NHL role players bracket

Current players who aren't starters or stars: the bench, the depth and the specialists, best known first. Make an NHL role players bracket at the size you want and choose the champion.
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Round of 16

1D. Perron
16D. Orlov
8N. Zadorov
9C. Coyle
4R. Ristolainen
13D. Hamilton
5S. Couturier
12C. Murphy
2J. Siegenthaler
15J. McCann
7T. Terry
10Y. Sharangovich
3E. Tolvanen
14O. Bjorkstrand
6T. Hertl
11A. Mangiapane

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seeds

Drag to reorder (or tap one, then tap where it goes). The top 16 are in. Changing seeds keeps the picks that still fit. The top 200 are listed.

1
David Perron
2
Jonas Siegenthaler
3
Eeli Tolvanen
4
Rasmus Ristolainen
5
Sean Couturier
6
Tomas Hertl
7
Troy Terry
8
Nikita Zadorov
9
Charlie Coyle
10
Yegor Sharangovich
11
Andrew Mangiapane
12
Connor Murphy
13
Dougie Hamilton
14
Oliver Bjorkstrand
15
Jared McCann
16
Dmitry Orlov
–
Thatcher Demko
–
Nazem Kadri
–
Akira Schmid
–
Zach Bogosian
–
Mike Matheson
–
Luke Schenn
–
Nick Bjugstad
–
Devon Toews
–
Nicolas Roy
–
Andrew Copp
–
Ryan Hartman
–
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
–
Joonas Korpisalo
–
Marcus Pettersson
–
Thomas Chabot
–
Nate Schmidt
–
Haydn Fleury
–
Alex Tuch
–
Dylan Strome
–
Frank Vatrano
–
Erik Gudbranson
–
Josh Manson
–
Cody Ceci
–
Blake Coleman
–
Nico Sturm
–
Josh Anderson
–
Cody Glass
–
Alex Nedeljkovic
–
Nick Paul
–
Nick Schmaltz
–
Jamie Oleksiak
–
Zach Whitecloud
–
Anton Forsberg
–
Jared Spurgeon
–
Evan Rodrigues
–
Brandon Montour
–
Colton Sissons
–
Adin Hill
–
Mike Reilly
–
Jordan Greenway
–
Shane Pinto
–
Mario Ferraro
–
Boone Jenner
–
Dante Fabbro
–
Logan Stanley
–
Ryan Pulock
–
Andrew Peeke
–
Brock Faber
–
Alexandre Carrier
–
Ridly Greig
–
Joey Daccord
–
Barclay Goodrow
–
Kevin Stenlund
–
Marco Rossi
–
Cale Fleury
–
Erik Gustafsson
–
David Jiricek
–
Tom Wilson
–
Zach Hyman
–
Marcus Foligno
–
Jesper Bratt
–
Anthony Duclair
–
Yanni Gourde
–
Adam Lowry
–
Jason Zucker
–
Pavel Dorofeyev
–
Kirill Marchenko
–
Paul Cotter
–
Tye Kartye
–
Lawson Crouse
–
Dylan Coghlan
–
Mark Kastelic
–
Tyler Kleven
–
Alex Formenton
–
Berkly Catton
–
Ryan Winterton
–
Zack Ostapchuk
–
Beckett Sennecke
–
Cutter Gauthier
–
Laurent Brossoit
–
Travis Mitchell
–
Tristan Luneau
–
Nico Myatovic
–
Noah Warren
–
Pavel Mintyukov
–
Tim Washe
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Ville Husso
–
Ian Moore
–
Jeff Malott
–
Nikita Nesterenko
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Roger McQueen
–
Tyson Hinds
–
Ryan Poehling
–
Sam Colangelo
–
A.J. Greer
–
EN
Elijah Neuenschwander
–
Ian Mitchell
–
Nick Jensen
–
Nikita Klepov
–
Fraser Minten
–
Michael DiPietro
–
Michael Eyssimont
–
Morgan Geekie
–
Will Borgen
–
Casey Mittelstadt
–
Elias Lindholm
–
Frederic Brunet
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Marat Khusnutdinov
–
Mason Lohrei
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Connor Clifton
–
Jonathan Aspirot
–
Matthew Poitras
–
Tanner Jeannot
–
James Hagens
–
Sean Kuraly
–
Colten Ellis
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Jack Quinn
–
Josh Doan
–
Noah Ostlund
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Olen Zellweger
–
Owen Power
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Alex Lyon
–
Conor Timmins
–
Jiri Kulich
–
Josh Norris
–
Zach Metsa
–
Beck Malenstyn
–
Louis Crevier
–
Matt Grzelcyk
–
Sam Carrick
–
Tyson Kozak
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Justin Danforth
–
Ryan McLeod
–
Konsta Helenius
–
Caleb Jones
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Brandon Bussi
–
Jackson Blake
–
K'Andre Miller
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Logan Stankoven
–
Nikolaj Ehlers
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Sean Walker
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AN
Alexander Nikishin
–
Mark Jankowski
–
Seth Jarvis
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Shayne Gostisbehere
–
Eric Robinson
–
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
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Jordan Martinook
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Juuso Valimaki
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Nicolas Deslauriers
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Adam Fantilli
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Cam Talbot
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Denton Mateychuk
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Dmitri Voronkov
–
Ivan Provorov
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Valeri Nichushkin
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Cole Sillinger
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Mathieu Olivier
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Jack Williams
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Jake Christiansen
–
Ryan Lomberg
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Steven Lorentz
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Luca Del Bel Belluz
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Brendan Smith
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Danton Heinen
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Emil Andrae
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Devin Cooley
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Jake Middleton
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Martin Pospisil
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Matvei Gridin
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Ryan Strome
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Aydar Suniev
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Morgan Frost
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Yan Kuznetsov
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Zayne Parekh
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Adam Klapka
–
Brayden Pachal
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JC
Jonathan Castagna
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Kevin Bahl
–
William Stromgren
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Maxim Tsyplakov
–
Samuel Honzek
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Brennan Othmann
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Anton Frondell

Top NHL role players — November 2026

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About this bracket

Every round halves the field, so a bracket gets from a long list to one winner quickly.

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Current players who aren't starters or stars: the bench, the depth and the specialists, best known first.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top NHL role players for November 2026.

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