It’s Draft Day at last! We’ll be getting rolling in a little while here, but before we do, here’s a rundown on everything you need to know, heading into the first round.
Start time: 7:00 p.m.
How to watch:
📺: ESPN, ESPN+
Pregame reading
- Need to brush up on the details of some of these soon to be drafted players? Check out our Community Draft Board hub, with our final reader voted ranking and links to every profile we’ve written up, to date
- It’s still a big mystery what the Flyers are going to do here, but the whispers around Tommy Bleyl are picking up some steam.
- The Experts are still pretty split on what they think the Flyers should or will do, as well.
Pregame watching
The rundown
As it stands, the order of the picks for the first round is as follows:
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. San Jose Sharks
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. Buffalo Sabres
5. New York Rangers
6. Calgary Flames
7. Seattle Kraken
8. Winnipeg Jets
9. San Jose Sharks (from Florida via Ottawa)
10. Nashville Predators
11. St. Louis Blues
12. New Jersey Devils
13. New York Islanders
14. Columbus Blue Jackets
15. St. Louis Blues (from Detroit)
16. St. Louis Blues (from Washington)
17. Los Angeles Kings
18. Washington Capitals
19. Utah Mammoth
20. Buffalo Sabres (from Edmonton via San Jose)
21. Philadelphia Flyers
22. Pittsburgh Penguins
23. Boston Bruins
24. Vancouver Canucks (from Minnesota)
25. Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay via Seattle via Florida)
26. New York Rangers (from Dallas via Carolina)
27. San Jose (via Ottawa)
28. Montreal Canadiens
29. St. Louis Blues (from Colorado via New York Islanders)
30. Calgary Flames (from Vegas)
31. Carolina Hurricanes
32. Ottawa Senators
We already have some whispers of avenues being looked at to in order to move around — more likely down than up, but we’ll see — so it’ll be interesting to see if this holds, but this is what we have so far.
And finally, we hope folks will hang around here and chat, but we also hope that at least some of you are coming to hang out with us at our draft party! If you’ve been on the fence, there might be some space left still, and we’d love to have you.
IT'S DRAFT-EVE! COME TO OUR DRAFT PARTY!
— PHLY Flyers (@PHLY_Flyers) June 25, 2026
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But, wherever you’re watching from, it’s bound to be an exciting night. Vibes are high around the Flyers, things seem to be moving in the right direction, and they have a chance to put an exclamation point on that statement with some big additions tonight. We’ll see how it all shakes out.
