Elite Prospects' January top 64 prospects 2024 NHL Draft ranking

The Elite Prospects scouting staff met for the first time since late-October and produced a list 64 names long, plus 16 honourable mentions. 

As the draft inches closer, the quality of this year's class becomes clearer. This draft doesn't seem to have last year's breadth of high-end talent – few do – but it's one of the more fascinating drafts of the last decade. With its mixture of tall, toolsy defencemen and high-pace forwards, there's no shortage of intrigue. And there's no shortage of prospects taking significant development leaps, even over the last few months. 

As such, there's been a lot of movement since our last board. 

Let's dig in. 

Macklin Celebrini's World Juniors didn't just confirm that he was the No. 1 talent available but that his timeline for an NHL impact might be shorter th