2024 NHL Draft pre-season watch list: 350 players you need to know

Sep 8, 2023

2024 NHL Draft pre-season watch list: 350 players you need to know

Credit: Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff

We still don’t have a date and don’t officially know the location (although Vegas is the prevailing No. 1 choice), but it’s time to prepare for the 2024 NHL Draft.

Earlier this summer, I released Daily Faceoff’s early top 32 list to get you up to speed. Macklin Celebrini, Cole Eiserman, Artyom Levshunov and Ivan Demidov are the top names you need to know, and not much has changed. We’ve seen a bit of hockey since then, including the season-opening Hlinka Gretzky Cup and some European pro games, but things haven’t really kicked into gear.

But it’s time to expand the list. If you’re looking for a sortable Google Sheets document, check out what Smaht Scouting’s Josh Tessler and RecScouting’s Gabe Foley have assembled.

Today, here’s a look at 350 players you need to know this draft season, with bolded players appearing on the top 32 list from July:

AJHL

Finn McLaughlin, LHD (Canmore Eagles)
Nathan Free, C (Brooks Bandits)

BCHL

Aidan Souligny, LHD (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Callum Hughes, LW (West Kelowna Warriors)
Carsten Kayter, LHD (Langley Riverman)
Daniel Vasic, C/LW (Alberni Valley Bulldogs)
JJ Monteiro, C (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Kazumo Sasaki, RW (Prince George Spruce Kings)
Matthew Lee, RW (Powell River Kings)
Nicholas Wellenreiter, RW (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Reid Varkonyi, C (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Riley Ashe, RW (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Rylan Bonkowski, D (Surrey Eagles)

CCHL

Jaden Cholette, G (Nepean Raiders)
Liam Calvert, C/LW (Carleton Place Canadians)
Mathieu Fillion, C (Rockland Nationals)
Miller Kay, C/RW (Carleton Place Canadiens)
Jack Paquette, RHD (Brockville Braves)
Tyler Smith, C (Rockland Nationals)

CZECHIA

Adam Ebenstreit, G (Karlovy Vary)
Adam Jiricek, RHD (Plzen)
Alex Kubanek, LHD (Dynamo Pardubice)
Jan Kucera, C/LW (Mlada Boleslav)
Josef Teply, RW (Mlada Boleslav)
Tomas Galvas, LHD (Olomouc)

FINLAND

Aatu Heinanen, LW (HIFK)
Aatu Karvinen, RW (Jokerit)
Alex Kim, LW (Assat)
Andrej Tomasec, C (KooKoo)
Bruno Jalasti, RHD (HIFK)
Daniel Nieminen, LHD (Pelicans)
Emil Hemming, RW (TPS)
Lauri Sinivouri, LW (HIFK)
Joona Saarelainen, C (KalPa)
Oliver Kopiloff, LW (HPK)
Toni Nyman, LHD (HIFK)
Aatos Koivu, C (TPS)
Adam Jecho, RW (Tappara)
Aron Kiviharju, LHD (TPS)
Daniel Salonen, G (Luuko)
David Svozil, LHD (Ilves)
Dominik Badinka, RHD (Jokerit)
Eelis Marila, LHD (HIFK)
Eemil Vinni, G (HIFK)
Joonas Paqvalin, LW (Jokerit)
Julius Miettinen, LW (HIFK)
Kasper Pikkarainen, RW (TPS)
Konsta Helenius, RW (Jukurit)
Leo Tuuva, RW (Lukko)
Markus Loponen, C (Karpat)
Matti Butkovskiy, LW (Jukurit)
Maxim Eliseev, RW (Jokerit)
Mitja Jokinen, LHD (TPS)
Natan Teshome, RW (Jokerit)
Nemo Pajula, RHD (Ilves)
Niilopekka Muhonen, LHD (KalPa)
Niklas Nykyri, LHD (Lukko)
Ondrej Kos, LW (Kos)
Petteri Rimpinen, G (Kiekko-Espoo)
Roope Rajala, LW (Tappara)
Roope Vesterinen, RW (HPK)
Sebastian Soini, RHD (Ilves)
Toms Trockis, RW (Hermes)
Topias Hynninen, RW (Jukurit)
Tuomas Suoniemi, C (TPS)
Veeti Väisänen, LHD (KooKoo)
Veikka Mäki-Runsas, LW (Roki)

Germany

Dean Doge, G (Eisbaren Berlin)
Henry Homann (Landshut)
Paul Mayer, LHD (Adler Mannheim)

NAHL

Ajay White, G (Chippewa Steel)
Ben Rakowski, LW (Colorado Grit)
Caleb Mahar, RW (Colorado Grit)
Lukas Peterson, RHD (Green Bay Gamblers)
Sam Scheetz, LW (Chippewa Steel)
Tai Ushio, RW (Minnesota Wilderness)

NCAA

Artyom Levshunov, RHD (Michigan State University)
Macklin Celebrini, C (Boston University)
Zeev Buium, LHD (University of Denver)

Norway

Stian Solberg, LHD (Valerenga)

OHL

AJ Spellacy, C/RW (Windsor Spitfires)
Alex Kostov, RW (Soo Greyhounds)
Anthony Cristoforo, RHD (Windsor Spitfires)
Antonio Tersigni, LW (Owen Sound Attack)
Beckett Sennecke, RW (Oshawa Generals)
Ben Danford, RHD (Oshawa Generals)
Benjamin Cormier, C (Owen Sound Attack)
Brett Hammond, C (Erie Otters)
Carson Woodall, LHD (Windsor Spitfires)
Cole Beaudoin, C (Barrie Colts)
Dylan Woulds, LHD (Peterborough Petes)
Dylan Richter, C (North Bay Battalion)
Ethan Procyszyn, RW (North Bay Battalion)
Evan Van Gorp, LW (London Knights)
Frankie Marrelli, LHD (Ottawa 67’s)
Henry Mews, RHD (Ottawa 67’s)
Jack Van Volsen, C (Mississauga Steelheads)
Jakub Chromiak, RHD (Sudbury Wolves)
Jakub Fibigr, LHD (Mississauga Steelheads)
Josef Eichler, RHD (Windsor Spitfires)
Kevin He, LW (Niagara IceDogs)
Leo Serlin, RW (Guelph Storm)
Liam Greentree, RW (Windsor Spitfires)
Luca Marrelli, RHD (Oshawa Generals)
Luca Testa, C (Hamilton Bulldogs)
Luke Misa, C (Mississauga Steelheads)
Matthew Virgilio, LHD (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Michael Levin, LW (Niagara IceDogs)
Nathan Omeri, RHD (Sarnia Sting)
Nathan Villeneuve, C (Sudbury Wolves)
Riley Patterson, C (Barrie Colts)
Ryerson Leenders, G (Mississauga Steelheads)
Ryder Boulton, C (London Knights)
Sam Dickinson, LHD (London Knights)
Tate Vader, C (Soo Greyhounds)
Zachary Sandhu, LHD (Guelph Storm)
Zayne Parekh, RHD (Saginaw Spirit)

OJHL

Izayah Luddington, RHD (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)
Lucas Ellinas, C (North York Rangers)
Jonathan Morello, LW (St. Michael’s Buzzers)
Parker Forlin, C (Niagara Falls Canucks)

Prep

Aidan Park, C (Shattuck’s St. Mary’s)
Cole King, G (Wilbraham & Monson Academy)
Drake Murray, RHD (Shattuck’s St. Mary’s)
Hayden Plimley, G (Hebron Academy)
Laz Giardina, LW (Lawrence Academy)
Ryan Staples, C (St. George’s)
Shaun Rios, LW (Shattuck’s St. Mary’s)
Teddy MacAusland, RW (Noble & Greenough)
Vincent Gazquez, C (Ridley)
William Zellers, LW (Shattuck’s St. Mary’s)

QMJHL

Adam Fortier-Gendron, LHD (Moncton Wildcats
Ales Zielinski, LHD (Moncton Wildcats)
Alexandre Blais, LW (Rimouski Oceanic)
Éliot L’Italien C (Blainsville-Boisbriand Armada)
Eriks Mateiko, LW (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Felix Lacerte, C (Shawnigan Cataractes)
Jakub Milota, G (Cape Breton Eagles)
Jérémy Leroux, C (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Justin Poirier, RW (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Kristers Ansons, LW (Blainvile-Boisbriand Armada)
Logan Crosby, RW (Halifax Mooseheads)
Marek Beaudoin, LW (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Maxim Massé, RW (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Owen Phillips, RHD (Halifax Mooseheads)
Quinn Kennedy, C (Rimouski Oceanic)
Thomas Desruisseauxm C (Cape Breton Eagles)
Tomas Lavoie, RHD (Cape Breton Eagles)
William Shields, RW (Cape Breton Eagles)
Yannik Ponzetto, LW (Halifax Mooseheads)

RUSSIA

Alexander Bazhukhin, LW (Togliatti)
Alexander Shen, RW (Yugry)
Alexei Elblaus, LW (Loko-76 Yaroslavl)
Alexei Rodionov, LHD (Krasnaya Armiya)
Andrei Krutov, LW (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
Anton Silayev, LHD (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
Arsen Taimazov, RHD (Dynamo Moscow)
Arsen Vorobyov, LW (CSKA Moscow)
Artyom Shchuchinov, LHD (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Bogdan Popovsky, RHD (Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk)
Daniil Markov, G (Serebryanye)
Danila Poroshkov, C (Krasnaya Armiya Moskva)
Danila Sysoyev, LW (Omskie Yastreby)
Dmitri Khobyan, RW (Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk)
Ignat Lutfullin, RW (SKA-1946 St. Petersburg)
Igor Chernyshov, LW (MK Dynamo Moskva)
Ilya Ivanov, C (Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk)
Ilya Pautov, LW (Krasnaya Armiya Moskva)
Islom Dzhabberganov, LHD (SKA-1946 St. Petersburg)
Ivan Demidov, RW (SKA St. Petersburg)
Ivan Kornilov, RHD (Krasnogorsk)
Konstantin Biryukov, RHD (Vityazi)
Leonid Kolodiy, LW (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Matvei Babenko, RW (Tolpar Ufa)
Matvei Shuravin, LHD (Krasnaya Armiya Moskva)
Maxim Velikov, RW (Krasnaya Armiya)
Mikhail Korotkov, G (Krasnogorsk)
Nikita Artamonov, RW (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
Nikita Frolov, RW (Krasnaya Armiya)
Nikita Onishko, RW (Irbis Kazan)
Oleg Trofimchuk, RW (MHK Spartak Moskva)
Roman Kuznetsov, C (Nizhny Novgorod)
Roman Luttsev, C (Loko Yaroslavl)
Roman Shokhrin, LHD (Loko Yaroslavl)
Tikhon Shakalov, RHD (Spartak Moscow)
Timur Kol, LHD (Omskie Yastreby)
Vitali Korolyuk, LW (Krylia Sovetov Moskva)
Yegor Graf, C (SKA St. Petersburg)
Yegor Klimovich (LW (Sibir Novosibirsk)
Yegor Paskin, LHD (Tolpar Ufa)
Yegor Surin, C (Loko Yaroslavl)
Yuri Mortsinkevich, C (Avto Yekaterinburg)

SLOVAKIA

Adam Belusko, LHD (Kosice)
Adam Horvath, RW (Propad)
Felix Berats, LHD (Dukla Trencin)
Miroslav Satan, C (Slovan Bratislava)
Ondrej Maruna, G (Dukla Trencin)
Richard Komendát, RW (Kosice)
Samuel Kupec, LHD (Dukla Trencin)

SWEDEN

Adam Hlinsky, LHD (HV71)
Adam Hesselvall, C/RW (Södertälje SK)
Alexander Zetterberg, C (Orebro)
Alfons Freij, LHD (Vaxjo Lakers)
Anton Linde, LHD (Vaxjo Lakers)
Anton Olsson, LHD (Mora IK)
Arvid Bergström, LHD (Djurgarden)
Arvid Westlin, RW (Linkoping)
Axel Nyman, G (Rogle BK)
Bruno Idzan, LW (HV71)
Darels Uljanskis, LHD (AIK)
Edvin Nilsson, LHD (HV71)
Edvin Nääs, LHD (Brynas)
Elliot Sigrell, RW (AIK)
Elias Knoester, C (Malmo Redhawks)
Elias Straume Vatne, C (Farjestad)
Elis Walldén, LW (Timra IK)
Emil Stadin, LHD (Frolunda)
Eric Bürger, LHD (Orebro)
Eric Olsson, G (Orebro)
Felix Lindberg, LHD (Orebro)
Felix Öhrqvist, LHD (Linkoping)
Gabriel Eliasson, LHD (HV71)
Gabriel Jansson, RW (Farjestad)
Gustav Öberg, RW (MoDo)
Gustav Sjöqvist, LHD (AIK)
Herman Liv, G (Orebro)
Hjalte Kruse Thomsen
Hugo Laring, G (Frolunda)
Hugo Zetterlund, LW (Skellefteå AIK)
Isak Jakobsson, LHD (Djurgarden)
Jack Berglund, LW (Farjestad)
Jack Bodin, RHD (Orebro)
Jamiro Reber, C (HV71)
Joakim Engholm, RW (Farjestad)
Johannes Neumann, LW (Rogle)
Jonathan Özdemir, RW (Linkoping)
Karl Sterner, RW (Frolunda)
Laban Persson, RHD (Rogle)
Leo Sahlin Wallenius, LHD (Vaxjo)
Liam Danielssonm RW (Orebro)
Linus Eriksson, C (Djurgarden)
Loke Johansson, LHD (AIK)
Lucas Kling, C (Farjestad)
Lucas Pettersson, C (MoDo)
Lucas Ryen, C (Farjestad)
Måns Toresson, C (Frolunda)
Marcus Gidlöf, G (Leksand)
Marwin Jarbsjö, RW (Rogle)
Max Grundström, C (Frolunda)
Max Gustafsson, RW (Rogle)
Max Vilén, LHD (Malmo)
Melker Morin, LHD (Rogle)
Melker Sigurd, LHD (MoDo)
Melvin Fernström, C (Orebro)
Melwin Last, LHD (Frolunda)
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, RW (Mora IK)
Nils Roberts Maurins, G (Södertälje)
Noel Öhgren, LW (Djurgarden)
Oskar Vuollet, C (Skelleftea)
Simon Westling, G (Vaxjo)
Simon Zether, C (Rogle)
Teodor Munther, G (Djurgarden)
Tobias Öhman, C (Orebro)
Viggo Gustafsson, LHD (HV71)
Viktor Olofsson, LW (HV71)
Vincent Sandberg, C (HV71)
Wiktor Jerneheim, LHD (Brynas)
Zaki Crookes, RW (Leksand)

SWITZERLAND

Christian Kirsch, G (Zug)
Daniil Ustinkov, LHD (Kushacht)
Jordan Forget, RW (Lausanne)
Leon Muggli, LHD (Zug)
Leonardo Domenichelli, C/RW (Lugano)
Nils Wehrli, LW (Zug)

USHL

Adam Kleber, RHD (Lincoln Stars)
Alex Bales, LHD (Tri-City Storm)
Artemi Nizameyev, LW (Tri-City Storm)
Brian Lonergan, RHD (Fargo Force)
Brandt Dubey, LHD (Tri-City Storm)
Cameron Briere, C (Tri-City Storm)
Cole Longacre, LHD (Sioux City Musketeers)
Colin Frank, RW (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
Drew Stewart, C (Cedar Rapids Roughriders)
Eero Butella, C/RW (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Gennadi Chaly, RHD (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Grant Young, C (Youngstown Phantoms)
Griffin Erdman, C/LW (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Jack Edwards, C (Lincoln Stars)
James Reeder, C (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
Jason Davenport, RHD (Sioux Falls Stampede)
Javon Moore, LW (Sioux Falls Stampede)
Jimmy Dodig, C (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
John McNelis, LW (Sioux Falls Stampede)
Joseph Mense, RHD (Sioux City Musketeers)
Keith McInnis, LHD (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Kuzma Voronin, RW (Youngstown Phantoms)
Landan Resendes, RW (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders)
Mac Swanson, C (Fargo Force)
Matthew Frost, C (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Matvei Gridin, LW (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Michael Hage, C (Chicago Steel)
Owen Keefe, LHD (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Sacha Boisvert, C (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Sebastian Gatto, G (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Theo Kiss, LW (Des Moines Buccaneers)
Tobias Pitka, C (Green Bay Gamblers)
Tory Pitner, RHD (Youngstown Phantoms)
Trevor Connelly, LW (Tri-City Storm)
Tyler Borgula, RW (Sioux Falls Stampede)
Will Felicio, LHD (Madison Capitols)
Xavier Veilleux, D (Muskegon Lumberjacks)

USNTDP

Brendan McMorrow, RW
Brodie Ziemer, RW
Christian Humphreys, C
Charles Pardue, C
Cole Eiserman, RW
Cole Hutson, LHD
E.J. Emery, RHD
John Whipple, LHD
Kamil Bednarik, C
Kristian Epperson, LW
Max Plante, LW
Teddy Stiga, LW
Will Shahan, D

WHL

Adam Jecho, RW (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Adam Titlbach, C (Vancouver Giants)
Andrew Basha, LW (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Berkly Catton, C (Spokane Chiefs)
Brayden Dube, RW (Prince Albert Raiders)
Bryce Pickford, RHD (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Carson Wetsch, RW (Calgary Hitmen)
Carter Yakemchuk, RHD (Calgary Hitmen)
Cayden Lindstrom, C (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Charlie Elick, RHD (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Clarke Caswell, LW (Swift Current Broncos)
Diego Buttazzoni, C (Portland Winterhawks)
Gavin Hodnett, C (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Hiroki Gojsic, RW (Kelowna Rockets)
Jesse Heslop, C (Everett Silvertips)
Lukas Kral, LW (Spokane Chiefs)
Marek Howell, LHD (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Miguel Marques, RW (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Ollie Josephson, C (Red Deer Rebels)
Ryder Ritchie, LW (Prince Albert Raiders)
Tanner Howe, LW (Regina Pats)
Terik Parascak, RW (Prince George Cougars)
Tij Iginla, C (Kelowna Rockets)
Tomas Mrsic, C (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Tristen Doyle, RHD (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Tyson Buczkowski, LHD (Prince George Cougars)
William McIsaac, RHD (Spokane Chiefs)

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