Sound Of Hockey Draft Week continues with a newly minted resource for draft savants and newcomers, alike. We have added links to shift-by-shift gameplay videos for almost 200 prospects eligible for the 2024 NHL Draft to the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. Direct link to the Board HERE. There is also summary chart with links to the videos further down in this post, and you can find them in a playlist on the Deep Sea Hockey YouTube Channel.

Our hope is that you find this a useful resource in preparing for and reviewing your favorite team’s draft picks. Bookmark it; share it. (Sound Of Hockey patrons, keep reading for an additional resource.)

Bringing access to draft prospects

When I think of successful public draft analysis, my mind often starts with Mel Kiper’s pioneering work delivering an outsider’s critical analysis on the NFL Draft. It began with general managers asking “Who the hell is Mel Kiper?” But fast forward to today, and there has been an explosion of public sphere football draft coverage. It has found a growing audience of educated and invested fans there to consume it. I know I enjoy NFL Draft coverage every year. 

I think about all of this in the context of preparing for the 2024 NHL Draft. I’d love to see the same market growth on the NHL side. That said, the NFL has at least three ingredients to its success–and decided avantages over the NHL–in delivering draft coverage.

First, and most important, is the popularity of the NFL. There is not a lot anyone in our position can do individually to change that situation. But I’d say campaigning and organizing for a 32nd hockey franchise, running a weekly Podcast, and providing in-depth coverage of a team and league–all as a passion-project gig–is Sound Of Hockey “doing our part” on that score. So, we’re trying.

Second, the NFL Draft delivers a type of instant gratification that is rarely seen on the NHL side. Do the Seattle Seahawks need an offensive lineman? Go draft one in the first round, and that player will be expected to start 17 NFL games in year one. In contrast, only a small handful of players make their NHL debut in their draft season. This year, perhaps only Macklin Celebrini can be considered “likely” to suit up in NHL gear in the fall. 

Again, there is not really much we at Sound Of Hockey can do about that, except to spread the good word that following drafted prospects in leagues around the world is its own joy. There are few things I have enjoyed more than tuning into the dulcet tones of Firebirds broadcaster Evan Pivnick to check in on the development of prospects like Logan Morrison or Ryan Winterton. I know John Barr is probably HV71’s No.1 fan in the United States from following Oscar Fisker Mølgaard’s post-draft season in the SHL. On the Sound Of Hockey Patreon and the Deep Sea Hockey YouTube Channel, I try to keep Kraken fans up to date with prospect videos when I can.

Third, fans are relatively more familiar with the players entering the NFL at the draft. The NFL’s development league–college football–is itself incredibly popular. Fans have existing knowledge of and relationships with the players. This means they can bring their own thoughts, hopes, and fears to the draft–above and beyond what they can find printed in a draft preview.

The NHL fan is hampered by the fact that there is no single development league to follow. NHL prospects come from anywhere and everywhere around the hockey-playing world. This is part of the beauty of it, but it hurts draft engagement.

This is where my prospect video project comes in. I wanted to get NHL fans more access to these players during the draft season. My hope is that greater access is a missing ingredient–a small entryway for fans into the NHL draft or hockey more generally.

For example, the Sound Of Hockey Big Board has Swedish forward Linus Erickson ranked No. 40 overall, which happens to be the position of the first second-round draft choice held by the Seattle Kraken. Erickson is an 18-year-old forward who played in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier Swedish professional hockey league, for Djurgårdens IF. Supposing Erickson were Seattle’s choice, what are the odds that the choice would generate anything other than a shrug from the vast majority of hockey fans in the Pacific Northwest? 

One could (and should) read the scouting work done on Erickson from outlets like EliteProspects and the reporting done by great public sphere analysts like Chris Peters of FloHockey. Peters calls Erickson “[a] sturdy forward with some good compete in his game” and projects a bottom-six role. How does that look on tape?

There may be highlights available somewhere, but highlights don’t tell the whole story. It’s valuable to know what a player can do operating at his peak, but what does his ordinary gameplay really look like? As a draft consumer myself, I wanted to know. 

All Shifts videos

As part of my more general project tracking hockey prospect data and public analyst rankings throughout the 2023-24 season, I had access to a shortlist of likely top prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft. I decided to watch and create video on as many of the top-150-ranked prospects as I could–as well as others that turned up favorably in my data-only draft rankings. 

For each player, I excerpted all of their shifts from a game, typically returning up to 20 minutes of gameplay.

I shared some of these already on X, formerly known as Twitter, where I marched through 50 draft prospects in 50 days earlier this spring. As of the publication of this post, a video for all of the players I watched is now publicly available on the DeepSeaHockey YouTube Channel. In particular, check out the 2024 NHL Draft Prospects playlist on YouTube

That said, one intended benefit of this project was to have all of the videos in one organized and easily-accessible resource. That is why we have included the video links in a table below. I have also added a video link for each prospect observed on the Sound Of Hockey Big Board–178 videos in total as of June 26, 2024.

Rank	Name	Position	Team (23-24)	League (23-24)	Prospect video
1	Macklin Celebrini	F	Boston Univ.	NCAA	10/13/23 v. UNH
2	Ivan Demidov	F	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	MHL	9/2/23 v. Dynamo Moskva
3	Artyom Levshunov	D	Michigan State Univ.	NCAA	1/27/24 v. Minnesota
4	Cayden Lindstrom	F	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	12/15/23 v. Calgary
5	Zeev Buium	D	Univ. of Denver	NCAA	3/30/24 v. Cornell
6	Berkly Catton	F	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	1/10/24 v. Red Deer
7	Sam Dickinson	D	London Knights	OHL	2/28/24 v. Oshawa
8	Zayne Parekh	D	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	3/30/24 v. Owen Sound
9	Tij Iginla	F	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	11/21/23 v. Lethbridge
10	Anton Silayev	D	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	4/5/24 v. Loko Yaroslavl
11	Konsta Helenius	F	Jukurit	Liiga	2/24/24 v. JYP
12	Cole Eiserman	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	11/17/23 v. Fargo
13	Beckett Sennecke	F	Oshawa Generals	OHL	2/28/24 v. London
14	Carter Yakemchuk	D	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	12/15/23 v. Medicine Hat
15	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	F	Mora IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	12/29/23 v. Slovakia
16	Liam Greentree	F	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	2/14/24 v. Brantford
17	Trevor Connelly	F	Tri-City Storm	USHL	11/4/23 v. Youngstown
18	Adam Jiricek	D	HC Plzeň	Czechia	12/26/23 v. Slovakia
19	Igor Chernyshov	F	Dynamo Moskva	KHL	1/30/24 v. Loko Yaroslavl
20	Michael Hage	F	Chicago Steel	USHL	1/20/24 v. US NTDP U18
21	Stian Solberg	D	Vålerenga	Norway	12/20/23 v. Czechia
22	Jett Luchanko	F	Guelph Storm	OHL	2/2/24 v. Kitchener
23	Sacha Boisvert	F	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	12/28/23 vs. USNTDP U18
24	Andrew Basha	F	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	12/15/23 v. Calgary
25	Nikita Artamonov	F	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	2/2/24 v. Dynamo Moskva
26	Alfons Freij	D	Växjö Lakers HC J20	J20 Nationell	2/6/24 v. Finland
27	Teddy Stiga	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/28/23 v. Muskegon
28	Cole Beaudoin	F	Barrie Colts	OHL	12/1/23 v. Sudbury
29	Emil Hemming	F	TPS	Liiga	3/12/24 v. Ilves
30	EJ Emery	D	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/13/23 v. Chicago
31	Ryder Ritchie	F	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	4/2/24 v. Saskatoon
32	Terik Parascak	F	Prince George Cougars	WHL	1/20/24 v. Portland
33	Dominik Badinka	D	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	1/18/24 v. HV71
34	Yegor Surin	F	multiple	MHL	10/10/23 v. Krasnaya Armiya Moskva
35	Marek Vanacker	F	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	2/14/24 v. Windsor
36	Lucas Pettersson	F	MoDo Hockey J20	J20 Nationell	2/6/24 v. Finland
37	Matvei Gridin	F	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	12/28/23 v. US NTDP U18
38	Cole Hutson	D	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/13/23 v. Chicago
39	Charlie Elick	D	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	2/9/24 v. Lethbridge
40	Linus Eriksson	F	Djurgårdens IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	4/6/24 v. Mora
41	Julius Miettinen	F	Everett Silvertips	WHL	4/3/24 v. Vancouver
42	Henry Mews	D	Ottawa 67’s	OHL	3/1/24 v. Mississauga
43	Aron Kiviharju	D	HIFK	Liiga	9/29/23 v. Ilves
44	Sam O’Reilly	F	London Knights	OHL	2/28/24 v. Oshawa
45	Jesse Pulkkinen	D	JYP	Liiga	2/24/24 v. Jukurit
46	Dean Letourneau	F	St. Andrew’s College	U18 AAA	12/30/23 v. Cedar Rapids
47	Leo Sahlin Wallenius	D	Växjö Lakers HC J20	J20 Nationell	2/6/24 v. Finland
48	Tanner Howe	F	Regina Pats	WHL	3/15/24 v. Prince Albert
49	Harrison Brunicke	D	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	2/17/24 v. Prince George
50	John Mustard	F	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	3/29/24 v. Fargo
51	Maxim Masse	F	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL	4/17/24 v. Cape Breton
52	Ben Danford	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL	5/1/24 v. North Bay
53	Luke Misa	F	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	3/1/24 v. Ottawa
54	Adam Kleber	D	Lincoln Stars	USHL	10/21/23 v. Sioux City
55	Leon Muggli	D	EV Zug	NL	12/27/23 v. Slovakia
56	Adam Jecho	F	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL	1/28/24 v. Brandon
57	Tomas Galvas	D	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Czechia	12/27/23 v. Norway
58	Kamil Bednarik	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/13/23 v. Chicago
59	Will Skahan	D	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	11/17/23 v. Fargo
60	Brodie Ziemer	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/28/23 v. Muskegon
61	Matvei Shuravin	D	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	MHL	10/5/23 v. Dynamo Moskva
62	Veeti Vaisanen	D	KooKoo	Liiga	10/13/23 v. TPS
63	Justin Poirier	F	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL	4/2/24 v. Charlottetown
64	Carter George	G	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	10/30/22 v. Kingston
65	Miguel Marques	F	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	2/9/24 v. Brandon
66	Noel Fransen	D	Färjestad BK J20	J20 Nationell	3/7/24 v. Malmo
67	Spencer Gill	D	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL	1/28/24 v. Val-d’Or
68	Carson Wetsch	F	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	12/15/23 v. Medicine Hat
69	Raoul Boilard	F	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL	4/2/24 v. Charlottetown
70	Daniil Ustinkov	D	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	2/8/24 v. Sweden
71	Luca Marrelli	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL	2/28/24 v. London
72	Tarin Smith	D	Everett Silvertips	WHL	4/3/24 v. Vancouver
73	Jacob Battaglia	F	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	2/10/24 v. Barrie
74	Max Plante	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/28/23 v. Muskegon
75	Alexander Zetterberg	F	Örebro HK J20	J20 Nationell	2/8/24 v. Switzerland
76	Christian Humphreys	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/28/23 v. Muskegon
77	Ollie Josephson	F	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	1/10/24 v. Spokane
79	Clarke Caswell	F	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	3/15/24 v. Medicine Hat
80	Simon Zether	F	Rögle BK	SHL	1/18/24 v. Luleå
81	Melvin Fernstrom	F	Örebro HK J20	J20 Nationell	2/6/24 v. Finland
82	Lukas Fischer	D	Sarnia Sting	OHL	3/1/24 v. Sudbury
83	Colton Roberts	D	Vancouver Giants	WHL	4/3/24 v. Everett
84	Jack Berglund	F	Färjestad BK J20	J20 Nationell	2/6/24 v. Finland
85	Ryerson Leenders	G	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	3/1/24 v. Ottawa
86	Eriks Mateiko	F	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	12/30/23 v. Germany
87	Herman Traff	F	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	3/12/24 v. Malmo
89	Aatos Koivu	F	TPS U20	U20 SM-sarja	2/6/24 v. Sweden
91	Nathan Villeneuve	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	3/1/24 v. Sarnia
92	William Zellers	F	Shattuck St. Mary’s 18U Prep	USHS Prep	12/27/23 v. OHA Penticton
93	Javon Moore	F	Minnetonka High	USHS MN	4/14/23 v. Sioux City
94	Colin Ralph	D	Shattuck St. Mary’s 18U Prep	USHS Prep	12/27/23 v. OHA Penticton
95	Ondrej Kos	F	KOOVEE	Mestis	8/4/23 v. Finland
96	Tomas Lavoie	D	Cape Breton Eagles	QMJHL	4/17/24 v. Chicoutimi
97	Hagen Burrows	F	Minnetonka High	USHS MN	10/21/23 v. Lincoln
98	Jakub Fibigr	D	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	3/1/24 v. Ottawa
99	Heikki Ruohonen	F	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-sarja	8/4/23 v. Czechia
100	Kevin He	F	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	12/1/22 v. Hamilton
101	Sebastian Soini	D	KOOVEE	Mestis	2/6/24 v. Sweden
102	Timur Kol	D	Omskie Krylia	VHL	10/23/23 v. Neftyanik
103	Tory Pitner	D	Youngstown Phantoms	USHL	11/4/23 v. Tri-City
104	Anthony Romani	F	North Bay Battalion	OHL	5/1/24 v. Oshawa
105	Kim Saarinen	G	HPK	Liiga	2/6/24 v. Sweden
106	AJ Spellacy	F	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	1/22/23 v. Oshawa
107	Mac Swanson	F	Fargo Force	USHL	3/29/24 v. Waterloo
108	Gabriel Eliasson	D	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	2/8/24 v. Switzerland
109	Kasper Pikkarainen	F	TPS U20	U20 SM-sarja	2/6/24 v. Sweden
110	Luke Osburn	D	Youngstown Phantoms	USHL	11/4/23 v. Tri-City
111	Pavel Moysevich	G	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	10/20/23 v. Neftyanik
112	Topias Hynninen	F	Jukurit	Liiga	2/24/24 v. JYP
113	Ethan Procyszyn	F	North Bay Battalion	OHL	5/1/24 v. Oshawa
114	Oskar Vuollet	F	Skellefteå AIK J20	J20 Nationell	9/30/23 v. HV71
115	Hiroki Gojsic	F	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	11/21/23 v. Lethbridge
116	Tomas Mrsic	F	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	3/15/24 v. Swift Current
117	Ondrej Becher	F	Prince George Cougars	WHL	1/20/24 v. Portland
118	Riley Patterson	F	Barrie Colts	OHL	2/10/24 v. Kingston
119	Jack Pridham	F	West Kelowna Warriors	BCHL	3/31/24 v. Penticton
121	Maxmilian Curran	F	Tri-City Americans	WHL	8/4/23 v. Finland
123	Daniel Nieminen	D	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	2/6/24 v. Sweden
124	Ilya Protas	F	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL	3/8/24 v. Waterloo
126	Kieron Walton	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	12/1/23 v. Barrie
127	Nicholas Kempf	G	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	11/17/23 v. Fargo
128	Alexandre Blais	F	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL	1/28/24 v. Val-d’Or
129	Evan Gardner	G	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	4/2/24 v. Prince Albert
130	Frankie Marrelli	D	Ottawa 67’s	OHL	3/1/24 v. Mississauga
131	Aidan Park	F	Shattuck St. Mary’s 18U Prep	USHS Prep	12/27/23 v. OHA Penticton
132	Marcus Kearsey	D	Charlottetown Islanders	QMJHL	4/2/24 v. Baie-Comeau
135	Nate Misskey	D	Victoria Royals	WHL	3/20/24 v. Wenatchee
137	John Whipple	D	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	11/17/23 v. Fargo
138	Gabriel Frasca	F	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	2/10/24 v. Barrie
139	Lucas Van Vliet	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/28/23 v. Muskegon
141	Petr Sikora	F	HC Oceláři Třinec U20	Czechia U20	8/4/23 v. Finland
142	Matvei Babenko	F	Tolpar Ufa	MHL	9/17/23 v. Nizhny Novgorod
143	Thomas Desruisseaux	F	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL	4/17/24 v. Cape Breton
144	Jonathan Morello	F	St. Michael’s Buzzers	OJHL	3/31/24 v. Cobourg
145	Alexander Siryatsky	D	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	MHL	3/7/24 v. Omskie
147	Roman Shokhrin	D	multiple	MHL	9/25/23 v. Omskie
148	Niilopekka Muhonen	D	KalPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	2/6/24 v. Sweden
150	Anthony Cristoforo	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	2/14/24 v. Brantford
151	Yegor Graf	F	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	MHL	9/22/23 v. St. Petersburg
153	Elliott Groenewold	D	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	12/30/23 v. Sioux Falls
162	Will Felicio	D	multiple	USHL	3/29/24 v. Fargo
164	Austin Baker	F	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	12/13/23 v. Chicago
165	James Reeder	F	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	3/23/24 v. Green Bay
167	Dawson Cowan	G	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	3/12/23 v. Everett
169	Karl Sterner	F	Frölunda HC J20	J20 Nationell	2/8/24 v. Switzerland
170	Austin Burnevik	F	Madison Capitols	USHL	3/2/24 v. US NTDP U18
171	William McIsaac	D	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	11/26/22 v. Tri-City
175	Hunter Laing	F	Prince George Cougars	WHL	1/20/24 v. Portland
179	Markus Loponen	F	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-sarja	2/6/24 v. Sweden
187	Christopher Thibodeau	F	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	2/10/24 v. Barrie
189	Kenta Isogai	F	Wenatchee Wild	WHL	3/20/24 v. Victoria
192	Dominik Rymon	F	Everett Silvertips	WHL	4/3/24 v. Vancouver
196	Gavin Hodnett	F	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL	1/28/24 v. Brandon
202	Darels Uljanskis	D	AIK J20	J20 Nationell	12/30/23 v. Germany
212	Kuzma Voronin	F	Youngstown Phantoms	USHL	11/4/23 v. Tri-City
214	Eric Jamieson	D	Everett Silvertips	WHL	3/12/23 v. Spokane
224	Jake Fisher	F	Fargo Force	USHL	3/29/24 v. Waterloo
231	Kaden Pitre	F	Flint Firebirds	OHL	10/11/23 v. Saginaw
234	Trent Swick	F	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	2/2/24 v. Guelph
239	Ben Robertson	D	Cornell Univ.	NCAA	3/30/24 v. Denver
240	Joe Connor	F	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	12/28/23 vs. US NTDP U18
246	Jesse Heslop	F	Everett Silvertips	WHL	4/3/24 v. Vancouver
249	Erik Pahlsson	F	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	3/23/24 v. Green Bay
278	Petter Vesterheim	F	Mora IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	4/6/24 v. Djurgårdens
282	Dalyn Wakely	F	North Bay Battalion	OHL	5/1/24 v. Oshawa
285	Joshua Zakreski	F	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	3/5/23 v. Everett
291	Mason Zebeski	F	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	3/1/24 v. Ottawa
298	Charlie Cerrato	F	Youngstown Phantoms	USHL	11/4/23 v. Tri-City
311	Diego Buttazzoni	F	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	1/20/24 v. Prince George
312	Jake Sondreal	F	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	3/23/24 v. Green Bay
324	Tommaso De Luca	F	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	3/19/23 v. Everett
356	Jacob Therrien	F	North Bay Battalion	OHL	5/1/24 v. Oshawa
392	Bryce Pickford	D	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	1/31/23 v. Swift Current
403	Isac Hedqvist	F	Luleå HF	SHL	1/18/24 v. Rögle
452	Beau Jelsma	F	Barrie Colts	OHL	12/1/23 v. Sudbury
454	Benjamin Poitras	F	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	3/23/24 v. Dubuque
474	Hugo Fransson	D	HV71	SHL	2/17/24 v. Skellefteå
477	Owen Van Steensel	F	North Bay Battalion	OHL	5/1/24 v. Oshawa
478	Caleb Heil	G	U.S. National U18 Team	NTDP	4/14/23 v. Sioux City
481	Jere Lassila	F	JYP	Liiga	2/24/24 v. Jukurit
490	Ruslan Gazizov	F	London Knights	OHL	2/28/24 v. Oshawa
504	Oasiz Wiesblatt	F	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	12/15/23 v. Calgary
518	Logan Wormald	F	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	2/9/24 v. Brandon
555	Kocha Delic	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	3/1/24 v. Sarnia
2894	Adrian Misaljevic	F	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	2/2/24 v. Guelph
2919	Gennadi Chaly	D	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	12/30/23 v. Cedar Rapids
3020	Griffin Erdman	F	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	3/8/24 v. Des Moines
3624	Theo Kiss	F	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL	3/8/24 v. Waterloo

Sound Of Hockey Patrons get an added benefit

Community members who have joined us on the Sound Of Hockey Patreon get an added benefit. For a number of top prospects, I made more than one All Shifts video. For example, I made five videos for Cole Eiserman alone. As a thank you to these community members, we are making the full video list available on a spreadsheet posted on the Sound Of Hockey Patreon. 

Not a patron and want access to additional videos for top prospects? Sign up today at patreon.com/soundofhockey. Your support helps defray some of the costs of running the SOH Podcast, soundofhockey.com, and providing hockey coverage.

A few closing thoughts and caveats

Of course, video from one game–or even a few games–is not enough to reach a fully-informed scouting view on a player. That is not our goal here. Our goal is to democratize access to hockey prospects just a bit, and to provide a new centralized video resource that we had always wished existed but–to our knowledge–did not. We want to spark conversation and more inquiry.

For a couple different reasons, I opted against creating videos for players in Russian leagues this year. That said, when I was able to find comparable videos from other public sources for top Russian players, I have included those links.

Now turning to even the very fine print, we should note that Sound Of Hockey does not own the underlying broadcast rights for any of the broadcasts from which these videos were created. We believe that these videos fall with the commentary and criticism fair use exception because they are for scouting individual players.

I expect to add at least a few more videos before and shortly after the draft. Here, again, is the link to the 2024 Sound Of Hockey Big Board. If there are any in particular you would like to see, let us know. More generally, if you have any questions about the videos, players, or big-picture NHL Draft issues, let’s talk. Drop us a line in the comments below or on X @deepseahockey or @sound_hockey.