33 Minnesotans are listed on the 25-26 NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players To Watch List. Michael Berchild, Kyle Heger and Victor Plante are all ‘B’ Player To Watch. 9 Minnesota State High School Leaguers are listed.
Players have been identified using the following criteria:
• A Rating — Indicates a 1st round candidate
• B Rating — Indicates a 2nd/3rd round candidate
• C Rating — Indicates a 4th/5th round candidate
• W Rating — Indicates a 6th/7th round candidate
• LV (Limited Viewing) — Injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.
| B | Michael Berchild | LW | NTDP | Excelsior |
| B | Kyle Heger | D | Medicine Hat (WHL) | Eagan |
| B | Victor Plante | LW | NTDP | Hermantown |
| C | Carter Casey | G | Medicine Hat (WHL) | Grand Rapids |
| C | Wyatt Cullen | C | NTDP | Moorhead |
| C | AJ Francisco | D | NTDP | Hermantown |
| C | Jaden Kurtz | D | Rogers HS | Rogers |
| C | Bode Laylin | D | Tri-City (USHL) | St. Michael |
| C | Theodore Lechner | D | Academy of Holy Angels | Bloomington |
| C | Parker Trottier | LW | NTDP | Edina |
| LV | KJ Sauer | C | Andover HS | Andover |
| W | Poul Andersen | RW | Edmonton (WHL) | St. Louis Park |
| W | Phoenix Cahill | D | Prince George (WHL) | Cottage Grove |
| W | Luke Carrithers | G | NTDP | Maple Grove |
| W | Nate Celski | D | Muskegon (USHL) | White Bear Lake |
| W | Henry Chmiel | D | Des Moines (USHL) | Woodbury |
| W | Cash Cruitt | G | Madison (USHL) | Andover |
| W | Keegan Davis | RW | Benilde St-Margaret’s | Minneapolis |
| W | Dylan Dean | C | Edmonton (WHL) | Maple Grove |
| W | Jimmy Egan | C | Brandon (WHL) | Mahtomedi |
| W | Joseph Erickson | C | Blake School | Mound |
| W | Kam Hendrickson | G | UConn (NCAA) | Chanhassen |
| W | Aidan Hesse | G | Calgary (WHL) | St. Paul |
| W | Jack Kultgen | D | Green Bay (USHL) | Chanhassen |
| W | Logan Lutner | D | NTDP | Maple Grove |
| W | Cam Merrick | D | Minnetonka HS | *Boston, MA |
| W | Peter Murray | RW | St. Thomas Academy | Edina |
| W | Niklas Nelson | D | Monticello HS | Monticello |
| W | Caeleb Pittsley | C | Madison (USHL) | Edina |
| W | Luke Puchner | C | Shattuck Prep | New Germany |
| W | Kaenan Smith | G | Janesville (NAHL) | Duluth |
| W | Kade Stengrim | LW | Medicine Hat (WHL) | Brainerd |
| W | Ethan Sturgis | RW | Minnetonka HS | Minnetonka |
| W | Xavier Wendt | G | Tri-City | Plymouth |