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Want to learn about the 2026 NHL Draft class?


Hosts Mark and Linc will discuss everything about this year's NHL entry draft as they do a deep analysis of the top prospects, share their draft rankings and throw in the occasional mock draft. 


Join us once a week to get your hockey prospect fix!


And be sure to check out all of the video scouting reports and game highlights on our YouTube channel.


https://www.youtube.com/@nhldraftpros

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In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, we have a special guest, The Prospect Don, to talk about the potential top defenseman of the 2026 NHL draft class, one of either Keaton Verhoeff who plays at the University of North Dakota in the NCAA, or Chase Reid who plays for the Soo Greyhounds in the OHL. We will break down their game and some of the positive and negatives attributes, and who we think will be the first one called up to the podium come June. Hosts: Mark (NHL Draf...
In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I talk about the USA's recent Gold Medal Win at the 2026 Olympics in Italy and give our opinions as to how the game played out! Also, would Conor Bedard have made a difference for team Canada if he was on the team? Congrats to the Americans for winning gold! Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! F...
In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I talk about one of the top defenseman of the 2026 NHL draft, Alberts Smits, who plays for Jukurit in the top men's league in Finland, the Liiga, as we break down his game and some of his positive and negatives attributes. Is he the best D in this draft? Let's find out! Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! F...
In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I talk about a potential first overall prospect of the 2026 NHL draft, Ivar Stenberg, who plays for Frolunda in the SHL, as we break down his game and some of his positive and negatives attributes. Can he jump ahead of Gavin McKenna and go first? We will find out! Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW ...
In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I talk about one of the top prospects of the 2026 NHL draft, Gavin McKenna, who plays for Penn State in the NCAA, as we break down his game and some of his positive and negatives attributes. Is he a first overall prospect? Let's find out! Hosts: Mark (NHL Draft Pros) and Linc (New Wave Hockey) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! https...
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...
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 H...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe t...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/@nhld...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/@nhldraftpros
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/@nhldraftpros
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE! h...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUB...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help us grow! Cheers! FOL...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and lea...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leav...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to hel...
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) And...
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) And PLEASE Subscribe to this podcast and leave a generous rating on your APP of choice to help ...
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