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	F3 · PP2	14.7	0	68	46	14	32	6	179	113	37
2	Anton Frondell CHI · C	CHI	C	F1 · PP1	19.2	12	50	44	17	27	8	160	41	35
3	Ivar Stenberg SJS · L	SJS	L	F4	11.4	0	65	40	13	27	5	167	82	36
4	Roman Kantserov CHI · R	CHI	R	F3 · PP2	14.7	0	56	40	22	18	5	191	90	31
5	Porter Martone PHI · R	PHI	R	F4 · PP1	11.4	9	65	36	18	18	13	157	136	36
6	Cole Hutson WSH · D	WSH	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	14	51	35	9	26	12	91	57	52
7	James Hagens BOS · C	BOS	C	F3 · PP2	14.7	2	65	35	17	18	8	179	99	36
8	Trevor Connelly VGK · L	VGK	L	F3	14.7	0	65	30	9	21	4	93	89	36
9	Carter Yakemchuk OTT · D	OTT	D	D2	20	4	66	25	6	19	3	72	86	102
10	Roger McQueen ANA · C	ANA	C	F4 · PP2	11.4	0	55	24	10	14	5	128	97	30
11	Seamus Casey NJD · D	NJD	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	16	48	16	6	9	4	56	29	48
12	David Spacek MIN · D	MIN	D	D3	17.3	2	50	14	3	11	2	57	56	78
13	Rory Kerins CGY · C	CGY	C	F4	11.4	9	55	14	5	9	2	64	73	30
14	Tristan Luneau ANA · D	ANA	D	D3	17.3	14	50	13	3	10	2	61	59	78
15	Ryan Ufko NSH · D	NSH	D	D3	17.3	19	33	12	2	10	2	24	21	35
16	Oliver Bonk PHI · D	PHI	D	D3	17.3	1	50	12	4	8	1	39	61	78
17	Corson Ceulemans CBJ · D	CBJ	D	D3	17.3	0	20	4	1	3	0	13	26	31
18	Josh Samanski EDM · C	EDM	C	F4	11.4	24	38	4	1	2	0	22	44	21