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- Mock drafts
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- Looking ahead to the 2024 NHL Draft and beyond
Recent Posts
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2024 NHL Draft Rankings
2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Forbes’ Top 128 Final Rankings
2024 NHL Draft: Reimer’s Final 3-Round Rankings
2024 NHL Draft Rankings Final Consensus – Top 32
2024 NHL Draft: The “Do Not Draft” List
2024 NHL Draft Rankings – Horn’s Final Top 128 for June
2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Baracchini’s Top 128 Final Rankings
2024 NHL Draft: Which Playoff Surges Will Lead to a Jump in Rankings?
2024 NHL Draft Rankings – Forbes’ Top 100 for May
2024 NHL Draft Rankings – Horn’s Top 100 for April
Baracchini’s Top 96 March Rankings
Forbes’ Top 96 February Rankings
Horn’s Top 100 for February
Baracchini’s Top 64 January Rankings
Horn’s Top 32 for December
Baracchini’s Top 32 Preseason Rankings
Mock Drafts
2024 NHL Draft: Horn’s Final 2-Round Mock Draft
Horn’s Early Top-16 Mock Draft
2024 NHL Draft: Horn’s Mock Draft 1.0
2024 NHL Mock Draft: Horn’s Mock Draft 2.0
2024 NHL Draft: Baracchini’s Mock Draft
THW 2024 Mock NHL Draft Round 1: Our Writers Make Their Picks
2024 NHL Mock Draft: Horn’s Mock Draft 3.0
Draft Combine
Emptying the 2024 NHL Combine Notebook
2024 NHL Combine Heights & Weights
15 Takeaways From NHL Combine Top Prospects Media Availability
Macklin Celebrini & Top Defensemen Headline the 2024 NHL Combine
Draft Lottery
Guide to the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery
Sharks Win 2024 NHL Draft Lottery, Everyone Stays Put
2024 NHL Draft- Prospect Profiles
Top 5 Hopefuls
Celebrini, Macklin
Demidov, Ivan
Dickinson, Sam
Helenius, Konsta
Lindstrom, Cayden
Silayev, Anton
Top 16 Hopefuls
Brandsegg-Nygård, Michael
Buium, Zeev
Catton, Berkly
Celebrini, Macklin
Connelly, Trevor
Demidov, Ivan
Dickinson, Sam
Eiserman, Cole
Greentree, Liam
Helenius, Konsta
Iginla, Tij
Levhsunov, Artyom
Lindstrom, Cayden
Parekh, Zayne
Silayev, Anton
Yakemchuk, Carter
Forwards
Allard, Owen
Artamonov, Nikita
Babenko, Matvei
Battaglia, Jacob
Basha, Andrew
Beaudoin, Cole
Becher, Ondrej
Bednarik, Kamil
Berglund, Jack
Blais, Alexandre
Boilard, Raoul
Boisvert, Sacha
Brandsegg-Nygård, Michael
Burrows, Hagen
Burnevik, Austin
Caswell, Clarke
Catton, Berkly
Celebrini, Macklin
Chernyshov, Igor
Connelly, Trevor
Curran, Maxmilian
Demidov, Ivan
Desruisseaux, Thomas
Eiserman, Cole
Eriksson, Linus
Epperson, Kristian
Fernström, Melvin
Frasca, Gabriel
Gojsic, Hiroki
Greentree, Liam
Gridin, Matvei
Hage, Michael
He, Kevin
Helenius, Konsta
Hemming, Emil
Hodnett, Gavin
Howe, Tanner
Humphreys, Christian
Iginla, Tij
Jecho, Adam
Josephson, Ollie
Koivu, Aatos
Kos, Ondrej
Lejon, Hugo
Letourneau, Dean
Lindstrom, Cayden
Luchanko, Jett
Marques, Miguel
Masse, Maxim
Mateiko, Eriks
Melovsky, Matyas
Miettinen, Julius
Misa, Luke
Moore, Javon
Mustard, John
O’Reilly, Sam
Parascak, Terik
Park, Aidan
Petrovsky, Servac
Patterson, Riley
Pettersson, Lucas
Pikkarainen, Kasper
Plante, Max
Pitre, Kaden
Poirier, Justin
Pridham, Jack
Protas, Ilya
Procyszyn, Ethan
Ritchie, Ryder
Romani, Anthony
Satan, Miroslav Jr.
Sennecke, Beckett
Sikora, Petr
Sitar, Filip
Spellacy, A.J.
Sterner, Karl
Stiga, Teddy
Surin, Yegor
Traff, Herman
Vanacker, Marek
Van Vliet, Lucas
Van Volsen, Jack
Villeneuve, Nathan
Vuollet, Oskar
Walton, Kieron
Wetsch, Carson
Zellers, William
Zether, Simon
Zetterberg, Alexander
Zetterlund, Hugo
Ziemer, Brodie
Defensemen
Alcos, Parker
Badinka, Dominik
Bodin, Jack
Brunicke, Harrison
Buium, Zeev
Christoforo, Anthony
Danford, Ben
Dickinson, Sam
Eliasson, Gabriel
Elick, Charlie
Emery, EJ
Fibigr, Jakub
Fischer, Lukas
Fransén, Noel
Freij, Alfons
Galvas, Tomas
Gill, Spencer
Henricks, Tanner
Hutson, Cole
Jiricek, Adam
Kiviharju, Aaron
Kleber, Adam
Lavoie, Tomas
Levshunov, Artyom
Marelli, Frankie
Marelli, Luca
Mews, Henry
Muggli, Leon
Osburn, Luke
Parekh, Zayne
Pulkkinen, Jesse
Ralph, Colin
Roberts, Colton
Sahlin Wallenius, Leo
Shokhrin, Roman
Shuravin, Matvei
Silayev, Anton
Skahan, Will
Smith, Tarin
Soini, Sebastian
Solberg, Stian
Ustinkov, Daniil
Vaisanen, Veeti
Von Richter, Parker
Woolley, Jared
Yakemchuk, Carter
Goalies
Gardner, Evan
George, Carter
Kempf, Nicholas
Leenders, Ryerson
Louhivaara, Veeti
Nabokov, Ilya
Saarinen, Kim
Vinni, Eemil
Yegorov, Mikhail
Top 5/10 Lists
Top 5 NHL-Ready Prospects Available in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Top 5 Offensive Defensemen in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Top 5 Defensive Defensemen in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Top 5 Power Forwards in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Top 5 Playmakers in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
2024 NHL Draft’s Top 10 American Prospects
2024 NHL Entry Draft- Top 10 Finnish Players
2024 NHL Draft Top 10 Russian Prospects
2024 NHL Draft’s Top 10 Swedish Prospects
2024 NHL Draft: 6 Bold Predictions
Positional Rankings
2024 NHL Draft: Top 10 Centres
2024 NHL Entry Draft: Top 10 Left Wingers
2024 NHL Entry Draft: Top 10 Right Wingers
2024 NHL Entry Draft: Top 10 Defensemen
2024 NHL Draft: Top 10 Goaltenders
League Rankings
Top 10 OHL Prospects
Top 10 QMJHL Prospects
Top 10 WHL Prospects
Top 10 American Prospects
Draft Coverage by NHL Team (Alphabetical)
Anaheim Ducks
- Ducks 2024 NHL Draft Targets: Carter Yakemchuk and Zayne Parekh
- Ducks 2024 NHL Draft Targets: Cayden Lindstrom
- Ducks 2024 NHL Draft Targets: Ivan Demidov
- Ducks 2024 NHL Draft Targets: Anton Silayev
- 3 Ducks’ First Round Targets in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- Ducks Awarded 3rd Pick in 2024 NHL Draft Lottery
- Ducks Should Use 3rd Pick in 2024 NHL Draft on a Defenseman
Arizona Coyotes/NHL Utah
- Utah Hockey Club 2024 Mock Draft
- Utah: 5 Burning Questions Entering the 2024 NHL Draft
- NHL Utah Could Pick Yakemchuk if Armstrong’s History Is Any Indication
- Utah 3-Round 2024 NHL Mock Draft
- NHL Utah’s First Ever Draft Pick Will Be 6th Overall
- Utah in Familiar Territory With 6th Pick in 2024 NHL Draft
- Utah Hockey’s Needs vs. Wants in 2024 NHL Draft
- Utah’s Top Defense Targets at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Utah’s Perfect Pick in 2024 NHL Draft Is Sam Dickinson
- Utah’s 2024 NHL Draft Decision: Berkly Catton vs. a Defenseman
Boston Bruins
- Ranking Bruins’ Positional Needs at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Bruins Don’t Have History on Their Side With 122nd Pick
Buffalo Sabres
- Buffalo Sabres 11th Overall Draft Target: Konsta Helenius
- Buffalo Sabres’ 2024 NHL Draft Target: Sam Dickinson
- Sabres Should Use All of Their 2024 Draft Picks
- Buffalo Sabres’ 2024 NHL Draft Target: Cole Eiserman
- Sabres’ 2024 NHL Draft Target: Carter Yakemchuk
- Sabres Potential 11th Overall Pick in 2024 Draft: Berkly Catton
- The Sabres’ Problem With the 11th Pick in the 2024 NHL Draft
- 4 Sabres Mid-Round Targets in the 2024 NHL Draft
- Sabres Can Address an Organizational Need With 11th Pick
- Buffalo Sabres’ 2024 NHL Draft Target: Beckett Sennecke
- 4 Players Buffalo Sabres Could Package 11th Overall Pick For
Calgary Flames
- Calgary Flames’ Potential 2nd & 3rd Round Draft Options
- Flames GM Conroy Discusses Potentially Drafting Tij Iginla
- Should the Calgary Flames Draft Tij Iginla?
- Calgary Flames Have Monumental Draft Ahead of Them
- Flames: Prospects They Have a Shot at Landing in 2024 NHL Draft
- Flames’ Draft Options if Tij Iginla Is Gone
- Flames Have Great Draft Options with 28th Pick
- Calgary Flames’ Potential 2nd & 3rd Round Draft Options
Carolina Hurricanes
- Hurricanes’ 2024 Draft Target: London Knights’ Sam O’Reilly
- Hurricanes’ 2024 Draft Target: Edmonton Oil Kings’ Adam Jecho
- Hurricanes’ 2024 Draft Target: Kingston Frontenacs’ Jacob Battaglia
- Hurricanes’ 2024 Draft Target: Waterloo Black Hawks’ John Mustard
- Hurricanes’ 2024 Draft Target: Brampton Steelheads’ Luke Misa
Chicago Blackhawks
- 5 Blackhawks Thoughts Before 2024 NHL Draft
- Blackhawks’ Best Option With No. 2 Pick Isn’t Obvious
- Blackhawks Have Good Options With 18th Overall Draft Pick
Colorado Avalanche
- 3 Avalanche First-Round Targets in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- Avalanche 2024 Draft Target: Malmo Redhawks’ Dominik Badinka
- Avalanche 2024 Draft Target: Prince George Cougars’ Terik Parascak
- Avalanche Farm System Needs a Really Strong 2024 Draft
- Avalanche 2024 Draft Target: Cole Beaudoin
Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Draft Guide
- Blue Jackets’ Waddell Talks Upcoming NHL Draft & Free Agency
- Blue Jackets Get Another Chance to Overcome Bad Lottery Luck
- Blue Jackets to Pick 4th in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- Blue Jackets Primed to Improve Prospect Pool With Fourth Pick
Detroit Red Wings
- Red Wings 2024 Draft Guide: Top 50 Targets, Trades & More
- Red Wings Mock Draft 2.0: All 7 Rounds & Trades
- Detroit Red Wings’ 2024 First-Round Draft Targets – Liam Greentree
- Red Wings 2024 Draft Targets: 5 Defensemen
- Red Wings Have History on Their Side with 15th Pick in 2024 NHL Draft
- 5 Red Wings’ First-Round Targets in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- 4 Red Wings’ First-Round Targets in the 2024 NHL Draft
- Red Wings Mock Draft 1.0: Detroit Picks 15th
- Red Wings: 3 Biggest Needs in 2024 NHL Draft
- What Can Red Wings Fans Expect From the 15th Overall Pick?
- Red Wings 2024 First Round Draft Targets: 5 Forwards
- Beckett Sennecke Is a Fit for the Red Wings at Pick 15
- Red Wings 2024 Draft Targets: 5 Defensemen
Edmonton Oilers
Florida Panthers
Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota Wild
- Minnesota Wild’s Best Draft Choices for 13th Overall
- 3 Minnesota Wild First-Round Targets in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Montreal Canadiens
- Canadiens to Meet with Draft Prospects Demidov, Eiserman, and Lindstrom Today
- Canadiens Should Not Make Draft Decisions Based on Bloodlines
- Insiders Confident the Canadiens Will Trade 26th Pick in 2024 NHL Draft
- Canadiens Can Add Next Generation of Koivu in 2024 NHL Draft
- 2024 Draft Prospect Ivan Demidov Could Be Perfect Player for Canadiens’ St. Louis
- Canadiens “Wine & Dine” Cayden Lindstrom at Combine; Should They Draft Him?
- Do the Canadiens Need to Draft a Kirby Dach Replacement?
- 2024 NHL Draft: Options for Canadiens’ Late 1st-Round Pick
- Canadiens Don’t Need to Finish Last to Find Scoring Help in Draft
- Canadiens 2024 Draft Strategy: Need Over Best Player Available
- Canadiens’ 3 Best Options for 5th Pick of 2024 NHL Draft
- Montreal Canadiens’ History with the No. 5 Draft Pick
- Montreal Canadiens’ 3-Round 2024 NHL Mock Draft
- Former Canadiens Scout Grant McCagg Looks to Continue Draft Prediction Success
- Canadiens Have Great Opportunity With 5th and 26th Picks in 2024 NHL Draft
- Canadiens Face Big Dilemma Over Size with 2024 First-Round Pick
Nashville Predators
New Jersey Devils
- Devils Can Maximize Assets by Trading Back in the Draft
- Devils’ Draft Plans Impacted by Rutger McGroarty’s Trade Availability
- Devils Can Get a Draft Steal by Taking Beckett Sennecke 10th Overall
- 3 Players the Devils Could Target with Their First-Round Pick
- Devils Can’t Pass on Cole Eiserman at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Devils Have Key Decision to Make With the 10th Pick in NHL Draft
- Devils’ Likeliest Draft Options in Deep 2024 Class
New York Islanders
- 5 Moves the Islanders Should Make During Draft Week
- New York Islanders’ 2024 NHL Draft Targets
- Islanders Must Trade With Sabres to Draft Cole Eiserman
- Islanders Have Great Draft Options With 2nd Round Picks
New York Rangers
Ottawa Senators
- Ottawa Senators’ First-Round Draft Targets – Beckett Sennecke
- Ottawa Senators’ First-Round Draft Targets – Tij Iginla
- Senators’ First Round Draft Targets – Sam Dickinson
- Senators First Round Draft Targets – Zayne Parekh
- An Early Look at the Ottawa Senators 2024 Draft Pick Options
- Ottawa Senators NHL Draft Lottery Primer
- What Should the Senators Prioritize with First-Round Picks?
- Ottawa Senators’ 2024 NHL Mock Draft
Philadelphia Flyers
- 4 Flyers Mock Trades That Can Fetch a First-Round Pick
- Flyers Should Prioritize Drafting Konsta Helenius
- Revisiting Flyers’ Drafts with Multiple 1st-Round Picks
- 4 Flyers Targets With 12th Overall Pick in the 2024 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins
- 5 Penguins’ Second Round Targets in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- 4 Penguins’ First Round Targets in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024 NHL Draft Needs
- Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024 Mock Draft
San Jose Sharks
- Sharks Drafting Macklin Celebrini Won’t Solve All Their Problems
- Sharks Win 2024 NHL Draft Lottery, Everyone Stays Put
- Sharks Need a Defenseman with 14th Pick in 2024 NHL Draft
Seattle Kraken
- Seattle Kraken’s 2024 Mock NHL Draft
- Seattle Kraken Options with 8th Pick at the 2024 NHL Draft
- Seattle Kraken’s 2nd Round Options at 2024 Draft
- Seattle Kraken’s 3rd Round Options at 2024 Draft
St. Louis Blues
- Blues’ 3-Round 2024 NHL Mock Draft
- 3 Blues Targets With the 16th Pick in the 2024 NHL Draft
- 3 St. Louis Blues’ First-Round Targets in the 2024 NHL Draft
- Blues’ 2024 First-Round Draft Pick Options
Tampa Bay Lightning
- Lightning Mid-Round Targets For 2024 NHL Draft
- Lightning Can Succeed With Stockpile of Late-Round Draft Picks
Toronto Maple Leafs
- Maple Leafs Meet With Jack Pridham, Son of Cap King
- 5 First-Round Draft Targets for the Maple Leafs
- 3 Defense Options for Maple Leafs to Target at 2024 NHL Draft
- Maple Leafs Should Trade Up to Draft Cole Eiserman
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights
Washington Capitals
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Igor Chernyshov
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Jett Luchanko
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Stian Solberg
- Capitals Draft History: Selecting Robert Picard
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Beckett Sennecke
- Washington Capitals’ History of Drafting 4th Overall
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Adam Jiricek
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Berkly Catton
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Michael Hage
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Cole Eiserman
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Carter Yakemchuk
- Capitals Have History on Their Side With 17th Pick
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Liam Greentree
- Washington Capitals 2024 Draft Target: Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
Winnipeg Jets
- 5 Winnipeg Jets’ Draft Targets with 37th Pick
- NHL History Shows Jets Will Get Value With 37th Pick in 2024 Draft
Player Features
Ivan Demidov’s Draft Stock Could Be Impacted By Matvei Michkov Update
5 Must-Have Prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft
2024 NHL Draft: The “Do Not Draft” List
2024 NHL Draft Mailbag: Your Questions Answered
2024 Draft Prospect Michael Hage’s Passion & Perspective Make Journey Worthwhile
Sam Dickinson’s Confidence Is High Heading Into the 2024 NHL Draft
Meet the Steal of the 2024 NHL Draft
Stian Solberg – The NHL Draft Prospect Everyone Should Know About
Cayden Lindstrom: The Power Forward Taking the 2024 NHL Draft by Storm
Maple Leafs Meet With Jack Pridham, Son of Cap King
Celebrini Talks of Going Somewhere Familiar, Basketball and the Collegiate Route
2024 Draft Prospect Berkly Catton Mastered Craft on Backyard Rink
Catching Up with Saginaw Spirit Defenseman Zayne Parekh
Macklin Celebrini’s Dominant Draft Year is One to Remember
NHL Draft-Eligible Players in the 2024 Memorial Cup
2024 NHL Draft: Which Playoff Surges Will Lead to a Jump in Rankings?
World Junior Championship Coverage
World Junior Championship All Time Leading Scorers
Players to Watch at the 2024 WJC
Guide to the 2024 World Junior Championship
2024 World Junior Rosters by NHL Team
Celebrini Clearly Atop 2024 Draft Class with WJC Performance
Looking Back At Older NHL Drafts
2023 NHL Draft Review
Grading Each Team’s Draft at the 2023 NHL Draft
Grading Every First Rounder in the 2023 Draft
Detroit Red Wings’ 2023 Draft Class Provides Depth & Debate
New Jersey Devils 2023 NHL Draft Review
Ottawa Senators’ 2023 Draft Class Full of Question Marks
Vegas Golden Knights’ 2023 Draft Review
Washington Capitals’ 2023 Draft Recap
Previous Draft Guides
- 2023 NHL Draft Guide
- 2022 NHL Draft Guide
- 2021 NHL Draft Guide
- 2020 NHL Draft Guide
- 2019 NHL Draft Guide
- 2018 NHL Draft Guide
- 2017 NHL Draft Guide
Forgotten Draft Picks
- 2014 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2013 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2012 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2011 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2010 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2009 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2008 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2007 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2006 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2005 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
- 2004 NHL Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
Where Are They Now?
- 2018 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2017 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2016 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2015 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2014 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2013 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2012 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2011 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2010 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?
- 2009 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now?