Vancouver Giants defenceman Ryan Lin is the best ranked CHL participant in Scott Wheeler’s Preliminary High 64 rankings for the 2026 NHL Draft.
Lin – who was named to Group CHL for this month’s CHL USA Prospects Problem in Calgary and Lethbridge – has impressed early on with the Giants the place in simply 17 video games, he has 21 factors (three targets) to steer all WHL d-men in scoring.
“Lin is the neatest defenseman on this draft class and, for me, essentially the most well-rounded,” Wheeler wrote. “Lin does every part at a excessive stage, executes the small issues extraordinarily effectively and performs the sport with a uncommon high quality, maturity and element for a D his age.”
High 10 additionally options Ethan Belchetz (Windsor/OHL) at no. 6, Xavier Villeneuve (Blainville-Boisbriand/QMJHL) at no. 7, Ryan Roobroeck (Niagara/OHL) at no. 8, Chase Reid (Soo/OHL) at no. 9 and Daxon Rudolph (Prince Albert/WHL) at no. 10.
“He has NHL golf equipment drooling over his hulking body, legit ability/scoring and growing playmaking and tempo,” Wheeler wrote of Belchetz. “He has additionally actually developed his wall sport, so he is extra centered on bumping gamers off the puck and making a fast play off the boards.”
As for Villeneuve, Wheeler added: “His ability stage, hockey sense and puck play are all legitimately elite. He’s continuously making performs and discovering openings.”
Moreover, 19 gamers listed will symbolize Group CHL at this month’s CHL USA Prospects Problem in Calgary (Nov. 25) and Lethbridge (Nov. 26). Tickets and extra data might be discovered right here.
In whole, Wheeler names 29 CHL gamers in his High 64.
The 2026 NHL Draft will happen subsequent June in a but to be decided location.
Rating
Identify
CHL membership
No. 4
Ryan Lin
Vancouver Giants
No. 6
Ethan Belchetz
Windsor Spitfires
No. 7
Xavier Villeneuve
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
No. 8
Ryan Roobroeck
Niagara IceDogs
No. 9
Chase Reid
Soo Greyhounds
No. 10
Daxon Rudolph
Prince Albert Raiders
No. 11
Carson Carels
Prince George Cougars
No. 14
Mathis Preston
Spokane Chiefs
No. 17
Adam Novotny
Peterborough Petes
No. 18
JP Hurlbert
Kamloops Blazers
No. 23
Nikita Klepov
Saginaw Spirit
No. 24
Beckham Edwards
Sarnia Sting
No. 25
Egor Shilov
Victoriaville Tigres
No. 26
Caleb Malhotra
Brantford Bulldogs
No. 32
Vladimir Dravecky
Brantford Bulldogs
No. 34
Alessandro Di Iorio
Sarnia Sting
No. 35
Lars Steiner
Rouny-Noranda Huskies
No. 39
Giorgos Pantelas
Brandon Wheat Kings
No. 41
Olivers Murnieks
Saint John Sea Canine
No. 43
Maddox Dagenais
Quebec Remparts
No. 45
Brooks Rogowski
Oshawa Generals
No. 46
Braidy Wassilyn
London Knights
No. 50
Tobias Tomik
Vancouver Giants
No. 56
Pierce Mbuyi
Owen Sound Assault
No. 57
Rian Chudzinski
Moncton Wildcats
No. 58
Colin Fitzgerald
Peterborough Petes
No. 61
Cooper Williams
Saskatoon Blades
No. 62
Jaxon Cowl
London Knights
No. 64
Thomas Vandenberg
Ottawa 67’s
