Prospects & draft

Vegas Golden Knights

12-5-226 PTS2nd in the Pacific divisionNHL

Playoff odds

95%

Power play

26.3 %

Penalty kill

76.5 %

Goals per game

3.32

Goals against

2.63

Faceoffs

50.8 %

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
41	Trevor ConnellyL · 21 yrs · 2024, #19	AHL46 games	40	4.6	70First line or top pair	81 %	97
183	Pavel MoysevichG · 22 yrs · 2024, #83	—	—	1.8	55NHL regular	10 %	78
213	David EdstromC · 22 yrs · 2023, #32	AHL53 games	16	1.1	50NHL regular	27 %	74
228	Jakob Ihs WozniakC · 20 yrs · 2025, #55	SHL17 games	6	1.0	50NHL regular	23 %	71
244	Mateo NobertC · 19 yrs · 2025, #85	QMJHL62 games	28	1.4	45Depth player	27 %	78
279	Lukas CormierD · 25 yrs · 2020, #68	AHL49 games	36	0.4	45Depth player	16 %	75
309	Juho PiiparinenD · 18 yrs · 2026, #29	Liiga29 games	4	0.5	40Depth player	20 %	79
343	Benjamin WilmottC · 20 yrs · 2026, #92	OHL66 games	24	0.8	35Fringe	18 %	68
402	Jonah SivertsonR · 18 yrs · 2026, #113	WHL66 games	18	0.6	30Fringe	16 %	60
424	Mathieu CatafordC · 22 yrs · 2023, #77	AHL59 games	8	0.3	30Fringe	13 %	54
443	Jakub DemekC · 23 yrs · 2021, #128	AHL4 games	9	0.3	30Fringe	11 %	52
456	Arttu KarkiD · 22 yrs · 2023, #96	Liiga1 games	35	0.0	30Fringe	6 %	46
465	Matyas SapovalivC · 23 yrs · 2022, #48	AHL72 games	18	0.4	25Limited NHL upside	13 %	56
497	Alexander WeiermairC · 21 yrs · 2025, #186	WHL68 games	31	0.2	25Limited NHL upside	8 %	48
515	Will MclaughlinD · 19 yrs · 2026, #159	WHL68 games	10	0.2	25Limited NHL upside	7 %	62
544	Cameron WhiteheadG · 23 yrs · 2022, #128	ECHL41 games	—	0.8	25Limited NHL upside	5 %	60
545	Jordan GustafsonC · 23 yrs · 2022, #79	ECHL36 games	15	0.0	25Limited NHL upside	5 %	41
724	Jakub BrabenecC · 23 yrs · 2021, #102	AHL62 games	19	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
725	Joe FlemingR · 23 yrs · undrafted	AHL60 games	9	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
726	Jackson HallumL · 24 yrs · 2020, #91	AHL69 games	14	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
727	Ben HemmerlingR · 22 yrs · 2022, #177	AHL68 games	28	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
728	Tuomas UronenR · 22 yrs · 2023, #192	AHL57 games	13	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
779	Trent SwickL · 22 yrs · 2024, #180	ECHL67 games	12	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
785	Lucas Van VlietC · 21 yrs · 2024, #197	NCAA37 games	30	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
843	Noel PakarinenL · 18 yrs · 2026, #207	Liiga9 games	4	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
982	Gustav SjoqvistD · 21 yrs · 2025, #187	—	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
1033	Sean BurickD · 19 yrs · 2026, #95	WHL50 games	2	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	2 %	44
1070	Carl LindbomG · 23 yrs · 2021, #222	NHL	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	0 %	25
1082	Matthew MinchakG · 19 yrs · 2026, #191	OHL30 games	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	0 %	25

Prospects (13)

Upcoming draft picks

The NHL does not publish who owns picks in future drafts. The picks below come from our own hand-maintained table: anything not entered there does not show up.Allocation par défaut (échanges non vérifiés)

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
29	1	Juho PiiparinenD(COL-NYI-STL-ANA-VGK)	—
92	3	Benjamin WilmottC(BUF-NYR-VGK)	—
95	3	Sean BurickD	—
113	4	Jonah SivertsonRW(LAK-MTL-VGK)	—
159	5	Will McLaughlinD	—
191	6	Matthew MinchakG	—
207	7	Noel PakarinenLW(DET-VGK)	—

2025

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
55	2	Jakob Ihs WozniakRW(TBL-NSH-VGK)	—
85	3	Mateo NobertC(OTT-STL-PIT-VGK)	—
186	6	Alexander WeiermairC	—
187	6	Gustav SjoqvistD(WSH-VGK)	—

2024

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
19	1	Trevor ConnellyLW	—
83	3	Pavel MoysevichG(NYI-TOR-WSH-VGK)	—
180	6	Trent SwickLW	—
197	7	Lucas Van VlietC(CBJ-VGK)	—

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