[Evening update] Thank you to everyone who stopped by to comment. Big shoutout to scharms for posting some more information on the kids drafted today. We are back from work, showered, beer in hand and ready to start digging into the information on these kids. Should have some of them posted tonight, and then the rest tomorrow morning. [End Update]
After a first round that went pretty close to the way the prospect analysts thought it would go, Day Two of the NHL draft gets underway this morning. The Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t make any moves to jump into the first round (nor were they expected to) but have a full day that starts with six picks, three of them in the fifth round. We expect a few trades to be made, maybe not on the scale that we saw Friday night, and there will be 100% less Justin Bieber, but it will be fun to see who the Lightning add to their organization.
Sadly, we aren’t able to cover this like we would like to, but stick with this page to see who the Lightning select. We’ll update the picks once they are made (or if they’re traded). Later tonight and early tomorrow we’ll have a few more details on the players selected. If you’re looking to catch up from the first round – here are our thoughts on how it went.
The best players available as the day begins:
All of profiled players on offense and defense are still on the board. Others such as 6’4″ shut-down defenderWilliam Hakansson, smooth-skating blueliner Xavier Villeneuve, and Yegor Shilov, a playmaking forward who put up 82 points in 63 games in the QMJHL have enough question marks in their game that they could fall to the Bolts in the lower-half of the second round.
Trade: Lightning send the 58th and the 133rd pick to Edmonton for the 52nd pick.
Round 2 #52 (From Edmonton)
Player: Oleg Kulebyakin
2025-26 Season: Halifax, 29 goals, 73 points.
Round 3 #90
Player: Tomas Kralovic
2025-26 Season: HC Slovan (Slovakia) 6 goals, 30 points
Round 5 #134 (Originally Seattle’s)
Player: Morgan Anderberg
2025-26 Season: Vaxjo (SHL) 39, 1 goal, 3 points
Round 5 #154
Player: Cooper Soller
2025-26 Season: 26 goals, 49 points, Sioux Falls (USHL)
Round 6 #186
Player: Stepan Shurygin
2025-26 Season: Saginaw Spirit, 24-27-7 .888 save percentage
Round 7 #218
Player: Max Vilén
2025-26 Season: 3 and 27 points in 54 games with Moncton and St.John
