The Hockey News

In this year's edition of The Hockey News' Draft Preview, we give you the lowdown on the top 100 prospects available in the 2024 NHL draft. As we count them down from No. 1 to 100, we have in-depth scouting reports, bio info and stats for each youngster. Also, we have NHL Team Reports on all 32 clubs (including Utah!), which look at the short- and long-term needs of each team. And finally, you'll find feature stories on top-prospect Macklin Celebrini, as well as Taj Iginla, Cole Eiserman, Artyom Levshunov, Sam Dickinson, Michael Hage and more.

NO STRESS AT THE SPHERE

MASTHEAD

PUBLISHER PECKER

SEISMIC CHANGE • Major-junior players aren’t eligible to suit up in the NCAA – but that might be about to change. If it does, it could cause a massive, and potentially devastating, ripple effect throughout junior leagues across North America

BEHIND THE MASK

JERSEY HOUND

GOALIE GRAB-O-METER-O-METER • For every Marc-Andre Fleury, Carey Price or Roberto Luongo – who fit the bill as first-round goaltending royalty – there are just as many masked men who achieved NHL stardom despite being taken in the later rounds. Here are six such stoppers who were selected after the midpoint of their respective drafts

IN THE CARDS

THE COUNTDOWN • There are plenty of stars, no doubt, but there are also a number of whoopsies on our list of each franchise’s highest-picked blueliner

2024 DRAFT ORDER

PICKS BY ROUND

BOB COLE • Nobody called a game like the legendary broadcaster, with his distinctive and dramatic delivery that elevated the action for hockey fans from coast to coast…and in Newfoundland

CLEAR-CUT #1 • IS MACKLIN CELEBRINI ON CONNOR BEDARD’S LEVEL? MAYBE NOT QUITE, BUT THE HOCKEY WORLD SHOULD BE BUZZING MORE FOR A KID WHO WILL BE PICKED FIRST OVERALL AND STANDS TO BE A SUPERSTAR FOR YEARS TO COME

AHEAD OF HIS TIME • FOR REASONS BEYOND JUST HIS SIZE, SAM DICKINSON STANDS OUT AMONG HIS PEERS IN A DEFENSE-DEEP DRAFT. AND THE FACT THERE’S ROOM TO GROW, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND WITH HIS SKILLS, MAKES HIM ALL THE MORE INTRIGUING

LEAVING HOME FOR THE NHL • ARTYOM LEVSHUNOV LEFT HIS NATIVE BELARUS TWO YEARS AGO AND HASN’T BEEN BACK AS HE WORKS TOWARD HIS BIG-LEAGUE DREAM. HIS SACRIFICES ARE ABOUT TO PAY OFF

SAM DICKINSON VS ARTYOM LEVSHUNOV

IGGY POP REVIVAL • TIJ IGINLA IS THE SON OF A HALL OF FAMER AND SHARES HIS FATHER’S GOAL-SCORING PROWESS – AND HE MIGHT EVEN GET DRAFTED HIGHER THAN DEAR OLD DAD

BULLET TRAIN • THE DRAFT’S STANDOUT SHARPSHOOTER HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO HONE HIS GOAL-SCORING CRAFT. BUT HE’S NO ONE-TRICK PONY. COLE EISERMAN IS ALSO PUTTING IN THE WORK ON HIS DEFENSIVE GAME TO ENSURE HE’S NHL-READY FROM DAY 1

DOING IT FOR DAD • DESPITE FACING AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY, MICHAEL HAGE HAS SHOT UP THE DRAFT BOARDS TO BECOME A TOP-END PROSPECT

READY TO REIGNITE • THE FLAMES MAY HAVE DULLED, BUT WITH A PROMISING PIPELINE, AN ESTABLISHED CORE AND A BOATLOAD OF DRAFT PICKS, IT MIGHT NOT BE LONG BEFORE CALGARY IS BACK IN RED-HOT PURSUIT OF A STANLEY CUP

THN DRAFT RANKINGS • If you didn’t know about the strength of the name Macklin, you’ll find out in seasons to come

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