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The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds

Western Canadian propaganda.

I mean..fuck

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Seravalli is obviously an idiot. But the differing opinions on Verhoeff are wild.

Some people seem to think he should be a contender for the top 1-2 picks, others don’t even have him in their top-10.

He's big but not huge and he struggled with the speed of the NCAA at times.

He's basically what would have happened to Ekblad if Ekblad had gone and struggled in the NCAA instead of looking like a grown man playing against kids in the OHL during his draft year.

He's probably going to be a really good NHL defender, but the questions about his skating are real and the top of this draft is really good. I don't think I'd have Bjorck ahead of him, but Smits? Maybe maybe.
 
He's big but not huge and he struggled with the speed of the NCAA at times.

He's basically what would have happened to Ekblad if Ekblad had gone and struggled in the NCAA instead of looking like a grown man playing against kids in the OHL during his draft year.

He's probably going to be a really good NHL defender, but the questions about his skating are real and the top of this draft is really good. I don't think I'd have Bjorck ahead of him, but Smits? Maybe maybe.
Ive heard some folk are really high on Bjorck.

I have Reid/Carels/Malholtra ahead of Veerhoff, who for me is in that next tier with Bjorck/Smits/Lawrence
 
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