About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the NHL Draft Lottery and the prospects for the Toronto Maple Leafs, including a mock draft and scenarios for top players.

We’re a couple of days removed from the NHL Draft Lottery, with the Toronto Maple Leafs jumping up to grab the No. 1 pick, and today the guys discuss why the Leafs should and should not take Gavin McKenna first overall. Before that, the crew breaks down Scott’s latest full first round mock draft. Plus, the optimistic and pessimistic cases for top players in this summer’s draft to close things out. Hosts: Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, and Scott Wheeler With: FloHockey’s Chris Peters Executive Producer: Chris Flannery Producer: Chris Flannery Watch full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VTm9VjkF Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler

Guest: Chris Peters

Topics covered

• NHL Draft
• prospect analysis
• mock draft
• Toronto Maple Leafs
• Gavin McKenna
• optimistic scenarios
• pessimistic scenarios

Keywords

• NHL Draft
• Toronto Maple Leafs
• Gavin McKenna
• mock draft
• prospects
• hockey analysis
• draft scenarios

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Organizations: Toronto Maple Leafs, FloHockey, The Athletic

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