Who are the 2027 NHL Draft’s top prospects?

With the World Juniors less than two months away, both Corey and Scott have their own 2027 NHL Draft rankings out this week. On today’s episode, the guys give their overall thoughts on the class and compare and contrast their lists. But first, they react to the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s Friday ruling that the IIHF must let Russian teams play in its events and discuss how things could play out in the immediate future. #nhl #nhlhockey #hockey #nhldraft #russia #iihf 0:00:00: Intro 0:00:54: CAS rules Russia must be allowed at IIHF events 0:10:15: Overall thoughts on the 2027 NHL Draft class 0:20:43: Sergei Skvortsov (Pronman: 25, Wheeler: 3) 0:31:11: Noah Davidson (Pronman: 5, Wheeler: 16) 0:32:20: Cooper McAslan (Pronman: NR, Wheeler: 30) 0:37:03: Alexis Joseph (Pronman: 15, Wheeler: 7) Follow The Athletic Hockey Show wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podfollow.com/the-athletic-ho... Follow our hosts on Bluesky: Max Bultman: https://bsky.app/profile/mbultman.bsk... Mark Lazerus: https://bsky.app/profile/marklazerus.... Jesse Granger: https://bsky.app/profile/jessegranger... Sean Gentille: https://bsky.app/profile/seangentille... Sean McIndoe: https://bsky.app/profile/downgoesbrow... Shayna Goldman: https://bsky.app/profile/shaynagoldma... Scott Wheeler: https://bsky.app/profile/scottcwheele... Chris Peters: https://bsky.app/profile/chrismpeters... Follow our hosts on X: Max Bultman: https://x.com/m_bultman Mark Lazerus: https://x.com/MarkLazerus Jesse Granger: https://x.com/JesseGranger_ Sean Gentille: https://x.com/seangentille Sean McIndoe: https://x.com/DownGoesBrown Frank Corrado: https://x.com/frankcorrado22 Shayna Goldman: https://x.com/shaynagoldman_ Corey Pronman: https://x.com/coreypronman Chris Peters: https://x.com/chrismpeters Scott Wheeler: https://x.com/scottcwheeler Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Photo credit: AP Photo/Rick Osentoski