2026 NHL Draft: Top 10 NCAA players you need to know

With the NCAA allowing players with major-junior experience to make the move, the college hockey talent pool has never been deeper. Seriously. Two of the top three projected players in this year’s draft – Gavin McKenna and Keaton Verhoeff – made the move to college to face tougher competition.

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