[Bleacher Nation] - 2026 NHL Mock Draft: Post-Stanley Cup Final First Round Update

Well folks, the Carolina Hurricanes are your 2026 Stanley Cup champions! And with that, we can close the books on the 2025-26 NHL season — and turn our attention fully to the 2026 NHL Draft! That also means we can officially lock in the complete order of selections for the first round of the draft, which means it’s time to update our mock draft. This will be our penultimate mock draft; we’ll run it back with a final, two-round update closer to the start of the proceedings late