BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: Maksim Sokolovskii poses for a portrait after being selected 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Joe Hrycych/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK - JUNE 26: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman looks on as Jaxon Cover of the United States is drafted by the Ottawa Senators with the thirty-second overall pick during day one of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26, 2026 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)