Prospects & draft

Nashville Predators

8-4-521 PTS4th in the Central divisionNHL

Playoff odds

50%

Power play

29.8 %

Penalty kill

88.5 %

Goals per game

3.00

Goals against

2.82

Faceoffs

50.7 %

Prospect rankings

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“Value”: expected WAR from age 21 to 26, from his draft slot, his output translated into NHL points (NHLe), his age and his NHL games. “Potential”: his ceiling, on the scouts' 20-80 scale. “Rank”: his place among all 32 teams' prospects.

Rank	Prospect	League	NHLe /82	Value	Potential	NHL prob.	Rating
26	Tommy BleylD · 19 yrs · 2026, #31	QMJHL63 games	28	2.2	75First line or top pair	76 %	97
44	Brady MartinC · 20 yrs · 2025, #5	OHL24 games	24	4.5	70First line or top pair	80 %	96
64	Cameron ReidD · 19 yrs · 2025, #21	OHL57 games	23	1.7	70First line or top pair	57 %	94
81	Wyatt CullenL · 18 yrs · 2026, #10	—	—	3.1	65Top six or top four	59 %	92
83	Reid SchaeferL · 23 yrs · 2022, #32	AHL33 games	32	3.0	65Top six or top four	58 %	91
103	Joakim KemellR · 22 yrs · 2022, #17	AHL48 games	23	3.2	60Top six or top four	59 %	92
142	Ryker LeeR · 20 yrs · 2025, #26	NCAA35 games	27	2.0	55NHL regular	45 %	84
143	Felix NilssonC · 21 yrs · 2023, #43	SHL52 games	39	2.1	55NHL regular	45 %	84
146	Ryan UfkoD · 23 yrs · 2021, #115	AHL52 games	32	1.2	55NHL regular	43 %	90
151	Alex HuangD · 19 yrs · 2025, #122	QMJHL62 games	25	1.2	55NHL regular	40 %	89
189	Dmitri BorichevG · 18 yrs · 2026, #70	—	—	2.1	55NHL regular	9 %	82
195	Jakub MilotaG · 20 yrs · 2024, #99	QMJHL3 games	—	1.4	55NHL regular	8 %	71
202	Egor SurinC · 20 yrs · 2024, #22	KHL15 games	32	1.6	50NHL regular	30 %	81
219	Tanner MolendykD · 22 yrs · 2023, #24	AHL60 games	14	0.7	50NHL regular	27 %	84
274	Teddy StigaC · 20 yrs · 2024, #55	NCAA31 games	21	0.8	45Depth player	19 %	66
281	Andrew GibsonD · 22 yrs · 2023, #42	AHL71 games	7	0.4	45Depth player	14 %	74
289	Benjamin Cossette AyotteD · 19 yrs · 2026, #179	QMJHL62 games	14	0.3	45Depth player	13 %	71
326	Jacob RombachD · 20 yrs · 2025, #35	NCAA36 games	4	0.4	40Depth player	17 %	76
369	Jack IvankovicG · 19 yrs · 2025, #58	NCAA35 games	—	2.6	35Fringe	9 %	87
377	Juha JatkolaG · 24 yrs · 2023, #121	Liiga24 games	—	0.9	35Fringe	6 %	62
385	Kalan LindL · 22 yrs · 2023, #46	ECHL60 games	9	0.9	30Fringe	18 %	69
419	Jesse KiiskinenR · 21 yrs · 2023, #68	Liiga57 games	18	0.3	30Fringe	13 %	54
444	Miguel MarquesR · 21 yrs · 2024, #87	NCAA33 games	22	0.3	30Fringe	11 %	52
483	Justin GrafL · 19 yrs · 2026, #118	—	—	0.2	25Limited NHL upside	9 %	49
492	Aiden FinkR · 22 yrs · 2023, #218	NCAA36 games	44	0.2	25Limited NHL upside	9 %	47
498	Hiroki GojsicR · 20 yrs · 2024, #94	WHL55 games	17	0.1	25Limited NHL upside	8 %	46
584	Philip HemmyrL · 19 yrs · 2026, #138	—	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	7 %	42
591	Dylan MacKinnonD · 22 yrs · 2023, #83	QMJHL50 games	5	0.1	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	52
598	Viggo GustafssonD · 20 yrs · 2024, #77	AHL6 games	13	0.1	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	54
599	Daniel NieminenD · 21 yrs · 2025, #163	Liiga47 games	13	0.1	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	54
603	Viktor NorringerL · 20 yrs · 2024, #127	—	—	0.1	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	42
666	Cole O'HaraR · 24 yrs · 2022, #114	AHL67 games	25	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
667	Erik PåhlssonC · 22 yrs · 2024, #213	NCAA32 games	14	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
668	Austin RoestR · 23 yrs · 2023, #175	AHL46 games	8	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
669	Ben StrindenC · 24 yrs · 2022, #210	NCAA41 games	27	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
670	Joey WillisC · 22 yrs · 2023, #111	AHL56 games	15	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
747	Sutter MuzzattiC · 23 yrs · 2023, #143	NCAA37 games	27	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
840	Charlie PuglisiC · 18 yrs · 2026, #202	—	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
987	Jakub FlorisD · 19 yrs · 2026, #106	—	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44

Prospects (22)

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Year	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
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Draft

2026

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
10	1	Wyatt CullenLW	—
31	1	Thomas BleylD(CAR-NSH)	—
70	3	Dmitri BorichevG(SEA-DAL-NSH)	—
106	4	Jakub FlorisD	—
118	4	Justin GrafLW(PIT-NSH)	—
138	5	Philip HemmyrLW	—
179	6	Benjamin Cossette AyotteD(UTA-NSH)	—
202	7	Charlie PuglisiC	—

2025

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
5	1	Brady MartinC	—
21	1	Cameron ReidD(OTT-NSH)	—
26	1	Ryker LeeRW(VGK-SJS-NSH)	—
35	2	Jacob RombachD	—
58	2	Jack IvankovicG(VGK-NSH)	—
122	4	Alex HuangD(VGK-NSH)	—
163	6	Daniel NieminenD	—

2024

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
22	1	Egor SurinC	—
55	2	Teddy StigaC	—
77	3	Viggo GustafssonD(PHI-NSH)	—
87	3	Miguel MarquesRW	—
94	3	Hiroki GojsicRW(DAL-NSH)	—
99	4	Jakub MilotaG(CHI-TBL-NSH)	—
127	4	Viktor NorringerLW(NYR-NSH)	—
213	7	Erik PåhlssonC(TBL-NSH)	—

Nashville Predators draft history →