The Draft Board Hockey Show

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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It's that time of the year! NHL MOCK DRAFT TIME! 

In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Darren and Rocco from The Puck Bunker and The Prospect Don join us to do an early 2026 NHL mock draft. We each make three picks and discuss why we think the prospect deserves to go to that specific hockey team. Lots of fun discourse in this one!

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

Guests: Rocco and Darren (Puck Bunker) and Anthony (The Prospect Don)

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we do a head-to-head discussion of our Top-16 NHL draft rankings for the 2026 class. We give reasons as to why we have certain prospects in each position and their strengths and weaknesses. This is a long one, so buckle in!

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 NHL Central Scouting 2026 midterm rankings and who were the big risers and fallers. The 2026 NHL draft class is looking like a strong group, especially the defenseman, so there's lots to talk about!

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

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we do a recap of the 2026 World Juniors and how the draft eligible prospects fared at the tournament. Did it help or hurt their stocks? There was some great hockey to watch either way!

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 2026 World Juniors Quarterfinal games and the NHL draft eligible players who participated and how they looked. We also make our predictions for the medal rounds and who will win Gold, Silver and Bronze!

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 2026 World Juniors Teams Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia and Denmark before the Tournament begins in Minnesota. We also make our predictions for the medal rounds and who will win Gold, Silver and Bronze, PLUS the tournament MVPs!

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 2026 World Juniors Team Sweden, Team Finland and Team Czechia rosters before the Tournament begins in Minnesota. These are some very good teams on paper and will make it an interesting round robin once the tourney begins December 26, 2025.  

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 World Juniors Team Canada preliminary roster before the Tournament begins in Minnesota. There are still three cuts to be made, so we toss around some players that we think may not make the team and also how this team stacks up on paper. 

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

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