2026 NHL Mock Draft Creator Tool
Choose your team. Choose your Chaos Level. Make you picks for 3 rounds. Share the results.
You are on the clock: Our 3-Round Interactive Mock Draft is LIVE.
The NHL draft lottery was pure chaos, but the order is finally set. Now that the order is locked in, the real work begin. We decided it was time to hand the keys to your favourite franchise’s future over to you…
Today, we are officially launching Upside’s Interactive 3-Round NHL Mock Draft Sim.
We took the finalized 2026 NHL Draft order (including every deadline trade, Top-10 protection, and forfeiture penalty) and wired it directly into our newly expanded Top-107 Consensus Board, which aggregates rankings from the best scouts in the industry.
The result is the ultimate armchair GM/Head Amateur Scout experience.
How to play GM:
Choose Your Team: Select your favourite franchise from the dropdown, or choose to control all 32 teams manually.
Set the Chaos Level: Do you want a strictly realistic, Best-Player-Available draft (Level 1)? Or do you want an unpredictable draft floor where AI GMs reach for sleepers and completely blow up the board (Level 10)? Test out the various levels.
Enter the War Room: The screen will split. The official draft board is on your left, and the Consensus Best Available pool is on your right.
Make Your Picks: When your team is on the clock, make your selection. When you aren’t on the clock, our custom JedAI Scouting System will automatically draft for the other 31 teams based on your chosen Chaos Level.
This tool is entirely free to use and works seamlessly on both desktop and mobile.
The Challenge
I want to see your most chaotic, completely biased draft hauls.
Run your simulation, draft your board, and hit the “Copy Results to Clipboard” button at the end to show the hockey world how a real rebuild is done. Paste your results in the comments below, or drop them on social media and be sure to tag @ UpsideHockey/@Upside.Hockey so we can share the best ones!
See you on the draft floor, let the chaos begin.
— The Upside Hockey Team
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