SJHN Daily: NHL Scouts Poll Says Malhotra No. 2 Prospect, USHL Coming to California
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Caleb Malhotra is rising like a bullet?
That’s what Cam Robinson’s NHL scouts poll suggests: Robinson spoke with 10 scouts who shared their individual top-32 2026 Draft lists. Perhaps surprisingly, center Malhotra was the consensus No. 2, and not winger Ivar Stenberg.
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The San Jose Sharks have the No. 2 and 20 picks.
It seems unlikely that the center-rich Sharks would select Malhotra, but perhaps this makes the second-overall more valuable in trade?
Gavin McKenna was No. 1, Stenberg No. 3, and Carson Carels was the top-ranked defenseman at No. 4.
At No. 19 through 21, this scouts poll had, in order, winger Adam Novotny, defenseman Tommy Bleyl, and center Alexander Command.
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