2024 NHL Draft Hub: Scouting reports, rankings, interviews and so much more
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The 2024 NHL Draft is going to be electric.
There’s no Connor Bedard this year, but the fight to land Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick is still set to be spicy. Set to take place from June 28-29 at the Sphere in Las Vegas, there’s been no shortage of excitement leading up to the big dance in one of the coolest draft locations of any sport ever.
Daily Faceoff draft analyst Steven Ellis has been following the process all year. Here’s a collection of the top draft stories from the season, with everything you need to know:
2024 NHL Draft Rankings
- June 21: Final Top 120
- May 28: Post World Championship Top 80
- April 11: Pre-Under-18 World Championship top 75
- March 9: March Top 64
- Jan. 18: Midseason Top 50
- Nov. 8: Mid-November Top 40
- Sept. 29: Preseason Top 32
- July 3: A Very Early Top 32
2024 Mock Draft
- June 25: Post Stanley Cup Final top 32
- May 7: Post-draft lottery top 24
- March 12: Mid-March top 32
Player Profiles
- Why Macklin Celebrini is the undisputed top prospect for the 2024 NHL Draft
- Meet Macklin Celebrini, the top prospect for the 2024 NHL Draft
- What makes Macklin Celebrini’s NHL Draft season performance so special
- Artyom Levshunov will be a star on and off the ice – in Chicago or elsewhere (from Matt Larkin)
- Is 2024 NHL Draft prospect Artyom Levshunov the next elite NHL defenseman?
- Top 2024 NHL Draft center Cayden Lindstrom is a natural-born athlete
- Cayden Lindstrom could be the best draft prospect behind Macklin Celebrini
- ‘Physically, he’s a beast’: Why NHL teams like 2024 NHL Draft defenseman Sam Dickinson
- Zeev Buium is a proven winner – and that will excite teams at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Zeev Buium is turning heads at world juniors
- Why Ivan Demidov is worth the risk at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Meet Ivan Demidov, the 2024 NHL Draft prospect that some think might be better than Matvei Michkov
- Can the unbreakable Zayne Parekh become an elite defender in the NHL?
- Zayne Parekh is one of the 2024 NHL Draft’s most exciting players
- Anton Silayev is the 2024 NHL Draft’s most fascinating prospect
- Is Berkly Catton the most underrated top prospect for the 2024 NHL Draft?
- Tij Iginla is more than just Jarome’s son – he’s a future NHL star
- NHL teams: Let Cole Eiserman fall in the 2024 Draft at your own risk (from Matt Larkin)
- Meet Cole Eiserman, the 2024 NHL Draft’s scoring superstar drawing comparisons to Matthews, Ovechkin
- Cole Eiserman is chasing Caufield’s goal record – but will it be enough to help his NHL Draft stock?
- Cole Eiserman is the 2024 NHL Draft’s biggest wild card
- Can Konsta Helenius use the World Championship to catapult his NHL Draft stock?
- ‘He’s the last player I’d want to go 1-on-1 with’: 2024 NHL Draft’s Carter Yakemchuk mixes skill and violence
- Fully healthy, Aron Kiviharju is back stronger and ready for the 2024 NHL Draft
- Want to get past 2024 NHL Draft prospect EJ Emery? Good luck
- How Nikita Artamonov leaned on Igor Larionov to become a first-round 2024 NHL Draft prospect
- ‘He makes it look so easy’: Cole Hutson’s record-breaking junior career has him set for the 2024 NHL Draft
- How Mikhail Yegorov used puzzles and chess to become a top 2024 NHL Draft goalie prospect
- High-Risk, High-Reward: Which NHL team will bet big on Henry Mews?
- Saku Koivu’s son, Aatos Koivu, is one of the 2024 NHL Draft’s biggest risers
- A pair of Norwegian teenagers are about to make NHL Draft history
- South African-born Harrison Brunicke could be a surprise first-round 2024 NHL Draft target
- Will Alex Zetterberg’s unquestioned skill trump size at 2024 NHL Draft?
- Will an NHL team bet high on 2024 draft prospect Sam O’Reilly?
- Egor Surin could be a high-reward pickup at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Carter George’s strong mental game could make him first goalie taken at 2024 NHL Draft
- Captain America: Brodie Ziemer brings leadership, hard-working effort to 2024 NHL Draft
- Meet the best prospect you’ve never heard of: Lou Lévesque’s unlikely fast-track to a top role on a top team (from Madison Delaval)
Lists
- Top 10 sleeper picks for the 2024 NHL Draft
- 2024 NHL Draft: The top 15 goalies
- Top 10 prospects to watch from smaller hockey countries
- The 10 biggest risers for the 2024 NHL Draft
- Top 10 ‘big guy’ prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft
- The Top 15 centers
- The Top 15 wingers
- The top 15 defensemen
- 2024 NHL Draft: Top 10 under-the-radar prospects
- 2024 NHL Draft pre-season watch list: 350 players you need to know
- Top 5 early riser prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft
- Top five 2024 NHL Draft prospects to watch at the NCAA Tournament
- 2024 NHL Draft: Top 20 prospects to watch at the Under-18 World Championship
- Top 10 NHL Draft prospects to watch at 2024 World Junior Championship
- Top 15 prospects to watch at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
- Top performers from the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
- Eiserman, Hutson among top standouts from All-American Game
Scouting Reports
- May 20: How the top 2024 NHL Draft prospects are performing at the IIHF World Championship
May 6: Scouting reports on more than 100 prospects from U-18 World Championship - April 5: Zayne Parekh, Tij Iginla, Ivan Demidov, Berkly Catton, terik Parascak, Beckett Sennecke, Michael Hage, Ondrej Becher, Matvei Gridin, Clare Caswell
Jan. 16: Cole Eiserman, EJ Emery, John Mustard, Cole Hutson, Teddy Stiga, Brodie Ziemer, Will Felicio, Kaden Shahan, Trevor Connelly, Max Plante, Sacha Boisvert, Philippe Blais-Savoie - Jan. 12: Macklin Celebrini, Mac Swanson, Trevor Connelly, James Reeder, Sam Dickinson, Clarke Caswell, Joseph Henneberry, Matyas Melovsky, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Marcus Gidlof
- Dec. 8: Ivan Demidov, Gabriel Frasca, Cole Beaudoin, Carter Yakemchuk, Jakub Milota, Tory Pitner, Dean Letourneau, Ryker Lee, Leon Muggli, Christian Kirsch
- Dec. 1: Konsta Helenius, Henry Mews, Thomas Desruisseaux, Andrew Basha, Christian Humphreys, John Mustard, Kim Saarinen, Leo Sahlin Wallenius, Alfons Feij
- Nov. 24: Zayne Parekh, Carter George, Parker Von Richter, Justin Poirier, Julius Miettinen, Zeev Buium, Kamil Bednarik, Austin Burnevik, Igor Chernyshov
- Nov. 17: Cole Hutson, Michael Hage, Anthony Romani, Maxmilian Curran, Eriks Mateiko, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Melvin Fernstrom, Alex Zetterberg, Daniel Nieminen, Tomas Galvas
- Nov. 7: Berkly Catton, Adam Jecho, Luca Marrelli, Liam Greentree, Marcus Kearsey, James Reeder, Aidan Park, Simon Zether, Lucas Pettersson
- Oct. 31: Cayden Lindstrom, Clarke Caswell, Alexandre Blais, Felix Lacerte, Beckett Sennecke, Max Plante, Hagen Burrows, Tanner Adams, Joona Saarelainen, Linus Eriksson
- Oct. 24: Artyom Levshunov, Jakub Fibigr, Ben Danford, Maxim Masse, Tanner Howe, Christian Humphreys, Matvei Gridin, Jonathan Morello, Noel Fransen, Petteri Rimpinen
- Oct. 17: Macklin Celebrini, Cole Eiserman, William Zellers, Ti Iginla, Terik Parascak, Ryerson Leenders, Luke Misa, Zayne Parekh, Emil Hemming, Nikita Artamonov
Miscellaneous
- Every team’s biggest need at the 2024 NHL Draft – and whom they might take
- 2024 NHL Draft Combine Notebook: What we learned
- 2024 NHL Draft: 25 top prospects scout each other
- 2024 NHL Draft Superlatives: Top skater, shooter, highest ceiling and more
- Tij Iginla leads the crop of top 2024 draft prospects with NHL bloodlines
- Eiserman, Sahlin Wallenius among top performers at Five Nations tournament
- What to expect at the NHL Draft: Recent first-rounders’ advice to the class of 2024 (from Matt Larkin)
- Breaking down every NHL team’s draft pick situation ahead of 2024 NHL Trade Deadline
- The best player drafted with picks No. 1-32 (from Scott Maxwell)
- The best player drafted with picks No. 33-64 (from Scott Maxwell)
- Best player at every NHL Draft pick: #65-96 (from Scott Maxwell)
- Best player at every NHL Draft pick: #97-128 (from Scott Maxwell)
- Best player at every NHL Draft pick: #129-160 (from Scott Maxwell)
- Best player at every NHL Draft pick: #161-192 (from Scott Maxwell)
- Best player at every NHL Draft pick: #193-224 (from Scott Maxwell)