Satyar Shah

And we know that sometimes small samples can fool people and small samples can get you in trouble.

But I do wonder if Vigo does have some momentum this year and maybe we do see a bit of a wrinkle compared to other years where a more diminutive player does go higher than expected.

I'd love that because he fits.

Yeah, and like we mentioned on Viggo, given how well, he's been one of my favorite players in this draft.

And generally, I'm a bit cooler on players that are under 5'11", just in the draft, because it doesn't always work out.

I'm a bit hesitant.

But I love Viggo's game, and I would love to see him go as high as possible.

And what I think is really interesting, because I think Gavin McKenna is probably the best pure talent overall in the entire draft.

But if we're comparing him to Stenberg and Viggo Bjork, McKenna, Bjork, and Stenberg, which of those three players do you think have the most red flags?

Yeah.

We're talking 2026 NHL Draft with Tony Ferrari from the Hockey News Draft Analyst.

And make sure to check out his rankings at the Hockey News as well.

And I know we've spoken to you in the past about the defensemen in this year's draft and how there is a lot of variance.

And the thing I love about your list is how high you are in Albert Smith's.

Because as much as the conversation has really been around Chase Reed, Keaton Verhoff, Carson Carls, Malte Gustafson, another guy you're high on, but Albert Smith's as well.

And we saw Maureen Sider recently.

really shoot up the ranks in his year, too.

And if you look at Albert Smith, especially ever since he went to Germany and some of the playoff numbers, they are very similar to what Moritz Seider did when he was drafted that year.

Would it be a surprise if Albert Smith is the first D-man taken this year?

Or how high do you think he might end up going?