{"id":320466,"date":"2026-06-26T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320466\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:21:22","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-nhl-draft-guide-picks-best-fits-and-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320466\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Draft guide: Picks, best fits and analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"General<\/p>\n

Julien BriseBois is the general manager of the Lightning. Dave Sandford \/ NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

June 26, 2026 6:00 am EDT Updated <\/p>\n

The Tampa Bay Lightning have seven picks in the 2026 NHL Draft: Nos. 58, 90, 133, 134, 154, 186, 218. Here\u2019s what to expect.<\/p>\n

Pronman\u2019s team needs<\/p>\n

Conor Geekie brings size and touch to the forward group, and Sam O\u2019Reilly is a good two-way center. Tampa Bay has traded so many picks over the years that its defensive cupboard is virtually bare. The Lightning need an influx of talent on the blue line.<\/p>\n

Names to watch<\/p>\n

In recent mock drafts, Corey Pronman has projected the following picks:<\/p>\n

58. Liam Lefebvre, C<\/p>\n

90. Tomas Galvas, D<\/p>\n

133. Layne Gallacher, C<\/p>\n

134. Eddy Doyle, D<\/p>\n

154. Samuel Hrenak, G<\/p>\n

186. Noa Ta\u2019amu, D<\/p>\n

218. Yaroslav Antonov, RW<\/p>\n

\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julien BriseBois is the general manager of the Lightning. Dave Sandford \/ NHLI via Getty Images June 26,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,862,137,136],"class_list":["post-320466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}