{"id":731053,"date":"2026-06-28T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731053\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:32:30","slug":"washington-capitals-select-huge-defenseman-brian-mcfadden-in-fifth-round-of-2026-nhl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731053\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals select huge defenseman Brian McFadden in fifth round of 2026 NHL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/brian-mcfadden-capitals-5th-round-pick-2026-nhl-draft.jpg\" class=\"above-the-fold wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brian McFadden selected as the 144th overall pick by the Capitals in the 2026 NHL Draft\"  decoding=\"async\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: RMNB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"team\" title=\"View Washington Capitals news and roster\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/team\/washington-capitals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a> chose their first non-forward in the 2026 NHL Draft when they made defenseman Brian McFadden their fifth-round selection.<\/p>\n<p>McFadden, 18, is a massive, 6-foot-5, 183-pound blueliner who played high school hockey at Thayer Academy in Massachusetts this past year.<\/p>\n<p>In 29 high school games this past season, McFadden recorded 17 points (2g, 15a). The right-shot rearguard, who is the captain of his team, is more of a shutdown, physical defender, who some scouts believe has bottom-pairing NHL potential.<\/p>\n<p>McFadden is committed to Northeastern University, but won\u2019t be playing in the NCAA until 2027 at the soonest.<\/p>\n<p>NHL Central Scouting had McFadden listed as the 115th-best North American skater in their final rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: RMNB The Washington Capitals chose their first non-forward in the 2026 NHL Draft when they made defenseman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-731053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}