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)

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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!

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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)

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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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