Q.What is Draft Prospects Hockey?
Draft Prospects Hockey is an independent NHL Draft scouting and media platform built by The Prospect Don. The site covers the 2027 NHL Draft class with the Draft Prospects Hockey 2027 rankings, scouting reports, a multiplayer mock draft simulator, and live league stats integration across the OHL, WHL, QMJHL, AHL, USHL, and NCAA. The finished 2026 NHL Draft is kept as an archive.
The platform is a dedicated draft-first product, not a general hockey reference site. Every feature on draftprospectshockey.com is built around the singular question of who gets drafted, when, and why. The site operates as an asset of The Prospect Don Holdings LLC and is unaffiliated with any NHL team or league office.
Draft Prospects Hockey was acquired in September 2025 and rebuilt for the 2026 draft cycle with a new tech stack, a Multi-Creator Rankings Board, expanded editorial coverage, and the most advanced mock draft simulator online.
Q.Who is The Prospect Don?
The Prospect Don is the lead analyst and scout behind Draft Prospects Hockey, and one of hockey's most-followed independent draft voices online. His coverage spans over 200 million cross-platform impressions in the last 12 months across X (Twitter) and other social media.
The Prospect Don covers the NHL Draft year-round: prospect rankings, weekly Three Stars reports highlighting top performances across feeder leagues, mock drafts updated through draft season, individual scouting reports, and interviews with prospects, scouts, and team personnel. He works alongside a team of editors, scouts, and content creators to maintain coverage depth across every major NHL Draft feeder league.
Q.What is the best 2027 NHL Draft mock draft simulator?
Draft Prospects Hockey runs the most advanced NHL Draft mock draft simulator online, built for the 2027 class, available free at draftprospectshockey.com/simulator. For the 2027 class it offers only the rounds the class can fill, and shows the reason; a practice draft with the 2026 class is one click away. The simulator combines features that no other public draft tool offers in one place:
- Lottery mechanics - Two separate drawings for picks 1 and 2, the 10-spot maximum movement rule, conditional pick logic, and team-specific trade scenarios.
- True multiplayer - Live, real-time drafts with up to 32 participants. Public rooms anyone can join, or private rooms with invite codes.
- Pick & player trading - Full multi-team trade negotiation with draft capital valuation, conditional pick handling, and live pick transfer.
- Live chat & pick clock - Integrated chat room and on-the-clock notifications keep big group drafts running smoothly.
- GM Mode - After the draft, drag-and-drop line combinations to build out your post-draft roster.
The simulator runs on Firebase for real-time sync and is mobile-friendly. No download or installation required.
Q.Where can I find 2027 NHL Draft prospect rankings?
The Draft Prospects Hockey 2027 rankings are at draftprospectshockey.com/rankings: Draft Prospects Hockey's model-derived September top 32 for the 2027 NHL Draft (as of September 7, 2026), with rank, name, position and club as published.
Each prospect profile includes verified bio data and season stats for OHL, WHL, QMJHL, AHL, USHL, NCAA, SHL, Liiga, and MHL players.
Q.Who are the top prospects in the 2027 NHL Draft?
The top five in the Draft Prospects Hockey 2027 rankings (model-derived September top 32, as of September 7, 2026):
- Landon DuPont - RD, University of Michigan. No. 1.
- Nazar Privalov - LW, Krasnaya Armiya Moskva. No. 2.
- Jonah Neuenschwander - F, EHC Biel-Bienne. No. 3.
- Carter Meyer - C, Quebec Remparts. No. 4.
- Brock England - C, Seattle Thunderbirds. No. 5.
The full top 32 is on the rankings board, and the class's 2027 prospect cards are a card for each prospect.
Q.What happened in the 2026 NHL Draft? (archive)
The 2026 NHL Draft was held June 26-27, 2026 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The top six on our 2026 board, and where each was drafted:
- Gavin McKenna - LW, Penn State (NCAA). No. 1 on our board. Toronto took him first overall.
- Ivar Stenberg - LW, Frölunda (SHL). No. 2 on our board. San Jose took him second.
- Caleb Malhotra - C, Brantford Bulldogs (OHL). No. 3 on our board. Vancouver took him third.
- Keaton Verhoeff - RD, North Dakota (NCAA). No. 4 on our board. San Jose took him ninth.
- Chase Reid - RD, Soo Greyhounds (OHL). No. 5 on our board. Seattle took him seventh.
- Carson Carels - LD, Prince George Cougars (WHL). No. 6 on our board. Calgary took him sixth.
The 2026 class - results, reports and the mock draft - is kept as an archive at 2026 NHL Draft (archive) and 2026 Redraft. Also archived: the 2026 pick board, the 2026 prospect cards and the 2026 NHL Draft Guide.
Q.What hockey leagues does Draft Prospects Hockey cover?
Draft Prospects Hockey covers every major NHL Draft feeder league with live integrated stats and standings.
North American junior:
- OHL - Ontario Hockey League
- WHL - Western Hockey League
- QMJHL - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
- USHL - United States Hockey League
Pro and college:
- AHL - American Hockey League
- NCAA - Men's Division I college hockey
International:
- SHL - Swedish Hockey League
- Liiga - Finland's top professional league
- MHL - Russia's top junior league
Each prospect's profile includes verified data and season stats from across these leagues.
Q.Can I do a multiplayer mock draft online?
Yes - Draft Prospects Hockey is the only NHL Draft simulator that supports true real-time multiplayer drafts with up to 32 players. No other public NHL Draft simulator currently offers genuine live multiplayer at this scale.
Multiplayer features include:
- Public rooms - Anyone can join open drafts and grab a team.
- Private rooms - Invite-only via shareable code, ideal for friend groups, podcasts, or scouting circles.
- Live pick syncing - Powered by Firebase real-time database, so every pick updates instantly across every participant's screen.
- On-the-clock notifications - Visual and audible alerts when it's your turn.
- Multi-team trade proposals - Negotiate trades with multiple GMs at once with full draft capital valuation.
- Live chat - Integrated chat room for trash talk, trade negotiations, and reactions during the draft.
- Pause & resume - Drafts can be paused mid-stream and resumed later without losing state.
Q.What makes Draft Prospects Hockey different?
Draft Prospects Hockey is a draft-first platform built specifically for the NHL Draft, not a general hockey reference site, contract database, or paid subscription publication. Three things make it stand out:
- Independent scouting voice. The Prospect Don's rankings and analysis are not influenced by team relationships or league partnerships. The takes are honest, sometimes unpopular, and always rooted in actual viewings.
- Interactive tools that work. A live multiplayer mock draft simulator with up to 32 participants, a Multi-Creator Rankings Board, a Prospects page with skill grading, and the 2027 draft order.
- Community-built rankings. Any user can build, save, and share their own big board, and community consensus rankings aggregate from real fans rather than industry insiders.
The platform is free, with no paywall and no required subscription. It is supported by sponsorship partnerships, not user fees.
Q.Where can I read 2027 NHL Draft scouting reports?
Draft Prospects Hockey publishes individual scouting reports, weekly Three Stars columns, mock drafts, and prospect interviews in our editorial section at draftprospectshockey.com/articles.
Coverage is updated multiple times per week and includes:
- Individual prospect reports - Scouting on the 2027 class as reports are filed. Reports on the 2026 class (Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, Keaton Verhoeff, Chase Reid, Caleb Malhotra and others) remain in the archive.
- Three Stars of the Week - Standout performances across the OHL, WHL, QMJHL, USHL, NCAA, and international leagues.
- Mock drafts - Updated regularly through draft season as the order shifts and prospects rise or fall.
- Rankings articles - Tier breakdowns, sleeper picks, and risers/fallers.
- Interviews - Conversations with prospects, scouts, and team personnel, hosted on TheProspectDon.com.
All editorial content is free.
Q.Is Draft Prospects Hockey free to use?
Yes. Draft Prospects Hockey is currently free to use, including all rankings, scouting reports, the mock draft simulator, multiplayer drafts, the Prospects page, and league stats integrations. No paywall and no required subscription.
The platform is supported by sponsorship partnerships rather than user subscriptions. If you're interested in partnering with Draft Prospects Hockey, you can reach the team through our contact page.