The NHL 2026 draft was to follow a relatively predictable scenario in the first selections. The best defender of this cuvée was unanimous among the recruiters and no one expected to see it available beyond the fifth choice. However, the Friday evening reserved a sizeable surprise that electrified the entire parquet.Chase Reid, the defender of the Greyhounds of Sault Ste. Marie, ranked as high as third in the general ranking on some lists, saw hi…