u/hockeyspy

2027 NHL Draft Rankings: Ridiculously Early Top 32

2027 NHL Draft Rankings: Ridiculously Early Top 32

Flames 2027 Picks

The Calgary Flames currently hold seven selections in the 2027 NHL Draft, headlined by two first-rounders and two second-round picks.

Their projected 2027 draft capital is as follows:

Round 1: Own pick
Round 1: Vegas Golden Knights (Top-10 protected. If the pick lands in the top 10, Calgary gets an unprotected 2028 first-rounder instead)

Round 2: Own pick
Round 2: Colorado Avalanche or Minnesota Wild
(Calgary receives the better of the two picks Colorado originally held)

Round 3: Own pick

Round 5: Own pick

Round 6: Own pick

Note: The Flames traded their original 2027 fourth-round pick to Colorado (in the Nazem Kadri trade) and their seventh-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks (in the Ryan Strome trade).

via Flames Nations & Puckpedia

upsidehockey.substack.com
u/hockeyspy — 3 days ago

2026 NHL Draft Rankings Mammoth May Edition

Top 224 and beyond. Upside Hockey is based out of Calgary. "Mammoth" not referencing Utah HC but pertaining to the massive rankings spreadsheet resource.

upsidehockey.substack.com
u/hockeyspy — 4 days ago
▲ 54 r/BlueJackets+1 crossposts

NHL Central Scouting Final 2026 Combined Draft Rankings

"If you are like our chief rankings officer Eldon MacDonald, you are likely slightly annoyed when NHL Central Scouting puts out four separate rankings for each draft class - an early edition, midterm, and final. Thus, each year, for each edition, Eldon takes on the cumbersome task of combining the segregated lists they put out."

upsidehockey.substack.com
u/hockeyspy — 4 days ago

Includes Upside's two round mock draft after latest tweaking of the model. Flames made out like bandits. Calgary Puck owner on the different simulators: "I think yours is the best personally ... especially with some of the bugs out of it.
It moves faster.
It's laid out better.
Has the published results summary." Test drive it - post results!

u/hockeyspy — 16 days ago