Nashville Predators To Select 10th Overall In 2026 NHL Draft

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The Nashville Predators will select 10th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft following the draft lottery results. This marks their second consecutive year selecting in the top 10.

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Nashville Predators will select 10th overall in 2026 NHL Draft
Predators had 3.5% odds for No. 1 pick
Predators had highest odds to select 10th at 73.3%
This is second consecutive year in top 10 for Predators
Toronto Maple Leafs won the lottery

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The Nashville Predators will select 10th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft as a result of the draft lottery on Tuesday.

The Predators had the 10th-best odds to win the No. 1 overall pick at 3.5%. They had 35 of 1,000 four-number combinations in the lottery.

They had the highest odds to select 10th overall in the lottery at 73.3%

This is the second year in a row that the Predators will be selecting in the top 10 of the NHL Draft, selecting center Brady Martin fifth overall in the 2025 draft.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won the lottery, earning the right to draft prospect forward Gavin McKenna in June. The Maple Leafs had the fifth-best odds to win the top pick at 8.5%.

This will be the Predators ninth time selecting in the top 10: David Legwand (2nd overall in 1998), Brian Finley (6th overall in 1999), Scott Hartnell (6th overall in 2000), Scottie Upshall (6th overall in 2002), Ryan Suter (7th overall in 2003), Colin Wilson (7th overall 2008), Seth Jones (4th overall in 2013), Martin (5th overall in 2025) and XX overall in 2026.

Nashville will still be without a new general manger heading into the summer. Barry Trotz announced in February that he'd be retiring in the offseason once a new GM was hired to replace him.

As of Tuesday, the Predators have 12 picks in the 2026 NHL Draft, which will be held on June 26-27 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.