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	79	46	33	13	16	287	108	43
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	James Hagens BOS · C	BOS	C	F3 · PP2	14.7	2	65	35	17	18	8	179	99	36
6	Trevor Connelly VGK · L	VGK	L	F3	14.7	0	65	30	9	21	4	93	89	36
7	Porter Martone PHI · R	PHI	R	F4 · PP1	11.4	9	55	30	15	15	10	130	116	30
8	Carter Yakemchuk OTT · D	OTT	D	D2	20	4	66	25	6	19	3	72	86	102
9	Roger McQueen ANA · C	ANA	C	F4 · PP2	11.4	0	55	24	10	14	5	128	97	30
10	Cole Hutson WSH · D	WSH	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	14	50	16	5	11	4	64	67	78
11	David Spacek MIN · D	MIN	D	D3	17.3	2	50	14	3	11	2	57	56	78
12	Rory Kerins CGY · C	CGY	C	F4	11.4	9	55	14	5	9	2	64	73	30
13	Tristan Luneau ANA · D	ANA	D	D3	17.3	14	50	13	3	10	2	61	59	78
14	Oliver Bonk PHI · D	PHI	D	D3	17.3	1	50	12	4	8	1	39	61	78
15	Josh Samanski EDM · C	EDM	C	F4	11.4	24	55	10	3	7	1	30	88	30
16	Ryan Ufko NSH · D	NSH	D	D3	17.3	19	20	7	2	5	1	23	23	31
17	Corson Ceulemans CBJ · D	CBJ	D	D3	17.3	0	20	4	1	3	0	13	26	31
18	Seamus Casey NJD · D	NJD	D	D3 · PP2	17.3	16	15	4	0	4	0	14	18	23