Who has the NHL’s best prospect pool?
About this episode
The episode discusses Scott's 2026 NHL prospect pool rankings and evaluates the top teams and players.
On today’s episode, the guys deep dive into Scott’s 2026 NHL prospect pool rankings, an annual list that includes evaluations of roughly 500 prospects and sorts the league’s farm systems from No. 32 to No. 1, and discuss why there were only two teams in the conversation at the top of the list, the rest of the top 10, and some of the biggest risers and fallers this season. Hosts: Max Bultman and Scott Wheeler 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, Scott Wheeler
Topics covered
- NHL prospect pool
- prospect rankings
- hockey news
- farm systems
- player evaluations
Keywords
- NHL
- prospects
- rankings
- hockey
- farm systems
- evaluations
- risers
- fallers
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Organizations: The Athletic, Acast
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