Talking Trades & NHL Draft | Morning Cuppa Hockey

Season 3 of Morning Cuppa Hockey continues as Jonny Lazarus and former NHL defenceman Colby Cohen bring you another loaded episode with the 2026 NHL Draft just days away in Buffalo. James van Riemsdyk joins the show fresh off a season in Detroit and officially hitting the open market as an unrestricted free agent — and with 17 years in the league across Philly, Toronto, Boston, Columbus, and the Red Wings, JVR has a perspective on player movement, life in Canadian markets, and the growing trend of American players gravitating south of the border that nobody else can quite match.

Then the guys shift to the draft floor as two of the most intriguing prospects in this class stop by.

Tynan Lawrence — the two-way centre from Fredericton who won the Clark Cup and playoff MVP with Muskegon before making his mid-season jump to Boston University — breaks down what this week feels like with his name expected to be called in the top ten on Friday night in Buffalo.

And Keaton Verhoeff, the 6'4 right-shot defenceman from North Dakota who's drawn comparisons to Drew Doughty and sits among the most coveted prospects in the entire draft class, talks about what it was like to hold his own in the NCAA as a 17-year-old, the questions about his skating, and what comes next once his name gets called.

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