The 2026 NHL Draft guide built on original scouting from a team of 11 scouts who watched this class all season. Every ranking has a scouting report behind it. No recycled boards. No filler. Just conviction.
This is the first annual Smaht Scouting NHL Draft Guide. We plan to do this every year and this is just the beginning.
What’s inside:
- 105 ranked prospects across six tiers with full written evaluations
- A scouting report on every single ranked player
- Individual scout attribution on every profile so you know who watched who
- Height, weight, handedness, and team on every player card
- Complete goalie coverage with original evaluation on five goalies
- 11 Honorable Mentions
- Methodology and evaluation framework explaining how we rank
- Full big board appendix
- A foreword from Director of Scouting Josh Tessler
$15.99. The 2026 NHL Draft is June 26th in Buffalo.