2026 Draft’s Boom-or-Bust Blue-Liner Has Scouts Split

The 2026 draft class has its share of safe bets, but this defenseman is the kind of prospect that makes scouts argue in the hallway. The upside is real, and so is the risk, which is exactly why teams will keep circling him like a second-round sleeper who might become a first-pairing headache. That profile always makes for the loudest draft-room debates, because one evaluator sees top-four potential and another sees a project.