Every Calder-eligible prospect in the system, ranked, after the 2026 draft. Names in colour have a full workup behind them.
Pronman's “best pipeline in hockey by a massive margin” is really an argument about these three.
45-60 points and a real Calder candidate. The only prospect who plays in the NHL all year.
Top-pair ceiling, skating the swing. Matched a young Cale Makar's freshman line two years younger.
The draft's smartest defenseman. A 5-11 D who played 26 minutes a night.
AHL and bubble players who could take an NHL job this season.
Sharks Prospect of the Year. Led all NCAA defensemen in scoring; a right-shot Calder dark horse.
Barracuda co-Rookie of the Year. High-skill scoring winger, likely an NHL look.
Elite AHL offense, 52 points as a rookie. The other Calder dark horse.
The crease of the future behind Askarov. A year-plus away.
Middle-six center, 30-40 AHL points.
Drafted, developing, and years from the question being asked.
Puck-moving left defenseman developing against men.
Two-way middle-six center in an AHL adjustment year.
Off a 72-point WHL season; signed his entry-level deal.
Big, raw, high-ceiling project. Years away.
Smaller puck-moving right defenseman.
Two-way center on the college track.
Power center on the college track.
A 6-foot-5 goalie who made USA's World Juniors. Legitimate No. 1 upside on his best nights.
Depth goalie behind Ravensbergen and Knowling.
Depth scorer. Calder eligibility genuinely uncertain: 13 NHL games across two seasons.
Raw Russian defense project.
Big 6-foot-4 winger with good hands and limited pure offense.
Ranked Jul 4, 2026. Eligibility is Calder eligibility, so anyone who has burned his rookie season is off the list. Wheeler tags are Scott Wheeler's summer 2026 rankings for The Athletic: the top 100 drafted prospects (July 14) and the top 20 drafted goalies (July 15). The tilde is his, in effect, because he publishes tiers rather than numbered slots and the ranks are read off his ordering. HM is a Tier 6 “final cut,” just outside the 100. Five Sharks land there and six more sit inside the list, including Misa, Dickinson and Chernyshov, who are past prospect eligibility here.