2027 DRAFT KEEPERS
Cost of 3 - Drafted in 1st round in 2026

Cost of 2 - 2nd round in 2026

Unkeepable - Kept in 2026

Dylan Cozens

Erik Karlsson

2026 DRAFT KEEPERS
Cost of 3 - Drafted in 1st round in 2025

Cale Makar

Quinn Hughes

David Pastrnak

Kirill Kaprizov

Mikko Rantanen

Andrei Vasilevsky

Igor Shesterkin

Matthew Tkachuk

William Nylander

Rasmus Dahlin

Jack Eichel

Jack Hughes

Brayden Point

Darcy Kuemper

Cost of 2 - 2nd round in 2025

Evan Bouchard

Josh Morrissey

Moritz Seider

Adin Hill

Sergei Bobrovsky

Ilya Sorokin

MacKenzie Weegar

Tom Wilson

Filip Forsberg

Sam Reinhart

Matt Boldy

Logan Thompson

Jacob Markstrom

Anthony Stolarz

Unkeepable - Kept in 2025

Nikolaj Ehlers

Drake Batherson

Brandon Montour

Matt Duchene

Linus Ullmark

Thomas Harley

Dougie Hamilton

Connor Hellebuyck

Filip Gustavsson

Vincent Trochek

Frank Vatrano

Colton Parayko

Darnell Nurse

Christopher Tanev

Mackenzie Blackwood

Nikita Kucherov

Auston Matthews

Jesper Bratt

Carter Verhaeghe

Ivan Demidov

Jake Oettinger

Leon Draisaitl

Nathan MacKinnon

Mark Scheifele

Juraj Slafkovsky

Tomas Hertl

Vince Dunn

Cole Perfetti

Aaron Ekblad

Sidney Crosby

Victor Hedman

Kevin Fiala

Thatcher Demko

Jason Robertson

Dylan Strome

Morgan Rielly

Gabriel Landeskog

Lukas Dostal

J.T. Miller

Nico Hischer

Nazem Kadri

Kirill Marchenko

Roope Hintz

Alex Tuch

Matthew Knies

Mikhail Sergachev

Nikita Zadorov

Jake Middleton

Connor McDavid

Kyle Connor

Zack Werenski

Dustin Wolf

Robert Thomas

Dylan Larkin

Miro Heiskanen

Dylan Guenther

Radko Gudas

Sam Montembeault

Brady Tkachuk

Mitch Marner

Tage Thompson

KEEPER RULES & SETTINGS

Each franchise may retain a maximum of 6 total keepers for the upcoming season

Keeper Slot Costs 

(Based on 2025–26 Draft Position)

1st-Round Pick: Costs 3 keeper slots

2nd-Round Pick: Costs 2 keeper slots

3rd Round or Later / Free Agents: 1 keeper slot

Term Limits

Players kept for the 2025–26 season cannot be kept for the 2026–27 season. 

Official Deadline

All keepers must be locked in by Thursday, September 17th at 11:59 PM ET.

Example

You have 6 keeper slots:

1st-round player = 3 slots
2nd-round player = 2 slots
3rd-round player = 1 slot
Total = 6 slots