Recapping The 2026 Draft Weekend- The Mike Bartner Show

Yeah, I met Stenberg.

Very, very quiet, but very humble.

Nice kid.

I really like my time with Stenberg.

McKenna, I tweeted it out.

He's an absolute stud.

And that's where we're going to lead off with.

The Toronto Maple Leafs selecting first overall.

Yeah, they won't count McKenna.

He wasn't that much of a shock.

Apparently, they told him at the draft combine, we are going to draft you.

My boss, Matt, was telling me that, like, apparently, Sundin was maybe arguing for Stenberg.

But at the end of the day, McKenna was the pick at first overall.

And yeah, he has the highest upside in this draft.

He can immediately make an impact at the next level for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He fits such a need in terms of their high end play driving high end creativity.

I gave him an 8.6.

I don't have him as high as like some other recent first round picks, first overall picks, not first round picks, but the upside is unlike McKenna.

Really, it's Bedard, Celebrini, McKenna in terms of pure upside, at least what I thought about Matthew Schaefer's upside at that time.

Obviously, if I adjust it now, Matthew Schaefer has a higher upside.

But yeah, he's a special prospect.

He's ready to be a Leaf.

When I interviewed, when we interviewed him, he gave us some fantastic answers that we're going to have on the BR Open Ice channel if they do his final answer.

I don't know if it's going to get approved by Leafs media, but it was something with Justin Bieber, and he named another celebrity he'd want to play with.

It was absolutely hilarious.