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2028 NHL entry draft

The 2028 NHL entry draft will be the 66th NHL entry draft. The draft is expected to be held in the summer of 2028.

Eligibility

Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2008, and September 15, 2010, are eligible for selection in the 2028 NHL entry draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 2007 are eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2026 NHL entry draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 2008, are also eligible to re-enter the draft.

Traded picks

The order of the 2028 entry draft will be finalized upon the conclusion of the 2027–28 NHL season. However, some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft via trade. These picks are listed below.

Round one

No traded picks for this round yet.

Round two

  1. The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on February 24, 2026, that sent Brett Kulak to Colorado in exchange for Sam Girard and this pick.
  2. The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 5, 2026, that sent Conor Garland to Columbus in exchange for a third-round pick in 2026 and this pick.
  3. The Dallas Stars' second-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on July 10, 2025, that sent Vladislav Kolyachonok to Dallas in exchange for Matt Dumba and this pick.
  4. The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick will go to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2026, that sent Connor Murphy to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
  5. The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on March 3, 2026, that sent Michael McCarron to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
  6. The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on March 6, 2026, that sent Corey Perry to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.

Round three

  1. The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on July 1, 2025, that sent Alex Nedeljkovic to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
  2. The St. Louis Blues' third-round pick will go to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on August 20, 2024, that sent future considerations to St. Louis in exchange for Paul Fischer and this pick.
  3. The Vegas Golden Knights' third-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on March 3, 2026, that sent Cole Smith to Vegas in exchange for Christoffer Sedoff and this pick.

Round four

  1. The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick will go to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on January 8, 2026, that sent Nolan Allan, Laurent Brossoit, and a seventh-round pick in 2028 to San Jose in exchange for Ryan Ellis, Jake Furlong, and this pick.
  2. The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on July 17, 2025, that sent Dakota Joshua to Toronto in exchange for this pick.

Round five

  1. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on March 5, 2025, that sent Vincent Desharnais to San Jose in exchange for this pick.

Round six

No traded picks for this round yet.

Round seven

  1. The Calgary Flames' seventh-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on January 31, 2025, that sent Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost to Calgary in exchange for Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, a second-round pick in 2025, and this pick.
  2. The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on January 8, 2026, that sent Ryan Ellis, Jake Furlong, and a fourth-round pick in 2028 to Chicago in exchange for Nolan Allan, Laurent Brossoit, and this pick.

Unresolved conditional draft picks

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