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The first round is Friday. Our reporters pass along the latest intel they're hearing from around the league.

The first round begins Friday. Which players will hear their names called? Here's our final updated rankings list.

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour, 55, who led his club to the Stanley Cup title last week after captaining it to a championship in 2006 as a player, was not elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday and is not a part of the six-person 2026 class.

Here's what is being discussed around the league in the days since the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup.

Thousands of Hurricanes fans crammed onto sidewalks, gathered around office building windows, even lined up on floor after floor of at least one parking deck to cheer and wave at the team's Stanley Cup championship parade Saturday.
Sebastian Aho
#20 · C
Charlie Cerrato
# · C
Seth Jarvis
#24 · C
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
#82 · C
Noah Philp
#15 · C
Jordan Staal
#11 · C
Logan Stankoven
#22 · C
William Carrier
#28 · LW
Nicolas Deslauriers
#44 · LW
Nikolaj Ehlers
#27 · LW
Taylor Hall
#71 · LW
Mark Jankowski
#77 · LW
Jordan Martinook
#48 · LW
Eric Robinson
#50 · LW
Jackson Blake
#53 · RW
Andrei Svechnikov
#37 · RW
Jalen Chatfield
#5 · D
Shayne Gostisbehere
#4 · D
K'Andre Miller
#19 · D
Alexander Nikishin
#21 · D
Mike Reilly
#6 · D
Jaccob Slavin
#74 · D
Sean Walker
#26 · D
Frederik Andersen
#31 · G
Brandon Bussi
#32 · G
Pyotr Kochetkov
#52 · G
Amir Miftakhov
#35 · G