{"id":763554,"date":"2026-06-27T00:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763554\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:12:11","slug":"jets-to-pick-8th-overall-in-nhl-draft-leafs-pick-mckenna-1st-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763554\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets to pick 8th overall in NHL draft, Leafs pick McKenna 1st overall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft is underway, and the Winnipeg Jets are looking to add some depth and talent with the eighth overall selection.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets finished the 2025-26 season in 26th overall with a record of 35-35-12, but fell one spot in the draft lottery to eighth.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs, who won the draft lottery, selected Gavin McKenna first overall.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft is underway, and the Winnipeg Jets are looking to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-763554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}