BRHL post lottery Mock draft

Am I missing anyone? Could not wait for others so just put together my own two round mock.
Commissioner — May. 27 '26
BRHL 2026 Mock  Draft post Lottery - I take a statistical look at top two rounds based on current draft positions and picks for each team      
                     
Rank Team Name Player Pos Original Pick GP G A Pts PIM Commentary
1 BlueJackets Matthew Schaefer D 1 82 23 36 59 38 Calder winner and franchise altering dman. Cannot see him being the pick.
2 Wild Anton Frondell C 2 34 23 24 47 24 Excellent SHL season followed by strong NHL debut. Has moved ahead of Misa on most bingo cards
3 Red Wings Michael Misa C/W 3 45 9 12 21 10 Good NHL season on building team. Look for a massive leap in next season as NHL Sharks improve. Could go 2 but doubt falls past 3.
4 Senators Porter Martone RW 6 35 25 25 50 78 Exceptionally strong since moving to NHL after solid NCAA season
5 Sharks James Hagens C 7 34 23 24 47 24 Solid move to AHL/NHL and playing well in worlds. Might go 4 but cannot see displacing top 3
6 Golden Knights Caleb Desnoyers C 4 45 22 56 78 36 High quality leader and two way forward. Slides a litte in our draft.
7 Canadiens Jake O'Brien C 8 53 28 65 93 28 Great puck skills led Brantford to solid year despite upset in playoffs. Will make pro jump this year.
8 Blackhawks Brady Martin C 5 24 8 16 24 37 I see Mike Richards 2.0. Quality leader with solid defensive game and can chip in offensively
9 Ducks (via Hurricanes) Roger McQueen C 10 36 11 16 27 45 Strong start to pro career after good NCAA season. Given size and support in Anaheim is not going to drop out of top 10 past the BRHL Ducks
10 Devils Benjamin Kindel RW 11 77 17 18 35 18 Solid NHL season with good rates, might move up as high as 6, but suspect more around 10-12.
11 Hurricanes (via Ducks) Victor Eklund RW 16 43 6 18 24 22 Slick skills. Solid SHL season followed by great pro start in NHL/AHL with 10 pts in 9 gp
12 Rangers Kashawn Aitcheson D 17 56 28 42 70 97 The next three picks I see as interchangeable between the three dmen.
13 Blackhawks (via MapleLeafs) Radim Mrtka D 9 43 1 33 34 38 Hulking dman made AHL debut last year before being sent to WHL. Was a beast at WJC and easily could go  higher if someone loves him.
14 Canucks Jackson Smith D 14 35 11 15 26 40 Staying in NCAA but if was going pro could have seen him taken high. Excellent two way dman with size don't grow on trees. Won't fall far.
15 Hurricanes (via Avalanche) Justin Carbonneau RW 19 60 51 29 80 64 Top sniper available. Could see taking one of the three dmen if on board as too forward with first pick
16 Sharks (via Mammoth) Braeden Cootes C 15 45 24 39 63 8 Does it happen….Cootes to the Sharks…he keeps saying he is going to take at 5, but perhaps at 16 more likely! Solid year starting in NHL. Good two way forward.
17 Lightning (via Panthers) Pyotr Andreyanov G 20 26 2.59 0.919 3 13W8L3T Can see Eric going with goaler here with Levi stagnating in AHL and now behind several goalers on NHL Sabres depth chart. Ravensbergen or Andreyanov can see here.
18 Red Wings (via Flames) Joshua Ravensbergen G 30 46 2.51 0.919 4 32W13L0T Dan needs everything moving forward and with one of the top goalers off, they jump to grab the other.
19 Wild (via Sabres) Cameron Reid D 21 57 15 41 56 29 Two way dman and leader of Rangers wagon that is lights out in the Mem cup. Will go in the 15-25 range to someon who loves him
20 Flyers Carter Bear LW 13 53 36 41 77 56 Could easily go higher and unlikely to drop further
21 Islanders William Horcoff C/W 24 40 25 14 39 64 Many thought was a reach at draft but erupted with very solid year for NCAA Michigan. Power Forward written all over who can snipe
22 Red Wings (via Jets) Alexander Zharovsky RW 32 59 16 26 42 38 Dan has centre and goal and suspects either goes what feels is top dman, or another forward. Zharovsky has been a revelation as teen in KHL and will be taken in our first round.
23 Wild (via Kings) Cole Reschny C 18 36 6 29 35 22 Solid NCAA season and WJC will not drop far.
24 Canucks (via Blues) Jack Nesbitt C 12 55 25 33 58 67 Slides a little as more expected offensively. But won't slide out of first round.
25 Rangers (via Lightning) Vaclav Nestrasil RW 25 34 13 18 31 8 Solid NCAA season for power forward. Big man. Solid WJC
26 Senators (via Penguins) Lynden Lakovic LW 27 22 18 11 29 8 Injury plagued season, but nearly a goal per game can't be overlooked and won't be.
27 Flames (via Stars)* Ryker Lee RW 26 35 15 15 30 26 Excellent skills and good season for deep MSU team. Could be a steal this late.
28 Rangers (via Oilers)* Bill Zonnon C 22 35 14 32 46 6 Dealt with injuries most of year, but skill cannot be overlooked.
29 Hurricanes (via Capitals)** Logan Hensler D 22 23 4 8 12 20 Think defense comes off board for Rich and Hensler is best available
30 Rangers (via Predators)** Jack Ivankovic D 58 35 2.15 0.921 3 25-8-1T With defense and forward with first two picks, might be another goaler. Smaller but cannot argue with numbers in OHL or NCAA
31 Senators (via Bruins)** Sascha Boumedienne D 21 35 2 8 10 14 BPA and with two forwards with first two picks expect at least one dman. Solid NCAA season. Other name to watch, Fiddler
32 Senators (via Kraken)** Vojtech Cihar LW 59 31 12 19 31 14 BPA on Sens boards. Could it be a 4th goaler in first round? I can't see it. Strong WHL season and elite WJC
                     
Rank Team Name Player Pos Original Pick GP G A Pts PIM  
33 BlueJackets Cullen Potter C 32 24 12 14 26 16 Slick forward. 
34 Wild Ivan Ryabkin C 62 31 1 9 10 60 Tough start to AHL season but elite in juniors (20 gp 42 points) and better when returned to AHL.
35 Canucks (via Red Wings) Malcolm Spence LW 43 40 10 15 25 44 Solid year for very deep UM team.
36 Sharks (via Senators) Milton Gastrin C 37 39 10 14 24 4 Good year in Allsvensken
37 Islanders (via Sharks) Eddie Genborg RW 44 43 9 16 25 24 Big Swedish forward ended year in AHL
38 Golden Knights Henry Bruztewicz D 31 59 19 35 54 57 Tough to see fall out of top 40. Could be picked anywhere from 30-40
39 Canadiens Mason West C/W 29 38 10 15 25 12 Elite athlete as QB. NCAA season next year. Could be a reach or a grand slam for someone!
40 Flames (via Blackhawks) Kurban Limatov D 67 46 12 18 30 30 BPA for Kevin and could be anyone! Perhaps a goaler? Or a solid two way dman putting up good numbers in MHL?
41 Hurricanes Haoxi Wang D 33 57 6 20 26 56 Massive human.
42 Lightning (via Devils) Blake Fiddler D 36 63 11 25 36 38 Good two way game for dman with size
43 Flames (via Ducks) Eric Nilson C 45 35 3 8 11 41 Solid WJC, moving to NCAA next season
44 Rangers Danilll Prokhorov RW 42 25 9 9 18 14 Huge power forward played in KHL also. Loves to hit and has hands.
45 MapleLeafs Jacob Ihs-Wozniak RW 55 36 9 14 23 12 BPA for Garrett no matter needs. But who is it? The Aussie transplant to Sweden was solid in Allsvensken and few games in SHL
46 Canucks Ethan Czata C 56 63 25 28 53 79 Solid season
47 Hurricanes (via Avalanche) Cameron Schmidt C 96 72 51 49 100 58 Could one of the highest scoring players jump this high? 
48 Columbus (via Mammoth) Cooper Simpson LW 79 61 34 40 74 68 Solid USHL season going to NCAA
49 Rangers (via Panthers) Nathan Behm RW 66 67 38 48 86 41 Solid power forward will jump into 2nd round.
50 Hurricanes (via Flames) Semyon Frolov G 41 7 1.83 0.929 1 4W1L/0T Rich is stocking cupboards and looks to Frolov in nets with good year, but few games in Russia
51 Maple Leafs (via Sabres) Alexei Medvedev G 47 36 3.26 0.891 0 16-15-3 BPA again for Garrett and could be Medvedev the goaler
52 Blackhawks (via Flyers) Carter Amico D 38 27 1 10 11 41 USNDP player left BU midseason for USHL. Will be interesting to see where resurfaces this year
53 Islanders David Bedkowski D 71 68 5 24 29 118 Can't win without tough, big dmen in playoffs. See Bedkowski in the dictionary
54 Jets Tinus-Luc Koblar C/W 64 47 8 6 14 24 Good SHL season and playing exceptionally at World's for an improving Denmark. Homer Leaf pick too!
55 Lightning (via Kings) Max Psenicka D 52 53 8 22 30 67 Few games in AHL and solid WJC
56 Rangers (via Blues) Maceo Phillips D 80 44 1 10 11 187 Huge dman going to UND next season from USHL
57 Flames (via Lightning) Artyom Gonchar D 89 65 15 36 51 31 BPA again and who knows. Could be next best on draft list or perhaps a flyer like Gonchar who had very good numbers after moving to OHL
58 Canucks (via Penguins) Jack Murtagh LW 40 35 6 5 11 25 Decent freshman campaign at BU
59 Golden Knights (via Stars)* Theo Stockselius C 54 16 0 1 1 6 More than a pt per game in the U20 league when spelling off higher league time.
60 Rangers (via Oilers)* Peyton Kettles D 63 5 1 2 3 15 Injury plagued year
61 Rangers (via Capitals)** L.J. Mooney C 113 34 7 23 30 35 Had a great camp in NHL and good NHL season can see climbing a lot
62 Senators (via Predators)** Tommy Lafrenniere RW 83 67 41 36 77 22 Solid year and Oilers picks are usually popular so will climb up
63 Red Wings (via Bruins)** Conrad Fondrk C 50 25 3 5 8 0 Quiet freshman year in NCAA
64 Sharks (via Kraken)** Liam Petterson D 61 19 5 6 11 8 Few games in SHL also
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