Mikey Berchild

September 2026 – Mikey Berchild is the classic undersized skill bet, a 5-foot-10 winger the Carolina Hurricanes took 105th overall out of the U.S. National Team Development Program. He produced 23 goals and 30 assists in 58 games with the Under-18 team in 2025-26 and wore an ‘A’ for Team USA at the 2026 Under-18 World Championship, where he was named one of the Americans’ top three players. Berchild plays bigger than his frame, driving the interior and releasing instantly off the catch, and he beats defenders with feints and handling in tight before firing. His motor never stops. Size is the reason he slid to the fourth round and the reason his certainty sits well below his ceiling. He heads to the University of Denver, a program with a strong record of developing pro forwards, which is the right runway for the physical maturation his game needs. For fantasy the upside is a scoring top-six winger if the skill wins at higher levels, and the floor is a skilled tweener who never sticks. That spread makes him a dynasty stash worth holding, not a win-now add, with his Denver freshman production the tell. Andrew Epps