The Draft Board Hockey Show – Details, episodes & analysis

In our 1st Episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by a special guest, Scott Wheeler who is an NHL writer for The Athletic and introduces us to the 2026 NHL draft class, including who are the top prospects, who can contend for the first overall spot, who are some potential risers by year's end and how the Hlinka Gretzky Cup could have bumped some of these prospects up the rankings. Gavin McKenna, Keaton Verhoeff, Ivar Stenberg, Ryan Lin and Tynan Lawrence are some of the names discussed.

Scott recently dropped his pre-season 2026 NHL draft rankings, so go check that out here:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6553301/2025/08/18/2026-nhl-draft-ranking-preseason-gavin-mckenna/

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

Guest: Scott Wheeler (The Athletic)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by Anthony aka The Prospect Don to discuss if Keaton Verhoeff from the University of North Dakota can give Gavin McKenna a run for first overall at the 2026 NHL Draft. We also go over some of the NCAA news from the past week and who stood out.

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

Guest: The Prospect Don

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by Gabe Foley to discuss the Top NCAA Prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft. Gavin McKenna finally made his college debut with Penn State and he did not disappoint! We also cover potential second overall pick Keaton Verhoeff as well as Adam Valetini, Landon Nycz, Lincoln Kuehne, and Ilia Morozov. 

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

Guest: Gabe Foley

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I will discuss the Early Top WHL Prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft. And stick around for our Follower Questions talk as we have a disagreement about one of the questions and need your help for a tie-break! 

Players discussed include Ryan Lin, Mathis Preston, Daxon Rudolph, among others.

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we discuss the newly released 2026 NHL Draft rankings from Elite Prospects and TSN. There are some hot takes already, which makes for some fun talk! 

Players discussed include Gavin McKenna, Keaton Verhoeff, Ivar Stenberg, Ryan Roobroeck, Ethan Belchetz, Ryan Lin, Viggo Bjorck, among others.

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by a special guest, The Prospect Don (Anthony) as we discuss the potential 2nd overall pick for the 2026 NHL draft, Ivar Stenberg. Does he possess the intangibles to jump up the draft rankings? What are his strengths and weakness? Let's discuss!

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

Guest: The Prospect Don (Anthony)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we discuss the newly released NHL Central Scouting 2026 preliminary rankings and who the big snubs were and who should have made the jump or bump. The 2026 NHL draft class is looking like a strong group, so lots to talk about!

Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey)

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