2026-27 Impact Rookies

Skaters with under 25 career NHL games projected to play a real role, ranked by projected fantasy points. The projection is role-anchored: ice time comes from each rookie's lineup slot, the scoring rate from his minor-league numbers translated to the NHL and pulled toward what players in that role actually produce — so a hot junior sample can't run away with it. Backtested to be conservative on thin samples.

#	Player	Tm	Pos	Role	TOI	NHL GP	GP	Proj P	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
1	Gavin McKenna TOR · L	TOR	L	F2 · PP2	16.8	2	88	58	17	41	12	200	62	30
2	Roman Kantserov CHI · R	CHI	R	F1 · PP1	19.2	2	88	57	32	25	20	244	75	37
3	Ivar Stenberg SJS · L	SJS	L	F3 · PP2	14.7	1	87	48	16	32	11	181	60	32
4	Porter Martone PHI · R	PHI	R	F3 · PP1	14.7	11	83	47	23	23	16	182	161	27
5	James Hagens BOS · C	BOS	C	F3 · PP2	14.7	4	82	45	22	23	10	180	78	28
6	Anton Frondell CHI · C	CHI	C	F2 · PP1	16.8	14	87	44	32	13	16	228	63	57
7	Konsta Helenius BUF · C	BUF	C	F3 · PP2	14.7	10	81	34	11	23	8	121	87	33
8	Nikita Klepov ANA · R	ANA	R	F2 · PP2	16.8	0	87	34	13	21	8	167	78	38
9	Carter Yakemchuk OTT · D	OTT	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	4	86	34	8	25	7	115	73	97
10	Trevor Connelly VGK · L	VGK	L	F3	14.7	2	76	33	9	24	4	116	52	30
11	Cole Hutson WSH · D	WSH	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	15	85	31	10	21	7	123	103	79
12	Ilya Protas WSH · L	WSH	L	F3 · PP2	14.7	5	75	29	13	16	4	106	65	29
13	Victor Eklund NYI · R	NYI	R	F2 · PP2	16.8	2	81	27	7	20	6	97	71	36
14	Viggo Björck WPG · C	WPG	C	F2 · PP2	16.8	1	86	26	10	16	6	143	51	33
15	Sandis Vilmanis FLA · L	FLA	L	F3 · PP2	14.7	21	80	25	11	14	6	78	140	25
16	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård DET · R	DET	R	F4	11.4	15	74	25	11	13	2	101	160	23
17	Alberts Smits NYR · D	NYR	D	D3	17.3	3	67	25	11	13	2	81	43	60
18	Tristan Luneau ANA · D	ANA	D	D1 · PP2	23	15	88	24	6	18	5	119	73	110
19	Luca Cagnoni SJS · D	SJS	D	D3 · PP1	17.3	10	84	22	4	18	8	63	64	97
20	Adam Engstrom MTL · D	MTL	D	D3	17.3	15	66	20	6	14	2	71	33	50
21	T.J. Hughes COL · R	COL	R	F3 · PP1	14.7	1	79	20	8	12	7	94	66	31
22	Alex Bump PHI · L	PHI	L	F4	11.4	19	71	20	8	12	2	105	86	28
23	Samuel Honzek CGY · L	CGY	L	F3	14.7	24	69	16	6	10	2	83	109	28
24	Theo Lindstein STL · D	STL	D	D2	20	18	84	15	6	9	2	85	52	86
25	Owen Michaels EDM · R	EDM	R	F3	14.7	2	69	9	5	5	1	59	62	26
26	Hayden Hodgson OTT · R	OTT	R	F4	11.4	19	68	7	4	3	0	57	145	26
27	Travis Mitchell ANA · D	ANA	D	D2	20	10	64	6	0	6	0	43	69	57
28	Cameron Crotty OTT · D	OTT	D	D3	17.3	8	65	6	2	4	0	34	44	58
29	Adam Jiricek STL · D	STL	D	D1	23	1	10	3	1	2	0	10	7	9
30	Filip Hallander PIT · C	PIT	C	F3	14.7	17	14	2	1	1	0	15	9	6
31	Tyson Hinds ANA · D	ANA	D	D3	17.3	7	14	2	1	2	0	14	11	16
32	Noah Warren ANA · D	ANA	D	D3	17.3	1	5	1	0	1	0	3	3	4
33	Zach Dean STL · C	STL	C	F4	11.4	9	4	1	0	1	0	4	7	2
34	William Trudeau NSH · D	NSH	D	D3	17.3	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Tyrel Bauer WPG · DTHIN	WPG	D	D3	17.3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
36	Judd Caulfield ANA · RTHIN	ANA	R	F4	11.4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0