First round selections take place on Friday, June 26, while rounds 2-7 will occur on Saturday, June 27.
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The 2026 NHL Draft presented by Upper Deck will be held at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY from June 26-27. First round selections take place on Friday, June 26 at 6:00 p.m. CT while rounds 2-7 will occur on Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 a.m. CT. | | | | | |  | PICK LIST
Your Dallas Stars enter the 2026 NHL Draft without a first-round pick and only a handful of other selections. The current picks are in rounds two and later, including selections in the second, fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds. We look forward to an exciting Day 2 at the 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft in Buffalo, NY. | | |  | 2025 DRAFT RECAP
Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill and Director of Amateur Scouting Joe McDonnell concluded the 2025 NHL Draft by selecting six players. Click below to read a review of all six selections from the two-day draft at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. | | |  | DRAFT HISTORY
"Maybe one of the best drafts the Stars have had in recent years, Dallas not only struck gold with Miro Heiskanen as the third overall selection, but also added important depth with Jake Oettinger and Jason Robertson," wrote Mike Heika on the 2017 NHL Draft. | | | | | | |
