All 30 NHL teams and the world's best draft-eligible prospects will be descending on First Niagara Center on June 24 and 25.

The first round will take place Friday night starting at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network in the U.S., with Rounds 2 through 7 running the following day starting at 10 a.m. ET on NHL Network.

The top prospects for 2016 are widely considered to be Auston Matthews, the American sensation who tore up the Swiss pro ranks last season before starring for Team USA at the Men's World Championship, and Finnish scoring machine Patrik Laine, who was the MVP of both the Finnish league playoffs and the Worlds. Beyond those two, however, there is a lot of first-round caliber talent and there are sure to be some late-round gems that take a few years to materialize.