The Draft Board Hockey Show – Details, episodes & analysis

In this 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 gives us an update to his 2026 NHL draft ranking, and some of the big risers and fallers since the beginning of the season. Lots of great insight from Scott in this episode!

Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, Chase Reid, Keaton Verhoeff, Tynan Lawrence, Caleb Malhotra, Alberts Smits, Ryan Lin are just some of the names discussed.

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 discuss the newly released January 2026 NHL Draft rankings from Elite Prospects. The Top-75 NHL prospects who made the list and some of the notable risers and fallers since their last release! 

Players discussed include Ivar Stenberg, Gavin McKenna, Keaton Verhoeff, Chase Reid, Xavier Villeneuve, Carson Carels, Ethan Belchetz, Ryan Lin, Viggo Bjorck, among others.

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

Guest: Whittaker Heart (Elite Prospects)

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Should we be concerned about Gavin McKenna going 1st overall at the 2026 NHL draft this early on in the season? How are his numbers playing for Penn State in the NCAA compared to past draft prospects? Is there anything McKenna could do better for the rest of the season? 

We also discuss Team USA's recently released World Juniors roster. Were there some snubs that should have been invited?

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

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Steven Ellis from The Daily Faceoff Hockey joins us to discuss his latest 2026 NHL draft rankings. We talk about Gavin McKenna and his position as the first overall prospect and whether or not there is competition for that top spot. Lots of prospect movement in the rankings, so we will cover those as well!

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

Guest: Steven Ellis (The Daily Faceoff)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by the Puck Bunker boys to discuss the Top WHL Defensemen of the 2026 NHL Draft class. Always a great time talking hockey prospects with these two beauties, so join us for this episode!

Players discussed: Carson Carels, Ryan Lin and Daxon Rudolph.

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

Guest: Darren and Rocco (Puck Bunker)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by Anthony 'The Prospect Don' to discuss one of the biggest and most skilled prospects of the 2026 NHL Draft, Ethan Belchetz of the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL. 

We also talk about what the chances of Macklin Celebrini and Conor Bedard of making Team Canada for the Olympics. Do you think they should both be on the team or just one? 

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

Guest: Anthony (Prospect Don)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Corey Pronman from The Athletic NHL joins us to discuss his latest 2026 NHL draft rankings. We talk about some of the surprises on his list and why he rated certain prospects high or low at this time of the year. Lots of fun discourse in this one!

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

Guest: Corey Pronman (The Athletic NHL Prospects)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we discuss the Top QMJHL Prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft with special guest Felix Sicard from McKeen's Hockey. Always a great time talking hockey prospects so join us for this episode!

Players discussed: Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte, Oleg Kulebyakin, Olivers Murnieks, Yegor Shilov, Lars Steiner, Xavier Villeneuve and Alexei Vlasov

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

Guest: Felix Sicard (McKeen's Hockey)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we are joined by Derek Neumeier from McKeen's Hockey to discuss one of the top defensemen of the 2026 NHL Draft, Daxon Rudolph from the Prince Albert Raiders in the WHL and the parts of his game that are appealing to scouts. We also go over some of the NCAA news from the past week and how Keaton Verhoeff is doing at the University of North Dakota.

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

Guest: Derek Neumeier (McKeen's Hockey)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Adam Kimelman from NHL.com joins us to discuss the 2026 NHL draft prospects. The season has begun and we wanted to know who has started off hot and who has not and whether or not that has affected their draft stock early on. 

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

Guest: Adam Kimelman (NHL.com)

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