NHL Mock Draft 2026: Predicting all 32 first-round picks
6/17/202652 min
We are just over a week away from the 2026 NHL Draft, and on today’s Prospect Series episode, the guys make all 32 first-round selections, projecting where top prospects like Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, and Chase Reid could actually end up going on draft night.
Join us for The Athletic Hockey Show x FloHockey NHL Draft Live on YouTube for the entire first round of the NHL Draft on Friday, June 26 at 7:00pm ET.
Hosts: Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, and Scott Wheeler
With: FloHockey’s Chris Peters
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery
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First 90 secondsScott Wheeler· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is the Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series.
Max Bultman· Host0:12
[upbeat music] Hey, everybody, Max Boltman here, alongside The Athletic's Scott Wheeler and Corey Proman, and Flow Hockey's Chris Peters for another episode of the Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series. Little bit of big news as we kick off the show today. We are doing a draft show. The Athletic is teaming up with Flow Hockey, and you can join us here on YouTube for the entire first round of the NHL draft on Friday, June 26th at 7:00 PM. Also gonna be live the next day immediately following the draft to recap everything. Make sure you subscribe to us here on YouTube so you don't miss it. Uh, but yeah, we'll be live for the whole first round. It's, it's gonna be great. I'm really excited for, uh, for what it has in store, guys. Um, today, we have another big project. We are doing our annual show mock draft. Remember, we are predicting the first round here. This is what we think is gonna happen next Friday, June 26th. You know, we'll see how many we get right, but I'd, I'd take three or four, honestly, based on, uh, on how these tend to go. This year, maybe, maybe we're shooting for five or six this year. That, we'll, we'll set the bar high for ourselves. And the first pick in this one, Chris Peters, with the Toronto Maple Leafs, goes to you.
Chris Peters· Guest1:24
Yeah, how about it, right? Ni- nice and easy. Thanks for letting me bat lead off here, gentlemen.
Max Bultman· Host1:29
Way up.
Chris Peters· Guest1:29
And, uh,