Predators Select Dmitri Borichev In The Third-Round Of The 2026 NHL Draft
Nashville bolsters its goaltending pipeline by snagging Europe's top-ranked netminder, a poised 6-foot-3 standout defined by technical control, elite puck-tracking, and a dominant glove hand for the future.
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You know, we've heard, like, Chicago and Seattle might be willing to move picks in the top 10, so maybe there's a three-way deal or something like that.
We shall see.
Ryan, have you, uh- All of that's gonna happen this weekend.
Hey, Ryan, have you heard of, like, a lot of deals that are potentially gonna be made on the draft floor?
It just feels like this year we're hearing more than typical.
And I don't know if that's a- Well, here's- product of the kind of, like, flux of the draft, like how- Yeah no one's got a, the same top five, or how do you kind of define this?
My rule of thumb is I don't believe anything anybody says in the two weeks leading up to the draft.
It's all subterfuge.
It's all like, "Oh, Anton Frondel's gonna go number two," and, that didn't happen.
so yeah.
I don't believe anything.
As, when it happens is when I When Gary Bettman tells me it has happened on the podium, that's when I believe it 100%.
so I, you know, I leave it at that because otherwise your brain just starts spinning, and I don't need that.
It's the summer.

