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2024 NHL draft: First-round order, time, TV channel, top prospects and more
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Friday will be a homecoming for Macklin Celebrini.
Celebrini, who's expected to be selected No. 1 overall by the San Jose Sharks in Las Vegas, played for the Junior Sharks and his father, Rick, is vice president of health and performance for the nearby Golden State Warriors of the NBA.
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The younger Celebrini has been the top prospect in NHL Central Scouting's rankings all season. He excelled at Boston University and received the Hobey Baker Award despite being the youngest player in college hockey.
A couple other college hockey players could go early in the first round: Michigan State defenseman Artyom Levshunov and Denver University defenseman Zeev Buium, whose team won this year's NCAA title.
What to know about this weekend's NHL draft:
Projected No. 1 pick Macklin Celebrini appears on a red carpet before the start of the 2024 NHL Awards.
What time is the 2024 NHL draft?
The 2024 NHL draft will be held Friday and Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The first round will start at 7 p.m. ET Friday and the second through seventh rounds will start at 11:30 a.m. ET Saturday.
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How to watch the NHL draft
The first round will be shown Friday on ESPN and Saturday's rounds will be shown on NHL Network. The draft will be the first televised event from the Sphere.
How to live stream the NHL draft
Both days of the draft can be streamed on ESPN+.
NHL draft first-round order
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San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres in swap of picks)
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Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Sharks. The Sharks got the pick in the Erik Karlsson deal , and traded it to the Sabres on Thursday)
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Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders in a swap of picks in May. Chicago gave up the 20th pick and two second-rounders for the 18th pick and a second-rounder)
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New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks in the 2022 Brandon Hagel deal)
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Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings in a swap of picks. Montreal gave up the 26th pick, plus a second- and seventh-rounder to move up five spots)
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Toronto Maple Leafs
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Boston Bruins (from Bruins via Detroit Red Wings via Ottawa Senators. The Red Wings got the Bruins' first-rounder in 2023's Tyler Bertuzzi deal. Detroit traded it to Ottawa in the Alex DeBrincat deal and the Senators traded it to Boston in this month's Linus Ullmark deal )
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Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens. Montreal originally got the pick in the Sean Monahan deal and traded it and two other picks to move up five spots)
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Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks in the Elias Lindholm deal )
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Anaheim Ducks (from the Edmonton Oilers in the Adam Henrique trade)
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Philadelphia Flyers (from the Florida Panthers in the 2022 Claude Giroux trade)
NHL mock draft
A mock draft by the independent scouting service Red Line Report has Celebrini, Ivan Demidov, Levshunov, Cayden Lindstrom and Tij Iginla going in the top five. Full mock draft
Will there be trades on draft day?
There were none during the first round last year, though there was plenty of movement beforehand . There have been moves before this year's draft with the Sharks and Buffalo Sabres swapping first-round picks and the Ottawa Senators sending a first-rounder to the Boston Bruins in the Linus Ullmark trade .
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Which draft prospects have famous relatives?
Iginla, the son of Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla, has the most famous bloodline. But the sons of former NHL players Saku Koivu (Aatos), Miroslav Satan (Miro), Derek Plante (Max) and Jiri Fischer (Lukas) are also in the draft pool.
Celebrini's brother, Aiden, is a Canucks draft pick. Adam Jiricek (David), Buium (Shai) and Cole Hutson (Lane) are among those with brothers who have been drafted.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL draft 2024 first round order, top prospects, time, TV, live stream
