Top 23 NHL prospects under 23 in 2026

Sep 23, 2026, 1:49 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet,

That’s what we set out to discover as we launched into another edition of our Top 23 NHL Prospects Under 23.

Like our previous editions, this list was compiled and ranked by Sportsnet’s Jason Bukala and Sam Cosentino and includes only players already in an NHL system (so, you won’t find any standouts from the upcoming 2027 draft class in here). It’s important to note that every player on this list has yet to make his NHL debut — that rules out someone like, say, Boston’s James Hagens, who debuted with the Bruins late last spring and got his first taste of the playoffs, too.

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