400 CHL alumni named to NHL Opening Night rosters ahead of the 2026-27 season

CHL graduates account for 47.9% of NHL Opening Night rosters, with all 32 NHL clubs and 60 of 61 CHL franchises represented

As the National Hockey League (NHL) opens its 2026-27 season tonight, 400 graduates of the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) feature on Opening Night rosters. Together, they account for 47.9% of the 835 players listed across all 32 clubs, making the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) the most represented development hockey league in the world. Both totals include players on injured reserve and other non-roster lists.

The total includes 191 alumni of the OHL, 128 from the WHL and 82 from the QMJHL. Penguins forward Oliver Okuliar, who played for the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Sherbrooke Phoenix, is included in both the WHL and QMJHL figures but counted once in the overall total of 400 (see complete list below).

All 32 NHL clubs feature at least one CHL graduate. The St. Louis Blues lead with 19, followed by the Vegas Golden Knights with 18, the San Jose Sharks with 17, the Seattle Kraken with 16, and the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins with 15 each. CHL alumni make up a majority of the players listed by 11 NHL clubs, led by Vegas (69.2%), St. Louis (67.9%) and Seattle (64.0%).

Across the CHL, 60 of 61 current franchises are represented when earlier franchise identities are included. The London Knights lead with 30 alumni, followed by the Erie Otters with 16 and the Barrie Colts, Flint Firebirds and Windsor Spitfires with 15 each. Flint’s total includes players who represented the Plymouth Whalers. The Seattle Thunderbirds lead the WHL with 15, while the Drummondville Voltigeurs and Moncton Wildcats share the QMJHL lead with 11 each.

The group also includes graduates of the first two editions of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge, including Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer (Erie Otters / OHL), Sharks forward Michael Misa (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Penguins forward Ben Kindel (Calgary Hitmen / WHL) and Ducks forward Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit / OHL). The 2026 CHL USA Prospects Challenge presented by Primaris takes place December 1 in Chicoutimi and December 2 in Québec City.

This year’s total extends the six-season streak reported last year to seven consecutive seasons with at least 390 CHL alumni on NHL Opening Night rosters.

News and Notes

• CHL alumni enter 2026-27 looking to make it nine straight Stanley Cup champions with at least 10 graduates and five consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy winners. Last season, Carolina won the Cup with 10 CHL alumni, while Jordan Staal (Peterborough Petes / OHL) became the seventh graduate in 10 years to earn playoff MVP honours.
• CHL graduates account for 19 of the NHL’s 29 captains (65.5%). Entering his 22nd NHL season, Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Océanic / QMJHL) will set the NHL record with his 20th season as captain, passing Steve Yzerman (Peterborough Petes / OHL). Four of the six captains entering at least their 10th season in the role are graduates: Crosby (20), Gabriel Landeskog (Kitchener Rangers / OHL; 15), Jamie Benn (Kelowna Rockets / WHL; 14) and Connor McDavid (Erie Otters / OHL; 11).
• Five of the eight NHL captains appointed this September are CHL graduates: Chicago’s Connor Bedard (Regina Pats / WHL), St. Louis’s Robert Thomas (London Knights, Hamilton Bulldogs / OHL), the Islanders’ Bo Horvat (London Knights / OHL), Los Angeles’s Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm / OHL) and Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL).
• At least 75 NHL head, associate and assistant coaches have CHL roots, including 21 of 32 head coaches (65.6%), through playing or staff roles in the WHL, OHL or QMJHL. Manny Malhotra (Guelph Storm / OHL) and Ryan Craig (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL) begin their first seasons as NHL head coaches in Vancouver and Vegas, respectively, while former WHL coaches Jim Hiller (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Mike Babcock (Edmonton Oilers) take over new teams.
• More than 200 people with CHL roots work in non-playing NHL roles, including coaches, executives, scouts, development staff, equipment managers and athletic therapists. Recent appointments include Freddie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs / OHL) as Toronto’s chief of staff and Vukie Mpofu (Red Deer Rebels / WHL) as Nashville’s assistant general manager.

Stories to Follow

• Toronto’s Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL) and Anaheim’s Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit / OHL) and Roger McQueen (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL) are among the graduates eyeing their NHL debuts.
• Thirteen CHL graduates are chasing their 1,000th NHL game, led by Taylor Hall (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), just 11 games away. The others are Casey Cizikas (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors / OHL), Zach Bogosian (Peterborough Petes / OHL), Tyler Toffoli (Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Mark Scheifele (Barrie Colts / OHL), Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67’s, Owen Sound Attack / OHL), Sean Couturier (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), J.T. Miller (Plymouth Whalers / OHL), Marcus Foligno (Sudbury Wolves / OHL) and Ryan Strome (Barrie Colts & Niagara IceDogs / OHL).
• Five graduates are within 100 points of 1,000 career points: Jamie Benn (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Corey Perry (London Knights / OHL), Brent Burns and Matt Duchene (both Brampton Battalion / OHL), and Mark Scheifele.
• Steven Stamkos (Sarnia Sting / OHL) and Connor McDavid (Erie Otters / OHL) need 44 and 80 points, respectively, to reach 1,300. Leon Draisaitl (Prince Albert Raiders, Kelowna Rockets / WHL) needs 47, and Brad Marchand (Moncton Wildcats, Val-d’Or Foreurs & Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL) needs 66 to reach 1,100.
• Four of the five active players within 50 goals of 400 career goals are CHL graduates: Matt Duchene, Claude Giroux (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Mark Scheifele and Tyler Seguin (Plymouth Whalers / OHL).
• Colorado’s Brent Burns enters the season with 1,007 consecutive games, needing 58 more to break the NHL record of 1,064 — potentially against Columbus on Feb. 15, 2027. Among defencemen, he also needs four points to enter the all-time top 10, 14 to pass Larry Robinson (Kitchener Rangers / OHL) for ninth, 16 goals to pass Larry Murphy (Peterborough Petes / OHL) for sixth, and two game-winning goals to tie for second.
• After a 23-goal, 59-point rookie season, Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer (Erie Otters / OHL) needs two goals to pass Bobby Orr (Oshawa Generals / OHL; 24) and Ray Bourque (Verdun Éperviers / QMJHL; 23) for the second-most goals by a teenage defenceman. Another 41 points would make him just the second blueliner to reach 100 points before turning 20.
• Following the consolidation of Winnipeg’s records, Mark Scheifele trails Dale Hawerchuk (Cornwall Royals / QMJHL) by seven goals and 22 points for the franchise leads. He is also 19 helpers shy of tying the Jets’ assist record.
• Reigning Art Ross Trophy winner Connor McDavid extended the CHL’s run of scoring champions to 13 consecutive seasons. His next 100-point campaign would tie Mario Lemieux (Laval Voisins / QMJHL; 10) for second all-time and make him the second player with seven straight. McDavid also eyes a third 90-assist season, a fourth 130-point campaign — his second straight — and a chance to become the third-fastest player to reach 900 assists.
• Reigning Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov (Québec Remparts & Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL) needs 14 points to pass Steven Stamkos as Tampa Bay’s all-time scoring leader. He can also become the second player with five straight 80-assist seasons, the first Lightning player with 10 30-goal campaigns, and the third player born outside North America with five consecutive 100-point seasons.
• Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Océanic / QMJHL) needs 11 points to move into sixth all-time and 39 to become the fifth player — and fourth Canadian — to reach 1,800. Three assists would move him past Joe Thornton (Soo Greyhounds / OHL) for seventh. His next 20-goal and 30-goal seasons would each tie him for fourth all-time.
• Several graduates could climb their clubs’ seasons-played lists. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Red Deer Rebels / WHL) and Casey Cizikas could set the Edmonton and Islanders records, while Sean Couturier could tie Philadelphia’s mark of 15. Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm / OHL) could move into second in Los Angeles, while Nathan MacKinnon and Dmitry Kulikov (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL) could tie for third in Colorado and Florida, respectively.
• After a career-best 101-point season, Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack & Guelph Storm / OHL) could become the third Montréal player with consecutive 100-point campaigns. Travis Konecny (Ottawa 67’s, Sarnia Sting / OHL) could match Philadelphia’s record by leading the team in scoring for a sixth straight season.
• Paul Maurice (Detroit Jr. Red Wings, Windsor Spitfires / OHL) needs 44 wins, and Lindy Ruff (Lethbridge Broncos / WHL) needs 50 to join Joel Quenneville (Windsor Spitfires / OHL) in the NHL’s two-member 1,000-win club. Maurice enters his 29th season, one shy of the NHL record. Ruff begins his 18th in Buffalo — third-most with one franchise — and sits 62 games from 2,000. Quenneville needs 50 games to reach 1,900 and can tie for the third-most seasons coached.

Complete list of CHL alumni on 2026-27 NHL Opening Night rosters
Players are listed alongside the CHL clubs they represented, using the clubs’ identities at the time. All 400 players are counted once in the CHL total, including those on injured reserve, long-term injured reserve, season-opening injured reserve and other non-roster lists.

* Denotes an injured and/or non-roster player.

Anaheim Ducks (7) 
Tyson Hinds (Shawinigan Cataractes, Rimouski Océanic & Sherbrooke Phoenix / QMJHL), A.J. Greer (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Tristan Luneau (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Roger McQueen (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Pavel Mintyukov (Saginaw Spirit & Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Beckett Sennecke (Oshawa Generals / OHL). 

Boston Bruins (10) 
Jonathan Aspirot (Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Frédéric Brunet (Rimouski Océanic & Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL), Michael DiPietro (Windsor Spitfires & Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Morgan Geekie (Tri-City Americans / WHL), Tanner Jeannot (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Mark Kastelic (Calgary Hitmen / WHL), Fraser Minten (Kamloops Blazers & Saskatoon Blades / WHL), Matt Poitras (Guelph Storm / OHL)*, Pavel Zacha (Sarnia Sting / OHL), Nikita Zadorov (London Knights / OHL). 

Buffalo Sabres (12) 
Zach Benson (Winnipeg ICE / WHL), Sam Carrick (Brampton Battalion / OHL), Louis Crevier (Chicoutimi Saguenéens & Québec Remparts / QMJHL), Colten Ellis (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, Rimouski Océanic & Charlottetown Islanders / QMJHL), Tyson Kozak (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Peyton Krebs (Kootenay ICE & Winnipeg ICE / WHL), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Beck Malenstyn (Calgary Hitmen & Swift Current Broncos / WHL), Ryan McLeod (Mississauga Steelheads & Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Jack Quinn (Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Conor Timmins (Soo Greyhounds / OHL)*, Olen Zellweger (Everett Silvertips & Kamloops Blazers / WHL). 

Calgary Flames (14) 
Mikael Backlund (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Morgan Frost (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Matvei Gridin (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL), Samuel Honzek (Vancouver Giants / WHL), Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL)*, Yan Kuznetsov (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Jacob Middleton (Owen Sound Attack & Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Brennan Othmann (Flint Firebirds & Peterborough Petes / OHL), Brayden Pachal (Victoria Royals & Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), Zayne Parekh (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Ryan Strome (Barrie Colts & Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Dustin Wolf (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Connor Zary (Kamloops Blazers / WHL). 

Carolina Hurricanes (10) 
William Carrier (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles & Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Jalen Chatfield (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Nicolas Deslauriers (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies & Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Nikolaj Ehlers (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), Taylor Hall (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Seth Jarvis (Portland Winterhawks / WHL)*, Jordan Martinook (Vancouver Giants / WHL), Jordan Staal (Peterborough Petes / OHL), Logan Stankoven (Kamloops Blazers / WHL), Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts / OHL). 

Chicago Blackhawks (9) 
Connor Bedard (Regina Pats / WHL)*, Tyler Bertuzzi (Guelph Storm / OHL), Bowen Byram (Vancouver Giants / WHL), Ethan Del Mastro (Mississauga Steelheads & Sarnia Sting / OHL), Ryan Ellis (Windsor Spitfires / OHL)*, Patrick Kane (London Knights / OHL), Kevin Korchinski (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Nick Lardis (Peterborough Petes, Hamilton Bulldogs & Brantford Bulldogs / OHL), Andrew Mangiapane (Barrie Colts / OHL). 

Colorado Avalanche (12) 
Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie Colts / OHL), Brent Burns (Brampton Battalion / OHL), Noah Juulsen (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Nazem Kadri (Kitchener Rangers & London Knights / OHL), Parker Kelly (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), Brett Kulak (Vancouver Giants / WHL), Zachary L’Heureux (Moncton Wildcats & Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL)*, Gabriel Landeskog (Kitchener Rangers / OHL), Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), Trent Miner (Vancouver Giants / WHL)*, Nicolas Roy (Chicoutimi Saguenéens / QMJHL), Scott Wedgewood (Plymouth Whalers / OHL). 

Columbus Blue Jackets (13) 
Riley Bezeau (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL)*, Jake Christiansen (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Charlie Coyle (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Luca Del Bel Belluz (Mississauga Steelheads & Sarnia Sting / OHL), Conor Garland (Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Jet Greaves (Barrie Colts / OHL), Erik Gudbranson (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Denton Mateychuk (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Sean Monahan (Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Mathieu Olivier (Moncton Wildcats, Shawinigan Cataractes & Sherbrooke Phoenix / QMJHL), Ivan Provorov (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Damon Severson (Kelowna Rockets / WHL)*, Cole Sillinger (Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL). 

Dallas Stars (12) 
Jamie Benn (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Tristan Bertucci (Flint Firebirds & Barrie Colts / OHL)*, Kyle Capobianco (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Matt Duchene (Brampton Battalion / OHL), Radek Faksa (Kitchener Rangers & Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Jaxon Fuder (Red Deer Rebels & Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL)*, Thomas Harley (Mississauga Steelheads / OHL), Wyatt Johnston (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Tyler Myers (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Jason Robertson (Kingston Frontenacs & Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Tyler Seguin (Plymouth Whalers / OHL), Sam Steel (Regina Pats / WHL). 

Detroit Red Wings (9) 
Carter Bear (Everett Silvertips / WHL)*, Ben Chiarot (Guelph Storm, Sudbury Wolves & Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Nate Danielson (Brandon Wheat Kings & Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Alex DeBrincat (Erie Otters / OHL), Emmitt Finnie (Kamloops Blazers / WHL), John Gibson (Kitchener Rangers / OHL), Keegan Kolesar (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City Americans / WHL), Chase Stillman (Sudbury Wolves & Peterborough Petes / OHL)*. 

Edmonton Oilers (14) 
Evan Bouchard (London Knights / OHL), Colton Dach (Saskatoon Blades, Kelowna Rockets & Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Jason Dickinson (Guelph Storm / OHL)*, Leon Draisaitl (Prince Albert Raiders & Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Alex Formenton (London Knights / OHL), Tristan Jarry (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL), Max Jones (London Knights & Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Mathieu Joseph (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Connor McDavid (Erie Otters / OHL), Connor Murphy (Sarnia Sting / OHL), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Alec Regula (London Knights / OHL)*, Matthew Savoie (Winnipeg ICE, Wenatchee Wild & Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL)*, James Stefan (Portland Winterhawks / WHL)*. 

Florida Panthers (14) 
Sam Bennett (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Aaron Ekblad (Barrie Colts / OHL), MacKenzie Entwistle (Hamilton Bulldogs & Guelph Storm / OHL)*, Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound Attack / OHL)*, Radko Gudas (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Bokondji Imama (Baie-Comeau Drakkar & Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Seth Jones (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Dmitry Kulikov (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Brad Marchand (Moncton Wildcats, Val-d’Or Foreurs & Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL)*, Sam Reinhart (Kootenay ICE / WHL), Akira Schmid (Lethbridge Hurricanes / WHL), Matthew Tkachuk (London Knights / OHL), Carter Verhaeghe (Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Sandis Vilmanis (Sarnia Sting & North Bay Battalion / OHL). 

Los Angeles Kings (10) 
Quinton Byfield (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67’s & Owen Sound Attack / OHL), Brandt Clarke (Barrie Colts / OHL), Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm / OHL), Jakub Dvorak (Swift Current Broncos / WHL)*, Joel Edmundson (Moose Jaw Warriors & Kamloops Blazers / WHL), Jan Jenik (Hamilton Bulldogs / OHL)*, Darcy Kuemper (Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Scott Laughton (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Corey Perry (London Knights / OHL). 

Minnesota Wild (11) 
Zach Bogosian (Peterborough Petes / OHL), Marcus Foligno (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Nick Foligno (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Ryan Hartman (Plymouth Whalers / OHL), Daemon Hunt (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Olli Maatta (London Knights / OHL), Michael McCarron (London Knights & Oshawa Generals / OHL), Calvin Pickard (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), David Spacek (Sherbrooke Phoenix / QMJHL), Jared Spurgeon (Spokane Chiefs / WHL), Yakov Trenin (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL). 

Montréal Canadiens (12) 
Josh Anderson (London Knights / OHL), Zachary Bolduc (Rimouski Océanic & Québec Remparts / QMJHL), Alexandre Carrier (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Kirby Dach (Saskatoon Blades / WHL), Phillip Danault (Victoriaville Tigres & Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan & Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Kaiden Guhle (Prince Albert Raiders & Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL)*, Samuel Montembeault (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada / QMJHL), Bryce Pickford (Seattle Thunderbirds & Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL)*, Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack & Guelph Storm / OHL), Arber Xhekaj (Kitchener Rangers & Hamilton Bulldogs / OHL), Florian Xhekaj (Hamilton Bulldogs & Brantford Bulldogs / OHL). 

Nashville Predators (7) 
Mavrik Bourque (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL), Nicolas Hague (Mississauga Steelheads / OHL), Jonathan Marchessault (Québec Remparts / QMJHL), Ryan O’Reilly (Erie Otters / OHL), Reid Schaefer (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Steven Stamkos (Sarnia Sting / OHL), William Trudeau (Charlottetown Islanders / QMJHL). 

New Jersey Devils (15) 
Jake Allen (St. John’s Fog Devils, Montréal Junior & Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Connor Brown (Erie Otters / OHL), Declan Chisholm (Peterborough Petes / OHL), Nico Daws (Guelph Storm / OHL), Brenden Dillon (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Luke Evangelista (London Knights / OHL), Cody Glass (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Dougie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Nico Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), Amadeus Lombardi (Flint Firebirds / OHL), Anthony Mantha (Val-d’Or Foreurs / QMJHL), Timo Meier (Halifax Mooseheads & Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Dawson Mercer (Drummondville Voltigeurs & Chicoutimi Saguenéens / QMJHL), Rémi Poirier (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Stefan Noesen (Plymouth Whalers / OHL). 

New York Islanders (14) 
Mathew Barzal (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL)*, Casey Cizikas (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors / OHL), Tony DeAngelo (Sarnia Sting & Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Anthony Duclair (Québec Remparts / QMJHL), Bo Horvat (London Knights / OHL), Kyle MacLean (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Gatineau Olympiques & Chicoutimi Saguenéens / QMJHL), Ondrej Palat (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Adam Pelech (Erie Otters / OHL), Ryan Pulock (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Calum Ritchie (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Matthew Schaefer (Erie Otters / OHL), Brayden Schenn (Brandon Wheat Kings & Saskatoon Blades / WHL), Logan Stanley (Windsor Spitfires & Kitchener Rangers / OHL). 

New York Rangers (11) 
Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Will Cuylle (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Sean Durzi (Owen Sound Attack & Guelph Storm / OHL), Vincent Iorio (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL)*, Tye Kartye (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Alexis Lafrenière (Rimouski Océanic / QMJHL), J.T. Miller (Plymouth Whalers / OHL), Matt Rempe (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Matthew Robertson (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL), Braden Schneider (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Joe Veleno (Saint John Sea Dogs & Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL). 

Ottawa Senators (14) 
Michael Amadio (Brampton Battalion & North Bay Battalion / OHL), Drake Batherson (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles & Blainville-Boisbriand Armada / QMJHL), Andre Burakovsky (Erie Otters / OHL), Thomas Chabot (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Nick Cousins (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Dylan Cozens (Lethbridge Hurricanes / WHL), Warren Foegele (Kingston Frontenacs & Erie Otters / OHL)*, Claude Giroux (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Ridly Greig (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Hayden Hodgson (Erie Otters, Sarnia Sting & Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Kurtis MacDermid (Owen Sound Attack & Erie Otters / OHL)*, Blake Montgomery (London Knights / OHL)*, Jordan Spence (Moncton Wildcats & Val-d’Or Foreurs / QMJHL), Carter Yakemchuk (Calgary Hitmen / WHL). 

Philadelphia Flyers (11) 
Denver Barkey (London Knights / OHL)*, Simon Benoit (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL), Sean Couturier (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Jamie Drysdale (Erie Otters / OHL), Christian Dvorak (London Knights / OHL), Tyson Foerster (Barrie Colts / OHL), Travis Konecny (Ottawa 67’s & Sarnia Sting / OHL), Porter Martone (Sarnia Sting, Mississauga Steelheads & Brampton Steelheads / OHL), Travis Sanheim (Calgary Hitmen / WHL), Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads & Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Garrett Wilson (Windsor Spitfires & Owen Sound Attack / OHL). 

Pittsburgh Penguins (15) 
Justin Brazeau (North Bay Battalion / OHL)*, Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Océanic / QMJHL), Gabriel D’Aigle (Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL)*, Connor Dewar (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Samuel Girard (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL), Ryan Graves (P.E.I. Rocket, Charlottetown Islanders, Val-d’Or Foreurs & Québec Remparts / QMJHL)*, Ben Kindel (Calgary Hitmen / WHL)*, Kaedan Korczak (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Hendrix Lapierre (Chicoutimi Saguenéens & Acadie-Bathurst Titan / QMJHL), Kris Letang (Val-d’Or Foreurs / QMJHL), Oliver Okuliar (Lethbridge Hurricanes / WHL & Sherbrooke Phoenix / QMJHL)*, Rickard Rakell (Plymouth Whalers / OHL), Nick Robertson (Peterborough Petes / OHL), Arturs Silovs (Barrie Colts / OHL), Ilya Solovyov (Saginaw Spirit / OHL). 

San Jose Sharks (17) 
Nolan Allan (Prince Albert Raiders & Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Alex Barré-Boulet (Drummondville Voltigeurs & Blainville-Boisbriand Armada / QMJHL)*, Luca Cagnoni (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Igor Chernyshov (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Logan Couture (Ottawa 67’s / OHL)*, Ty Dellandrea (Flint Firebirds / OHL), Sam Dickinson (London Knights / OHL), Barclay Goodrow (Brampton Battalion & North Bay Battalion / OHL), Kyle Keyser (Flint Firebirds & Oshawa Generals / OHL)*,  Brett Leason (Tri-City Americans & Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), Mason Marchment (Erie Otters, Hamilton Bulldogs & Mississauga Steelheads / OHL), Michael Misa (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Quentin Musty (Sudbury Wolves / OHL)*, Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth Whalers, Flint Firebirds & Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Darnell Nurse (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Zack Ostapchuk (Vancouver Giants & Winnipeg ICE / WHL), Tyler Toffoli (Ottawa 67’s / OHL). 

Seattle Kraken (16) 
Berkly Catton (Spokane Chiefs / WHL), Curtis Douglas (Barrie Colts & Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Vince Dunn (Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Jordan Eberle (Regina Pats / WHL), Ryker Evans (Regina Pats / WHL), Cale Fleury (Kootenay ICE & Regina Pats / WHL), Frederick Gaudreau (Shawinigan Cataractes & Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Philipp Grubauer (Belleville Bulls, Windsor Spitfires & Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Josh Mahura (Red Deer Rebels & Regina Pats / WHL), Jared McCann (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Jacob Melanson (Québec Remparts, Acadie-Bathurst Titan & Sherbrooke Phoenix / QMJHL), Jake O’Brien (Brantford Bulldogs / OHL)*, Ville Ottavainen (Kitchener Rangers / OHL), Chandler Stephenson (Regina Pats / WHL), Ryan Winterton (Hamilton Bulldogs & London Knights / OHL), Shane Wright (Kingston Frontenacs & Windsor Spitfires / OHL). 

St. Louis Blues (19) 
Justin Barron (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound Attack / OHL), Brandon Carlo (Tri-City Americans / WHL), Zach Dean (Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Dillon Dube (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Dalibor Dvorsky (Sudbury Wolves / OHL), Cam Fowler (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Joel Hofer (Swift Current Broncos & Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Adam Jecho (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL)*, Adam Jiricek (Brantford Bulldogs / OHL), Ross Johnston (Moncton Wildcats, Victoriaville Tigres & Charlottetown Islanders / QMJHL), Logan Mailloux (London Knights / OHL)*, Connor McMichael (Hamilton Bulldogs & London Knights / OHL), Mason McTavish (Peterborough Petes & Hamilton Bulldogs / OHL), Jake Neighbours (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL), Pius Suter (Guelph Storm / OHL), Robert Thomas (London Knights & Hamilton Bulldogs / OHL), Alexei Toropchenko (Guelph Storm / OHL), Tyler Tucker (Barrie Colts, Flint Firebirds / OHL)*. 

Tampa Bay Lightning (13) 
John Carlson (London Knights / OHL), Erik Cernak (Erie Otters / OHL), Anthony Cirelli (Oshawa Generals & Erie Otters / OHL), Charle-Édouard D’Astous (Rimouski Océanic / QMJHL), Conor Geekie (Winnipeg ICE, Wenatchee Wild & Swift Current Broncos / WHL), Gage Goncalves (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Yanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL)*, Brandon Hagel (Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Jansen Harkins (Prince George Cougars / WHL), Nikita Kucherov (Québec Remparts & Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Brayden Point (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Scott Sabourin (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Jeffrey Viel (Sherbrooke Phoenix & Acadie-Bathurst Titan / QMJHL). 

Toronto Maple Leafs (12) 
Easton Cowan (London Knights / OHL), Max Domi (London Knights / OHL)*, Bo Groulx (Halifax Mooseheads & Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Zack MacEwen (Moncton Wildcats & Gatineau Olympiques / QMJHL), Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL), Nick Paul (Brampton Battalion & North Bay Battalion / OHL), Darren Raddysh (Erie Otters / OHL), Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Colton Sissons (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Anthony Stolarz (London Knights / OHL), John Tavares (Oshawa Generals & London Knights / OHL), William Villeneuve (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL)*. 

Utah Mammoth(11) 
Michael Carcone (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Sebastian Cossa (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL), Lawson Crouse (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Dylan Guenther (Edmonton Oil Kings & Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Barrett Hayton (Soo Greyhounds / OHL), Maveric Lamoureux (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL)*, Liam O’Brien (Rimouski Océanic & Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Mikhail Sergachev (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Vincent Trocheck (Saginaw Spirit & Plymouth Whalers / OHL), MacKenzie Weegar (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL), Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs / WHL). 

Vancouver Canucks (12) 
Arshdeep Bains (Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Guillaume Brisebois (Acadie-Bathurst Titan & Charlottetown Islanders / QMJHL), Paul Cotter (London Knights / OHL), Jake DeBrusk (Swift Current Broncos & Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Brendan Gallagher (Vancouver Giants / WHL), Filip Hronek (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Leevi Meriläinen (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL), Jamie Oleksiak (Saginaw Spirit & Niagara IceDogs / OHL), Marco Rossi (Ottawa 67’s / OHL), Luke Schenn (Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs & Peterborough Petes / OHL)*, Jack Thompson (Sudbury Wolves, Soo Greyhounds / OHL)*. 

Vegas Golden Knights (18) 
Rasmus Andersson (Barrie Colts / OHL), Ivan Barbashev (Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Braeden Bowman (Guelph Storm / OHL), Dylan Coghlan (Tri-City Americans / WHL), Lukas Cormier (Charlottetown Islanders / QMJHL)*, Carter Hart (Everett Silvertips / WHL), Ben Hemmerling (Everett Silvertips / WHL)*, Adin Hill (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Brett Howden (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Jeremy Lauzon (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Raphaël Lavoie (Halifax Mooseheads & Chicoutimi Saguenéens / QMJHL), Mitch Marner (London Knights / OHL), Brayden McNabb (Kootenay ICE / WHL), Alex Pietrangelo (Mississauga IceDogs, Niagara IceDogs, Barrie Colts / OHL)*, Mark Stone (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Shea Theodore (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Kai Uchacz (Seattle Thunderbirds & Red Deer Rebels / WHL)*, Parker Wotherspoon (Tri-City Americans / WHL). 

Washington Capitals (14) 
Anthony Beauvillier (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia Sting / OHL), Pierre-Luc Dubois (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles & Blainville-Boisbriand Armada / QMJHL), Boone Jenner (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting / OHL), Dylan McIlrath (Moose Jaw Warriors / WHL), Aliaksei Protas (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), Ilya Protas (Windsor Spitfires / OHL), Rasmus Sandin (Soo Greyhounds / OHL)*, Justin Sourdif (Vancouver Giants, Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL), Dylan Strome (Erie Otters / OHL), Patrick Thomas (Hamilton Bulldogs & Brantford Bulldogs / OHL)*, Logan Thompson (Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL), Tom Wilson (Plymouth Whalers / OHL). 

Winnipeg Jets (12) 
Tyrel Bauer (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Dylan DeMelo (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors & Mississauga Steelheads / OHL), Haydn Fleury (Red Deer Rebels / WHL), Brad Lambert (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL), Adam Lowry (Swift Current Broncos / WHL), Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert Raiders & Kelowna Rockets / WHL), Vladislav Namestnikov (London Knights / OHL), Nino Niederreiter (Portland Winterhawks / WHL), Cole Perfetti (Saginaw Spirit / OHL), Mark Scheifele (Barrie Colts / OHL), Stuart Skinner (Lethbridge Hurricanes & Swift Current Broncos / WHL), Gabriel Vilardi (Windsor Spitfires & Kingston Frontenacs / OHL).