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 | Jake Sanderson OTT · D | OTT | D | D1 · PP1 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 62 | 14 | 48 | 28 | 178 | 37 | 148 |
| 2 | Quinton Byfield LAK · R | LAK | R | F2 · PP2 | 16.8 | 6 | 77 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 169 | 68 | 38 |
| 3 | Gavin McKenna TOR · L | TOR | L | F3 · PP2 | 14.7 | 0 | 68 | 46 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 179 | 113 | 37 |
| 4 | Anton Frondell CHI · C | CHI | C | F1 · PP1 | 19.2 | 12 | 79 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 287 | 108 | 43 |
| 5 | Alex Laferriere LAK · R | LAK | R | F2 · PP2 | 16.8 | 0 | 80 | 45 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 201 | 208 | 45 |
| 6 | Cole Perfetti WPG · C | WPG | C | F2 · PP1 | 16.8 | 0 | 70 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 137 | 55 | 34 |
| 7 | Ivar Stenberg SJS · L | SJS | L | F4 | 11.4 | 0 | 65 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 167 | 82 | 36 |
| 8 | Roman Kantserov CHI · R | CHI | R | F3 · PP2 | 14.7 | 0 | 56 | 40 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 191 | 90 | 31 |
| 9 | James Hagens BOS · C | BOS | C | F3 · PP2 | 14.7 | 2 | 65 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 179 | 99 | 36 |
| 10 | Trevor Connelly VGK · L | VGK | L | F3 | 14.7 | 0 | 65 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 93 | 89 | 36 |
| 11 | Porter Martone PHI · R | PHI | R | F4 · PP1 | 11.4 | 9 | 55 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 130 | 116 | 30 |
| 12 | Connor Zary CGY · C | CGY | C | F3 · PP2 | 14.7 | 0 | 70 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 114 | 41 | 22 |
| 13 | Cam York PHI · D | PHI | D | D2 · PP2 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 86 | 39 | 141 |
| 14 | Carter Yakemchuk OTT · D | OTT | D | D2 | 20 | 4 | 66 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 72 | 86 | 102 |
| 15 | Roger McQueen ANA · C | ANA | C | F4 · PP2 | 11.4 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 128 | 97 | 30 |
| 16 | Cole Hutson WSH · D | WSH | D | D3 · PP2 | 17.3 | 14 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 67 | 78 |
| 17 | David Spacek MIN · D | MIN | D | D3 | 17.3 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 56 | 78 |
| 18 | Rory Kerins CGY · C | CGY | C | F4 | 11.4 | 4 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 64 | 73 | 30 |
| 19 | Tristan Luneau ANA · D | ANA | D | D3 | 17.3 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 61 | 59 | 78 |
| 20 | Oliver Bonk PHI · D | PHI | D | D3 | 17.3 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 61 | 78 |
| 21 | Josh Samanski EDM · C | EDM | C | F4 | 11.4 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 88 | 30 |
| 22 | Oskar Bäck DAL · C | DAL | C | F3 | 14.7 | 0 | 72 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 30 | 36 |
| 23 | Alexander Holtz VGK · R | VGK | R | F4 | 11.4 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 38 | 15 |
| 24 | Ryan Ufko NSH · D | NSH | D | D3 | 17.3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 31 |
| 25 | Nils Lundkvist DAL · D | DAL | D | D2 | 20 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 33 | 54 |
| 26 | Martin Pospisil CGY · C | CGY | C | F3 | 14.7 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 156 | 14 |
| 27 | Corson Ceulemans CBJ · D | CBJ | D | D3 | 17.3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 31 |
| 28 | Seamus Casey NJD · D | NJD | D | D3 · PP2 | 17.3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 23 |
| 29 | Jack St. Ivany WPG · D | WPG | D | D3 | 17.3 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 77 | 44 |