The 2023-24 NHL prospects viewing guide: How to watch SHL, KHL, DEL, Liiga, more

Publish date: 2024-05-05

So it’s time for a new NHL season and you want to spend more time watching the hockey world’s other top leagues and your favourite team’s prospects this year, but you find it hard to keep track of the sport’s web of North American and European junior, high school, college and professional levels.

Well, fear not, because you probably ask yourself the same questions a lot of other fans do: How can I watch? Where are the games streamed? Which leagues, teams and players should I focus on?

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To answer those questions, I annually put together a prospects viewing guide covering every major league and country ahead of each season. They are:

Here are answers to all of your questions, key dates on the prospects calendar, and everything you need to know to keep up with the world of prospects for the 2023-24 hockey season. Consider it your non-NHL season(s) preview(s).

The 2023-24 prospects calendar

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AHL and ECHL

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What you need to know:

The story to follow in the AHL this season is a twofold one — and a bit of a new one: that of the independent Chicago Wolves, who will play the first season by an AHL team in nearly three decades without an NHL affiliate, and the lack of an affiliate for the Carolina Hurricanes (not as rare an occurrence).

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I wonder whether the Wolves will serve almost as a bit of a free-agent feeder for other clubs. Because their players aren’t signed to NHL deals, success on their AHL contracts could open them up to contract offers. There are some familiar names for junior hockey fans, too. Former Flyers prospect and No. 2 WHL draft pick Connor McClennon has signed. As has former Flyers second-rounder and Guelph Storm captain Isaac Ratcliffe, former Hurricanes third-rounder Hudson Elynuik, one-time QMJHL leading scorer and two-time QMJHL champion Peter Abbandonato, AHL veterans like Chris Terry and Cory Conacher, and a strong goaltending tandem in journeyman pros Keith Kinkaid and Adam Scheel.

And while the Hurricanes plan to have an affiliate for 2024-25, the consequences in the interim will mean, in practical terms, that they have to spread about a dozen good, young players around (last season, while under the Hurricanes, the Wolves had a very young team, a sign of Carolina’s successful drafting). That has already begun, with players like Alexander Pashin returning to Russia and Tuukka Tieksola, Ville Koivunen and Aleksi Heimosalmi going back to Liiga on loans. By the sounds of it, there are some arrangements between the Hurricanes and a small number of AHL teams to send some of their remaining players. There could be some fairly prominent prospects in that kind of situation; guys like Jamieson Rees, Ryan Suzuki, Vasili Ponomaryov, Justin Robidas, Noel Gunter, Anttoni Honka, Dom Fensore, Ronan Seeley and Yaniv Peretz.

CHL

Where to watch: CHL TV and TSN+

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Note that TSN does not carry every CHL game, but does own the rights to weekly games throughout the season, bonus games online, plus the league’s marquee events (the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, the Memorial Cup, etc.) as well as a slate of French-language games.

What you need to know:

After a junior hockey season of Connor Bedard, Connor Bedard and more Connor Bedard, I’m very much looking forward to seeing which players and storylines will emerge in the CHL this year. The Saginaw Spirit are your Memorial Cup hosts in a rare trip south of the border for the league’s year-end tournament. They play a fun, free-flowing style and will load up at the OHL’s trade deadline to stack on top of a core that is already quite compelling. They’ve got a top prospect in this year’s NHL draft in dynamic offensive defenceman Zayne Parekh, who last year broke the OHL’s goal-scoring record by a 16-year-old defenceman. They’ve got the OHL’s sixth-ever exceptional status player and 2025 NHL Draft star Michael Misa. And they’ve got a strong one-two punch of drafted centres down the middle in Wild second-rounder Hunter Haight and Golden Knights second-rounder Matyas Sapovaliv.

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A new franchise is joining the CHL’s 60 teams as well, after the Winnipeg Ice — one of the top teams in the WHL in recent years — became the Wenatchee Wild, replacing the BCHL team of the same name. There are now six teams in the WHL’s U.S. Division and five in the state of Washington. Though it turned over a good chunk of the roster it had in Winnipeg, Wenatchee should still have a good chunk of the league’s best players, with the potential for Coyotes first-rounder Conor Geekie and Sabres first-rounders Matt Savoie and Zach Benson to all be back — and to all potentially make Team Canada for the 2024 world juniors. The Wild also added Japanese import Kenta Isogai, who won the USHL’s Clark Cup with the Youngstown Phantoms last season.

In the OHL, while the Bulldogs will return to Hamilton following an arena refresh, they’re starting a new, temporary chapter in Brantford, Ont., with a fun roster made up of breakout scorer and speedster Nick Lardis (Blackhawks), blue-collar Florian Xhekaj (Canadiens) and Devils prospect Cole Brown (who some feel could be this year’s breakout scorer).

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I’ll be keeping a closer eye on the WHL scoring race, in particular, as it could be a fun one. Savoie and Benson should both factor in, though the world juniors may play against them. Capitals prospect Andrew Cristall might be the front-runner if only because he won’t likely be a factor for Team Canada. And any of Riley Heidt (Wild), Koehn Ziemmer (Kings), Jagger Firkus (Kraken), Nate Danielson (Red Wings) and Brayden Yager (Penguins) are all talented enough to factor in. I could see a 20-year-old like Brett Hyland or an undrafted kid like Mathew Ward racking up enough points as well. The WHL will have plenty of draft intrigue — though not nearly as much as their 2023 class did — for 2024, 2025 and even 2026 (hockey world, meet Gavin McKenna!) as well. For this year, Berkly Catton, Ryder Ritchie, Tanner Howe, Carter Yakemchuk and Charlie Elick are probably the five names to watch. Tri-City’s Jordan Gavin and Brandon’s Roger McQueen are two projected first-round picks for 2025 as well.

The OHL scoring race might be even more up for grabs, too, what with the league’s top-five scorers (plus three others in the top 10) all turning pro. Bruins prospect Matthew Poitras, the highest-scoring player remaining from last season, should again be in the mix. But I’d keep an eye on Sudbury Wolves stars David Goyette (Kraken) and Quentin Musty (Sharks). They should be the league’s most dangerous duo. Look for Jets first-rounder Colby Barlow to break the 50-goal plateau, Kraken D prospect Ty Nelson to put up some gaudy numbers from the back end, and Kraken 2023 first-rounder and Barrie Colts import Eduard Sale to flash.

On top of Parekh, the OHL will also feature a number of top 2024 prospects, including London’s Sam Dickinson, Ottawa’s Henry Mews, Barrie’s Cole Beaudoin, Oshawa’s Beckett Sennecke, and Windsor’s Liam Greentree and Anthony Cristoforo. On top of Misa, keep a watchful eye on 2025 OHLers Porter Martone (a power-forward type with Mississauga) and Malcolm Spence and Matthew Schaefer (the No. 1 pick in this year’s OHL priority selection) with Erie, as well as 2026 prospect Ryan Roobroeck (the No. 2 pick to Schaefer to Niagara).

There’s a little more predictability in the Q. Look for Blue Jackets prospect Jordan Dumais, who won the league’s scoring title by 21 points with an almost-unheard-of 140-point season last year, to do it again and make Team Canada’s world junior squad this time around. The same goes for Ducks prospect Tristan Luneau, fresh off signing his entry-level contract, to repeat as the league’s defenceman of the year and feature prominently on Canada’s blue line. And while they’ve got a number of 2024 prospects worth watching (scorer Justin Poirier, 2022 No. 1 Q draft pick Tomas Lavoie, 6-foot-5 Latvian Eriks Mateiko, etc.), even their top draft pick feels fairly written in stone: reigning CHL Rookie of the Year Maxim Masse may be the league’s only first-round pick. They’ve got lots of 2025 flair, though, led by goaltender Gabriel D’Aigle, offensive defenceman Alex Huang (who I’ve heard great things about), and second-year player Bill Zonnon (who impressed for Rouyn-Noranda last year).

USHL and NTDP

Where to watch:

Note that while FloHockey owns the streaming rights to the USHL, the NTDP’s U17 and U18 games are available across multiple platforms. All NTDP games played at USA Hockey Arena are broadcast for free by the program, their USHL road games are available through FloHockey, and their college road games are usually available through the respective streaming partner of each NCAA conference. Their X (Twitter) account is your best bet for daily game streaming information.

What you need to know:

This year’s U18 team at the national program is led by a pair of true star prospects in 2024 super-scorer Cole Eiserman and the potential No. 1 pick in 2025 in James Hagens, a smooth-skating and smoother-handling playmaker. I’ll be keen to see who else from that 2006-born age group really emerges, though, as well. On the blue line, it’s going to be fascinating to see who emerges. We know that the diminutive and record-setting Cole Hutson will lead the charge offensively, but who of towers Will Skahan and E.J. Emery, scout’s favourite John Whipple (who many have pegged for a breakout), and 2025 studs Logan Hensler and Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen (the former in particular) will make their own star alongside Hutson? The same goes for a good but to-be-determined forward group behind Eiserman and Hagens. Kamil Bednarik certainly has believers, but so too do Christian Humphreys, Brodie Ziemer, and Kristian Epperson.

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The 2007 age group has some incoming star power as well, with a lot of excitement already built around L.J. Mooney (a cousin of recent NTDP alum Logan Cooley), William Moore (who was once considered for OHL exceptional status), Michigan commit Cole McKinney, BU commit Conrad Fondrk, and Cullen Potter, who was one of the top players in American minor hockey while playing with 2006s all the way up.

There are some interesting players to watch in the USHL itself as well, both in terms of drafted talents like Juraj Pekarcik (Blues/Dubuque) and Jayson Shaugabay (Lightning/Green Bay), as well as to-be drafted ones like 2024 forwards like Michael Hage (Chicago) and Sacha Boisvert (Muskegon), and 2024 defencemen like Will Felicio (Madison) and Xavier Veilleux (who I haven’t watched but is joining Muskegon and I’ve heard good things about).

Keep an eye on the defending Clark Cup champion Youngstown Phantoms, too, as they’re starting to challenge the Chicago Steel as the league’s top prospect factory. This year, the Phantoms are welcoming another two star prospects in Canadian forward and BU commit Zachary Morin and Finnish-born Swedish-American defenceman Sascha Boumedienne, two top prospects for the 2025 draft.

NCAA

Where to watch: 

Note that many of the schools that play in the above leagues also have their games broadcast locally (as well as nationally) across CBSN, Fox Sports, NESN, Bally Sports, Altitude, ESPNU and more stations. Stretch Internet also offers many of the U.S.-restricted feeds to international customers, while TSN+ picks up some NCAA games for Canadian viewers.

Note also that this will be Arizona State’s last year as an independent program, as they’ll be joining the NCHC for 2024-25.

What you need to know:

With many of the biggest names of last year’s college hockey season — Michigan’s Adam Fantilli, Luke Hughes and Mackie Samoskevich; Minnesota’s Logan Cooley, Brock Faber, Matthew Knies, Jackson LaCombe and Ryan Johnson; Harvard’s Sean Farrell and Matt Coronato, etc. — turning pro, there’s an opportunity this season for some others to really grab the spotlight. Some, like BC’s Cutter Gauthier, BU’s Lane Hutson and Minnesota’s Jimmy Snuggered, already have some of it and I’m excited to see what the next step looks like for them — and just how much damage they’ll do for a Team USA that could be favoured for gold at this year’s world juniors.

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But it’s the other players who I think have an even bigger step to take, or question to answer, that I’m most looking forward to tracking. Can Seamus Casey (Devils), Gavin Brindley (Blue Jackets), Rutger McGroarty and especially Frank Nazar (Blackhawks) step up for Michigan without the shiny freshman class they’re used to? How will the NTDP record-shattering trio of Will Smith (Sharks), Gabe Perreault (Rangers) and Ryan Leonard (Capitals) perform at BC — and will they get to stick together as a line at all? Can Oliver Moore (Blackhawks) step out of the shadow cast by that line at the program last year and onto a first line of his own as a standout freshman at Minnesota? How will 2024 prospect Zeev Buium fair at Denver as a freshman? Will the games of small but talented Hurricanes prospects Bradly Nadeau (Maine) and Jayden Perron (North Dakota) translate in college like they did in junior? And maybe more compelling than all, can Michigan State, under Adam Nightingale, solidify itself as a recruiting power after landing freshmen defenceman Artyom Levshunov (the top D prospect in the 2024 draft entering the season) and Maxim Strbak (Sabres), top 2023 goaltender Trey Augustine (Red Wings), and transfers like Isaac Howard (Lightning) and Red Savage (Red Wings)?

Tier II junior

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What you need to know:

This is a historic season for Jr. A hockey in Canada as it’s the first for the BCHL following its breakaway from Hockey Canada in a rogue attempt to establish itself as a singular destination for college-bound prospects (a move which will allow its teams to recruit from across regions in North America in ways that it couldn’t under Hockey Canada governance). The Penticton Vees, the league’s giant, are, as usual, one of the teams to watch, with three drafted NHL prospects in defenceman Larry Keenan (Red Wings/UMass) and forwards James Fisher (Blue Jackets/Northeastern) and Ryan MacPherson (Flyers/UNH). They’ve also added defenceman Francesco Dell’Elce, who was undrafted in 2023 but attended Canadiens rookie camp, as well as undrafted Swiss forward and national team standout Simon Meier.

I’ve also heard good things about reigning SJHL rookie of the year Riley Ashe (2024), a Nebraska-Omaha commit who has made the move to Salmon Arm in the BCHL, Michigan State commit Savin Virk (Chilliwack/2025), and Colorado College commit Adam Boatter (Salmon Arm/2025).

In the OJHL, I’ve been told to keep an eye on 2026 (!) draft-eligible defenceman Luka Graziano (Harvard/Toronto Jr. Canadiens), and liked what I saw last year from 2024 draft-eligible and Clarkson commit Jonathan Morello (St. Michael’s Buzzers).

In the AJHL, though clubs in Brooks, Okotoks, and Sherwood Park have traditionally generated the most NHL talent, it was Canmore Eagles defenceman Finn McLaughlin (University of Denver) who most impressed me among the league’s 2006s last year.

Alexander Nikishin led all KHL defencemen in points last season with 55. (Maksim Konstantinov / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

Russian hockey (KHL, VHL, MHL)

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What you need to know:

There’s never any shortage of talent of NHL interest in Russia, but this season, which is already underway, is shaping up to be a particularly fascinating one. Hurricanes draftee Alexander Nikishin (SKA St. Petersburg), who last year led all KHL defencemen in points as a 21-year-old, is widely viewed at this point as the best defenceman outside the NHL. Top 2023 prospect Matvei Michkov (Flyers) and top 2024 prospect Ivan Demidov are already in a battle for sparse playing time at SKA as well, and the situation could become untenable if it persists. Wild first-rounder Danila Yurov (Magnitogorsk) and Coyotes first-rounders Daniil But (Lokomotiv) and Dmitri Simashev (Lokomotiv) are trying to establish themselves at the country’s top level as well, while other top prospects like the Wild’s Marat Khusnutdinov (SKA St. Petersburg), Flyers goalie prospect Alexei Kolosov (Minsk), the Devils’ Arseni Gritsyuk (SKA St. Petersburg) and the Jets’ Dmitri Rashevsky (Dynamo Moscow) will try to build on strong seasons of a year ago.

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Anton Silayev, a 6-foot-7 defenceman who is eligible in 2024, has made waves in the scouting world by making Torpedo’s KHL team to start the year as well.

Below the KHL, Hurricanes prospect Alexander Rykov and Red Wings prospect Dmitri Buchelnikov are both off to strong starts in the VHL as well.

At the junior level, keep an eye on 2024 prospect Igor Chernyshov with Dynamo Moscow’s MHL club, as well. There’s also a lot of chatter around 2025 forward Ivan Ryabkin (also with Dynamo Moscow’s MHL club), who had a two-point debut in the MHL and torched the levels below it domestically, and 2025 goalie prospect Pyotr Andreyanov, who is already viewed by some the next great Russian goalie.

The story of the moment in Russian hockey, though, is the ongoing, now-international conflict surrounding goalie Ivan Fedotov, who, despite signing a contract with the Flyers, remains with CSKA Moscow a year after he completed his military service. Fedotov, CSKA Moscow and the KHL are now all under IIHF sanctions because of it, as the country and its top league and club further alienate themselves from the rest of the hockey world in the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is much unrest about what continued refusal to honour the Flyers’ contract could mean for other NHL-drafted-and-signed Russian players (especially when Russia and its domestic and national teams are already barred from international play and there don’t appear to be any other punitive measures available to the IIHF or the NHL).

Swedish hockey (SHL, HockeyAllsvenskan, HockeyEttan, J20)

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What you need to know:

In terms of what’s new, you should know that relegated from the SHL to HockeyAllsvenskan is Brynas IF and promoted from HockeyAllsvenskan into the SHL is MoDo after a tight seven-game series in the country’s second-rung finals with Djurgardens IF last year.

In terms of what’s NHL-relevant, this isn’t a particularly interesting season to start following the SHL, with many of the big drafted names of last season (Detroit’s Marco Kasper and William Wallinder, Philadelphia’s Emil Andrae, etc.) moving on and the potential for its top two 2023 prospects to be as well (Vancouver’s Tom Willander to BU and Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson to the NHL, maybe). Sweden’s top flight still has its fair share of someday-NHL talent though, led by Red Wings first-rounder Axel Sandin Pellikka (who will be a huge part of Sweden’s national team as a returnee on home soil at this year’s world juniors in Gothenburg) with Skelleftea AIK, Sharks prospects Filip Bystedt and Mattias Havelid (both with Linkoping), Jets prospect Elias Salomonsson (fresh off a breakout season a year ago that was hampered by injury), Canadiens prospect Adam Engstrom (who also broke out last year), and a number of high 2023 picks in Slovak star Dalibor Dvorsky (Blues/Oskarshamn) Danish star Oscar Fisker Molgaard (Kraken/HV71) and Swedes Felix Edstrom (Golden Knights/Frolunda), Otto Stenberg (Blues/Frolunda) and Anton Wahlberg (Sabres/Malmo), to name a few.

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Maybe the storyline to watch in the SHL this year, for me, though, will be the success of all three of Djurgardens IF’s first-rounders from a year ago, all of whom have signed with different SHL clubs and will play apart for the first time in years after Djurgardens failed to be promoted (at least until they’re reunited at the world juniors). Canucks first-rounder Jonathan Lekkerimaki, who had his ups and downs but finished playing his best hockey at the pro level in the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs last year, has joined Orebro HK. Sabres first-rounder Noah Ostlund, the centre of the trio, has joined the Vaxjo Lakers. And Wild first-rounder Liam Ohgren, who had the best full season of the three last year, has joined Farjestad BK.

In their absence in HockeyAllsvenskan, keep an eye on the always-intriguing Zion Nybeck (Hurricanes/AIK) and Alex Ciernik (Flyers/Vasterviks) and the always-reliable Theo Lindstein (Blues/Brynas) and Calle Odelius (Islanders/Djurgardens).

And while the 2024 draft class doesn’t have a truly high-end star out of Sweden, Vaxjo’s J20 defencemen Alfons Frej and Leo Sahlin Wallenius are both interesting, Rogle’s Simon Zether should dominate the J20 level (he already scored a hat trick in their first game of the season) and get pro looks, and Norway’s Michael Brandsegg-Nygard is expected to play in HockeyAllsvenskan. Now’s the time to get familiar with 2025’s Filip Ekberg (Almtuna) as well.

Finnish hockey (Liiga, Mestis, U20)

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What you need to know:

There is more interest in upcoming draft-eligibles in Finland than in already-drafted talent at the moment. That isn’t to say there aren’t some decent drafted players playing across the country’s pro and junior levels this year. There are. Kings prospects Kasper Simontaival (KalPa) and Otto Salin (HIFK), Lightning prospect Niko Huuhtanen (Jukurit), the Canes’ Ville Koivunen (Karpat) and Aleksi Heimosalmi (Assat), the Kraken’s Jani Nyman (Ilves), the Islanders’ Jesse Nurmi (KooKoo), the Devils’ Lenni Hameenaho (Assat), Predators prospect Jesse Kiiskinen (Pelicans), and the Habs’ Oliver Kapanen (KalPa) are all B or B-plus prospects.

But your focus this year should be on Finland’s crop of 2024 draft eligibles, led by two star prospects in defenceman Aron Kiviharju (HIFK) and Konsta Helenius (Jukurit on loan from Liiga’s two-time defending champs, Tappara), both of whom are in the top-10 conversation to start the year. Even outside of those two, winger Emil Hemming (TPS), defenceman Veeti Vaisanen (KooKoo), and forwards Tuomas Suoniemi (Kiekko-Espoo), Joona Saarelainen (KalPa), and Roope Vesterinen (HPK) are all generating varying degrees of 2024 draft interest.

Czech hockey (Tipsport Extraliga, U20)

Where to watch: FanSeat

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What you need to know:

There are more than 60 players who were at one time drafted by NHL clubs and will play in Czechia’s top pro league this season, but only a small handful of them remain relevant (maybe Martin Kaut gets another NHL look if he dominates in his return to Pardubice, England’s Liam Kirk just signed with HC Litvinov, etc.) and only one of them would be widely considered a legitimate NHL prospect at the moment: 2023 Kings second-rounder and U18 team captain Jakub Dvorak, who has already signed his entry-level contract and will play his second and likely final year with Bílí Tygři Liberec this season.

The most interesting players playing in Czechia this season are future draft-eligibles. That’s led in 2024 by projected first-round defenceman Adam Jiricek, the younger brother of Blue Jackets first-rounder David, who is signed with HC Plzen. But diminutive and dynamic 2025 prospect Adam Benak (also with HC Plzen) has absolutely thrilled me whenever I’ve seen him play.

Slovak hockey (Tipos Extraliga, U20)

Where to watch: YouTube

What you need to know:

After consecutive seasons of legitimate NHL intrigue (both in terms of drafted and draft-eligible talent), Slovakia’s pro and junior levels aren’t going to be particularly compelling this year. HK Nitra’s Tomas Pobezal (a September 2006 who is eligible for the 2025 draft instead of the 2024 one by less than a week) and Adam Nemec (the 2026 draft-eligible younger brother of Devils first-rounder Simon Nemec) have both shown some promise, but the country’s other top prospects are all playing elsewhere (2023 draftees like Dvorsky, Strbak, Pekarcik, Ciernik and Samuel Honzek, 2024s Theo Kiss and Jakub Chromiak in North America, 2025’s Luka Radivojevic with Orebro’s J20 team in Sweden, etc.).

German hockey (DEL, DEL2, U20)

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What you need to know:

The days of tuning into Germany’s pro leagues to watch guys like Tim Stützle, JJ Peterka, Moritz Seider and Lukas Reichel are behind us, but there are still a few names of modest interest (guys who couldn’t stick in the NHL but that you’ll remember like Zach Senyshyn, Michael Dal Colle and Dominik Bokk; twilight veterans like Justin Braun; a recent draftee like Red Wings fifth-rounder Kevin Bicker; and potential 2024 draftees of fringe interest like Edwin Tropmann and Paul Mayer). Keep an eye on 2007 forwards David Lewandowski (Dusseldorf) and twins Gustavs and Rihards Griva (Mannheim) though.

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Swiss hockey (National League, Swiss League, U20)

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What you need to know:

There are only four drafted players who are expected to play in the NL this year and whose rights haven’t expired, and the only of them who is interesting to me at this stage is Habs prospect Vinzenz Rohrer, who has left the OHL to sign with ZSC. The player to watch in Switzerland this year might be Rohrer’s new teammate at ZSC, Daniil Ustinkov, who has established himself as a top D prospect in the 2024 class with a series of strong showings internationally. Ustinkov’s CHL rights are owned by the London Knights and I’m fascinated to see whether the barely-17-year-old can carve out a full-time job in the NL (he already played eight games at the level as a 16-year-old last season), a very good pro league.

High school hockey (Canada and U.S.)

Schools to watch (and where):

High school hockey is the trickiest to watch and follow because the best schools are spread out across two countries, multiple states and provinces, and several different loops.

You can access many (but not all) of the Minnesota high school hockey circuit’s games through NSPN.TV and MNHockey.TV.

But a lot of the big prep schools do their own thing. St. Andrew’s College (SAC), which is increasingly producing an NHL prospect or two annually, broadcasts its games on YouTube and the school’s website. The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) broadcasts its games through FloHockey.

There are other worthwhile prep school programs — many of whom broadcast their own games — scattered across the United States, led by Minnesota’s Shattuck-St. Mary’s School (a prospect factory) and including Massachusetts’ Kimball Union Academy, Cushing Academy, St. Mark’s School, St. Sebastian’s, Dexter School and Thayer Academy; Connecticut’s Salisbury School, South Kent School and Avon Old Farms; Indiana’s Culver Academies; Rhode Island’s Mount St. Charles Academy; and New York’s Northwood School. The NFHS Network can also be a handy resource for streaming high school hockey games in the U.S.

Keep an eye on Shattuck in particular this season after it got 2024 prospects Aidan Park (a Michigan commit) and Will Zellers (a BU commit) to return instead of going to the USHL.

(Top photos of Topi Niemela, Nate Danielson and Matvei Michkov: Jonathan Tenca / Cal Sport Media / Cal Sport Media via AP Images, Larry MacDougal / Associated Press and Maksim Konstantinov / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) 

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