of the Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League for the No. 16 pick.

• The Anaheim Ducks make right winger Nikita Klepov from Saginaw in the OHL the No. 15 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.

• The Columbus Blue Jackets chose left winger Oscar Hemming with the No. 14 pick.

• The New York Islanders drafted defender Malte Gustafsson with the No. 13 pick.

• The New Jersey Devils select center Alexander Comand from the Swedish League with the No. 12 pick as the first round continues.

• Wyatt Cullen spent time with ESPN after Nashville made him the No. 10 pick. He said country music star Luke Bryan had a simple message for him after he became a Predator, "Just congrats, he was talking about my dad playing there a little bit, so that was pretty cool, but yeah, just congrats," Cullen said.
  
  "It's crazy," he reacted right after he was picked. "It's everything I've ever dreamed of. I'm just so grateful and thankful for everyone who's helped me along the way. I'm just so happy right now."

• The St. Louis Blues select center Tynan Lawrence from Boston University in the NCAA with the No. 11 overall pick.

• Country music star Luke Bryant announces the Nashville Predators select right wing Wyatt Cullen with the No. 10 pick. Cullen's father, Matt, won three Stanley Cups as a player and played for the Predators from 2013-15.

Luke Bryan announces the Nashville Predators select Right Wing and Minnesota commit Wyatt Cullen with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft pic.twitter.com/ea6hrbLGbF

— Joe Gaither (@JoeGaither6) June 27, 2026

• Olympian Lalya Edwards makes the San Jose Sharks selection of defensemen Keaton Verhoeff from North Dakota the No. 9 pick and now the Nashville Predators are on the clock.

• Nashville is two picks away as the San Jose Sharks are on the clock at No. 9. It'll be the second Sharks top-ten pick of the evening.

• The Winnipeg Jets select center Viggo Bjorck from Djurgarden in Sweden with the No. 8 pick. At 5-foot-9, 180 pounds he's an undersized player that operates with a high hockey IQ.

• The Seattle Kraken select defenseman Chase Reid from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League with the No. 7 overall pick.

• NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald, with a killer mustache, announces the Calgary Flames select defenseman Carson Carels from the Prince George Cougars with the sixth overall pick. Anticipation builds towards the 10th overall pick as the Predators are close to making their choice.

• Gary Bettman is playing to the crowd and announcing trades between the Boston Bruins and the Utah Mammoth, and a second between the New York Rangers and the Las Vegas Knights.

• Gary Bettman announces defensemen Alberts Smits from the Finish league to the New York Rangers as the fifth overall pick. Two of the premier defensemen are now off the board.

• Former Buffalo Bill Thurman Thomas announces defensemen Daxon Rudolph from the Price Albert Whalers to the hometown Buffalo Sabres with the fourth overall pick.

• The Vancouver Canucks draft center Caleb Malhotra from Brantford out ot the Ontario Hockey League with the third overall selection.

• The San Jose Sharks draft left winger Ivar Stenberg out of Frolunda in the Swedish league with the second overall pick.

• Toronto didn't use up the clock before taking Penn State left wing Gavin McKenna with the first overall pick. Music star Justin Bieber made a strange entrance and announced the pick as a lifelong Maple Leafs fan.

• 6:14 p.m. CT - After some introduction and playing to the crowd, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettmanputs the Toronto Maple Leafs on the clock. All indications are that left wing Gavin McKenna from Penn State will be the first pick.

• The Nashville Predators toast legendary scout Dave Westby before the draft as the late scout passed early in the year.

A toast to Dave Westby 💛 pic.twitter.com/CR3oWLSoQh

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 26, 2026

• The Nashville war room is decked out in gold with navy accents as the front office prepares to add multiple players to its young roster. The Predators enter the weekend with 11 picks in the 2026 NHL Draft.

Where the decisions are made 👀#NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/wJxkq2AXWY

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 26, 2026

• The NHL Draft is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the clock with the first overall pick.

Nashville Predators 2026 NHL Draft Picks

• Round 1, Pick 10 - Wyatt Cullen
• Round 1, Pick 31 - Tommy Bleyl
• Round 3, Pick 70 (via Seattle and Dallas) - Dmitri Borichev
• Round 4, Pick 106 - Jakub Floris
• Round 4, Pick 118 (via Pittsburgh) - Justin Graf
• Round 5, Pick 138 - Philip Hemmyr
• Round 6, Pick 179 (via Utah) - Benjamin Cossette Ayotte
• Round 7, Pick 202 - Charlie Puglisi

Latest Nashville Predators Mock Drafts for No. 10

ESPN: Ethan Belchetz, LW, Windsor Spitfires

Bleacher Report: Wyatt Cullen, LW, USNTDP

NHL.com: Wyatt Cullen, LW, USNTDP

Elite Prospect: Ethan Belchetz, LW, Windsor Spitfires

TSN: Alex Command, C, Orebro

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