Red Wings select defenseman Myles Brosnan 196th overall

With the 196th pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Red Wings selected defenseman Myles Brosnan:

Here’s EliteProspects’ Draft Guide on Brosnan:

Prospect profile

Practically every draft cycle in recent memory has featured a prominent Massachusettsan defender who dominates the Prep circuit offensively. This season is Myles Brosnan’s turn.

Brosnan transcended his league, scoring at a 1.70 point-per-game pace, good for first among his cohorts. In fact, he was so productive that he led his team in scoring by 14 points while also appearing for the U.S. National Team Development Program and the Sioux City Musketeers.

The basis of Brosnan’s game centres around his mobility, involvement, and individual skill. New England Regional Scout, Robert Chalmers, described his skating in a January game report,

“The skating is evident; he has terrific edges, nice crossovers, and solid posture. He walks the line on the power play quite a bit and fires lots of pucks from the blue line, almost always creating a rebound with chaos around the net with his shot. In the first period alone, he had about five shots get through traffic from the point on net.”

From line walking to off-puck activations and confident on-puck carries on the rush, Brosnan had his hands on all aspects of Dexter’s attack. He hunted volume looks off the blueline, creating functional scoring chances off rebounds, mixed in layers of deception through slap-passes, and extended cycles off deft activations. Confidence, daring gambles, and assertiveness are the name of his game.

Brosnan was also an adaptable defender, using his defensive skating to limit space and physical details to absorb and manoeuvre through contact, putting up tidy performances across this season.

The biggest question with Brosnan’s profile comes down to the unknowns. Even in an environment where his tools were clear separators, he wasn’t the most dynamic creator, verging on inefficient at times in our viewings. With opportunity more than likely shrinking as he levels up to higher hockey and the likely possibility that his tools fail to scale to higher levels, what kind of role will he bring if he isn’t the first-option offensive driver?

With Brosnan being older for the draft and undersized by NHL standards for defencemen at 6-foot-1, his projection becomes more complex. He may need to shift into a defensive stopper and puck-mover.

Regardless of those concerns, Brosnan’s mobility, defensive details, and transition game should be a solid base to build upon in the future. With a commitment to Harvard University, he has time to flesh out his game before potentially landing on an NHL bottom pair in the future.

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George Malik

My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, and have worked with MLive and Kukla's Korner. Thank you for reading!

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