'NHL Fantasy on Ice' live draft on YouTube
Watch replay of fantasy hockey strategy show for 2025-26; season preview podcasts
With the 2025-26 NHL season one week away, it's fantasy hockey draft time!
The "NHL Fantasy on Ice" live draft show aired on the NHL YouTube channel on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Watch the full replay now. 📺
The mock draft was hosted by Alexa Landestoy; the eight fantasy managers were Nick Alberga, Jake Hahn and Pete Jensen of the "NHL Fantasy on Ice" podcast, as well as hockey personalities Steve Dangle, Drew Goldfarb, Jonny Lazarus, Arda Ocal and Julie Stewart-Binks. There was also a ninth team, which was selected entirely by the fans in the live chat on YouTube!
The No. 1 pick was perennial fantasy standout Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, followed by Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche and Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Below are the full results of the 8-round (9 players per team; 72 total players) mock draft:
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NOTE: Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Numbers in parentheses indicate each player's pick number from this mock draft.
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NICK ALBERGA (1st pick)
F: Connor McDavid, EDM (1)
F: Jack Hughes, NJD (18)
F: William Nylander, TOR (19)
F: Connor Bedard, CHI (54)
F: Dylan Guenther, UTA (55)
D: Roman Josi, NSH (37)
D: Dougie Hamilton, NJD (72)
G: Igor Shesterkin, NYR (36)
DREW GOLDFARB (2nd pick)
F: Nathan MacKinnon, COL (2)
F: Mitch Marner, VGK (17)
F: Sam Reinhart, FLA (20)
F: Jason Robertson, DAL (53)
F: Tim Stützle, OTT (56)
D: MacKenzie Weegar, CGY (35)
D: Moritz Seider, DET (38)
G: Adin Hill, VGK (71)
PETE JENSEN (3rd pick)
F: Nikita Kucherov, TBL (3)
F: Brady Tkachuk, OTT (16)
F: Macklin Celebrini, SJS (34)
F: Filip Forsberg, NSH (52)
F: J.T. Miller, NYR (57)
D: Lane Hutson, MTL (39)
D: Jackson LaCombe, ANA (70)
G: Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL (21)
FAN-VOTED TEAM (4th pick)
F: Leon Draisaitl, EDM (4)
F: David Pastrnak, BOS (15)
F: Sidney Crosby, PIT (22)
F: Jake Guentzel, TBL (51)
F: Matt Boldy, MIN (58)
D: Rasmus Dahlin, BUF (33)
D: Miro Heiskanen, DAL (69)
G: Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA (40)
JULIE STEWART-BINKS (5th pick)
F: Kirill Kaprizov, MIN (5)
F: Nick Suzuki, MTL (32)
F: Matthew Knies, TOR (41)
F: Sam Bennett, FLA (68)
F: Robert Thomas, STL* (59)
D: Victor Hedman, TBL (14)
D: Josh Morrissey, WPG (50)
G: Jake Oettinger, DAL (23)
*NOTE: This team selected Jacob Markstrom (G, NJD) during the live draft. Since the league rules were to select one goalie, the manager will instead have Robert Thomas (F, STL), the best available skater not taken in this draft according to NHL.com's fantasy rankings, on its roster.
ARDA OCAL (6th pick)
F: Mark Scheifele, WPG (31)
F: Alex Ovechkin, WSH (42)
F: Cole Caufield, MTL (49)
F: Matvei Michkov, PHI (60)
F: Kirill Marchenko, CBJ (67)
D: Cale Makar, COL (6)
D: Zach Werenski, CBJ (24)
G: Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (13)
JONNY LAZARUS (7th pick)
F: Jack Eichel, VGK (7)
F: Clayton Keller, UTA (12)
F: Brayden Point, TBL (25)
F: Patrick Kane, DET (61)
F: Brock Nelson, COL (66)
D: Adam Fox, NYR (30)
D: Shea Theodore, VGK (48)
G: Darcy Kuemper, LAK (43)
STEVE "DANGLE' GLYNN (8th pick)
F: Auston Matthews, TOR (8)
F: Artemi Panarin, NYR (11)
F: Jesper Bratt, NJD (29)
F: Brandon Hagel, TBL (44)
F: Martin Necas, COL (47)
D: Evan Bouchard, EDM (26)
D: Morgan Rielly, TOR (65)
G: Anthony Stolarz, TOR (62)
JAKE HAHN (9th pick)
F: Mikko Rantanen, DAL (9)
F: Kyle Connor, WPG (27)
F: Tage Thompson, BUF (28)
F: Sebastian Aho, CAR (45)
F: Adrian Kempe, LAK (64)
D: Quinn Hughes, VAN (10)
D: Jake Sanderson, OTT (63)
G: Mackenzie Blackwood, COL (46)
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