2026 NHL Draft Rankings: Where OHL Prospects Stand Across Hockey’s Top Lists
As the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft gets underway later tonight, hockey’s leading scouting outlets have released their final 2026 NHL Draft rankings, providing one last look at how this year’s top prospects stack up ahead of Draft Weekend. This comparison features rankings from TSN, Craig Button, FloHockey’s Chris Peters and NHL Central Scouting, highlighting where the Ontario Hockey League’s top NHL Draft prospects stand.
The OHL is once again well represented across all four rankings, reflecting its continued status as one of hockey’s premier development leagues. In 2025, the OHL produced 18.3% of all NHL Draft selections – its highest share since 2017 – and has seen 18 players selected in the first round over the past two drafts, the league’s highest two-year total since 2013 and 2014. Since the NHL Draft began in 1969, the OHL has developed 1,377 NHL Draft picks, accounting for 20.5% of all selections.
It’s important to note that NHL Central Scouting differs from the other three outlets by ranking North American and International skaters and goaltenders separately, rather than producing an overall draft ranking. As a result, Central Scouting’s placements are not directly comparable to the overall rankings from TSN, Craig Button and Chris Peters, but they remain one of the NHL’s primary evaluation tools leading into the NHL Draft.
Below is a comparison of OHL players’ rankings across the four final rankings.
2026 Draft Rankings
* Click on the applicable names to see the players’ draft profiles
* HM = Honourable Mention
Skaters
| Player | Pos. | OHL Team | TSN Consensus | Craig Button | Chris Peters | NHL Central Scouting (NA Skaters) |
| Chase Reid | D | Soo Greyhounds | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Caleb Malhotra | C | Brantford Bulldogs | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Ethan Belchetz | LW | Windsor Spitfires | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Adam Novotny | LW | Peterborough Petes | 17 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
| Nikita Klepov | RW | Saginaw Spirit | 20 | 20 | 28 | 8 |
| Brooks Rogowski | C | Oshawa Generals | 32 | 61 | 29 | 21 |
| Maksim Sokolovskii | D | London Knights | HM (Honourable Mention) | 60 | 59 | 40 |
| Jaxon Cover | RW | London Knights | – | 30 | – | 29 |
| Pierce Mbuyi | LW | Owen Sound Attack | – | 38 | – | 56 |
| Thomas Vandenberg | C | Ottawa 67’s | – | 46 | 51 | 35 |
| Egor Barabanov | C | Saginaw Spirit | – | 51 | 71 | 43 |
| Alessandro Di Iorio | C | Sarnia Sting | – | 59 | 31 | 41 |
| Ryan Roobroeck | LW | Guelph Storm/Niagara IceDogs | – | 62 | 40 | 28 |
| Ryder Cali | C | North Bay Battalion | – | – | 38 | 25 |
| Alexander Bilecki | D | Kitchener Rangers | – | – | 44 | 49 |
| Adam Nemec | LW | Sudbury Wolves | – | – | 48 | 27 |
| Vladimir Dravecky | D | Guelph Storm/Brantford Bulldogs | – | – | 60 | 47 |
| Alex Kostov | RW | Flint Firebirds | – | – | 69 | 73 |
| Cole Zurawski | RW | Owen Sound Attack | – | – | – | 59 |
| Eric Frossard | D | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 68 |
| Beckham Edwards | C | Sarnia Sting | – | – | – | 69 |
| Ben Wilmott | C | Barrie Colts | – | – | – | 71 |
| Spencer Bowes | LW | Ottawa 67’s | – | – | – | 75 |
| Wesley Royston | RW | Owen Sound Attack | – | – | – | 80 |
| Colin Fitzgerald | C | Soo Greyhounds | – | – | – | 82 |
| Parker Vaughan | RW | North Bay Battalion | – | – | – | 83 |
| Carter Stevens | RW | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 85 |
| Lucas Ambrosio | D | Erie Otters | – | – | – | 91 |
| Jasper Kuhta | C | Ottawa 67’s | – | – | – | 95 |
| Adam Levac | C | Peterborough Petes | – | – | – | 97 |
| Jean-Cristoph Lemieux | LW | Sudbury Wolves | – | – | – | 103 |
| Braidy Wassilyn | LW | London Knights | – | – | – | 105 |
| Callum Croskery | D | Soo Greyhounds | – | – | – | 110 |
| Aiden O’Donnell | LW | Oshawa Generals | – | – | – | 118 |
| Layne Gallacher | C | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 119 |
| Brody Pepoy | RW | Saginaw Spirit | – | – | – | 124 |
| Brady Murnane | D | Oshawa Generals | – | – | – | 141 |
| Andre Mondoux | D | Kingston Frontenacs | – | – | – | 142 |
| Cohen Bidgood | RW | London Knights | – | – | – | 143 |
| Nathan Amidovski | LW | Brampton Steelheads | – | – | – | 148 |
| Joe Salandra | RW | Barrie Colts | – | – | – | 152 |
| Ondrej Ruml | D | Ottawa 67’s | – | – | – | 157 |
| Harris Pangretitsch | D | Soo Greyhounds | – | – | – | 159 |
| Julian Brown | D | Owen Sound Attack | – | – | – | 169 |
| Dryden Allen | D | Flint Firebirds | – | – | – | 171 |
| Leo Laschon | D | Oshawa Generals | – | – | – | 175 |
| Illia Shybinskyi | LW | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 181 |
| Leon Kolarik | LW | Peterborough Petes | – | – | – | 182 |
| Ryan Brown | LW | London Knights | – | – | – | 184 |
| Darian Anderson | RW | Flint Firebirds | – | – | – | 186 |
| Caden Harvey | C | Windsor Spitfires | – | – | – | 188 |
| Jacob Vandeven | D | London Knights | – | – | – | 190 |
| Rowan Henderson | LW | Sudbury Wolves | – | – | – | 194 |
| Weston Cameron | LW | Kitchener Rangers | – | – | – | 196 |
| Rylan Singh | LW | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 201 |
| Colin Feeley | D | Oshawa Generals | – | – | – | 202 |
| Andrew Robinson | D | Windsor Spitfires | – | – | – | 205 |
| Justin Handsor | D | Barrie Colts | – | – | – | 207 |
| Grady Spicer | D | Windsor Spitfires | – | – | – | 212 |
| Alexander Karmanov | D | North Bay Battalion | – | – | – | 214 |
| Alex McLean | C | Kingston Frontenacs | – | – | – | 217 |
| Julius Saari | D | Erie Otters | – | – | – | 218 |
| Cody Wood | D | London Knights | – | – | – | 219 |
| Elliot Arnett | D | Owen Sound Attack | – | – | – | 220 |
| Aiden Young | LW | Peterborough Petes | – | – | – | 223 |
Goaltenders
| Player | OHL Team | TSN Consensus | Craig Button | Chris Peters | NHL Central Scouting |
| Ryder Fetterolf | Ottawa 67’s | – | – | 75 | 11 |
| Zachary Jovanovski | Guelph Storm | – | – | – | 12 |
| Stepan Shurygin | Saginaw Spirit | – | – | – | 13 |
| Matthew Minchak | Kingston Frontenacs | – | – | – | 15 |
| Vladislav Yermolenko | Niagara IceDogs | – | – | – | 17 |
| Arvin Jaswal | Barrie Colts | – | – | – | 18 |
| Matthew Humphries | Oshawa Generals | – | – | – | 23 |
| Gavin Betts | Kingston Frontenacs | – | – | – | 24 |
| Ben Hrebik | Barrie Colts | – | – | – | 31 |
| Maksim Corovic | Brantford Bulldogs | – | – | – | 32 |
| Jason Schaubel | Kitchener Rangers | – | – | – | 36 |
Related Articles
Learn more about some of the OHL prospects featured in the rankings:
- Chase Reid: Seventh-Round Steal Turned One of the OHL’s Top Rookies
- Brooks Rogowski: Unlikely Path from Michigan High School Hockey to the OHL
- Adam Novotny and Chase Reid: Aim to Shine on World Stage Ahead of 2026 NHL Draft
- Ryder Fetterolf: 67’s Rewrite Expectations with Rookie Goaltending and Depth Scoring
- Caleb Malhotra and Alessandro Di Iorio: Reunite at the 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge
- Jaxon Cover: From the Cayman Islands to OHL Ice
- Beckham Edwards and Alessandro Di Iorio: The Sophomore Duo Changing the Game in Sarnia
- Alexander Bilecki: Rangers’ Alexander Bilecki Making The Most of Extended Draft-Year Opportunity
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