2024 NHL Draft Hub: Scouting reports, rankings, interviews and so much more

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

• Jan. 18: Midseason Top 50
• Nov. 8: Mid-November Top 40
• Sept. 29: Preseason Top 32
• July 3: A Very Early Top 32

Player Profiles

• Meet Macklin Celebrini, the top prospect for the 2024 NHL Draft
• Zeev Buium is turning heads at world juniors
• Meet Ivan Demidov, the 2024 NHL Draft prospect that some think might be better than Matvei Michkov
• Meet Cole Eiserman, the 2024 NHL Draft’s scoring superstar drawing comparisons to Matthews, Ovechkin
• Cole Hutson is already standing out for the 2024 NHL Draft
• Konsta Helenius needs to be on your radar
• Get excited about Aron Kiviharju, one of the 2024 NHL Draft’s premier defensemen

Lists

• 2024 NHL Draft pre-season watch list: 350 players you need to know
• Top 5 early riser prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft
• Top 10 NHL Draft prospects to watch at 2024 World Junior Championship
• Top 15 prospects to watch at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Scouting Reports

• 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

• 2024 NHL Draft Lottery Odds: Which teams have the best chance to select Macklin Celebrini?
• Which franchise would be the most interesting 2024 NHL Draft Lottery winner? (from Matt Larkin)