Why Tynan Lawrence is still one of the best prospects in the 2026 NHL Draft

TRENCIN, Slovakia — Jim McGroarty and Colten St. Clair both go to the same name when they think about Tynan Lawrence. It’s a big one.Macklin Celebrini.When Celebrini played in the USHL with the Chicago Steel, McGroarty, the general manager of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, always saw Sidney Crosby 2.0. Watching Lawrence over the last two years, as he led the Lumberjacks to a Clark Cup as playoff MVP — becoming one of the only 16-year-olds to win the award and, McGroarty points out, the first since Adam Fantilli, who went third in the 2023 NHL Draft — he saw the closest thing the league has had to Celebrini since.Advertisement