The 2024 MJHL draft took place on 2 June 2024.[2][3] The league announced that it would discontinue the player draft in 2025. Consequently, prospects who were born in Manitoba in 2009 will be eligible to sign with any MJHL team. 2023 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1, 2024, and 2024 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1, 2025, will also be eligible to sign with any MJHL team.[4]
The governing body, Hockey Canada, and its four western regional affiliates – BC Hockey, Hockey Alberta, Hockey Saskatchewan and Hockey Manitoba – will pilot the Western Canadian Development Model (WCDM). Under the WCDM, junior leagues will adopt most of the Western Hockey League rulebook, excluding some sections, and restrictions on 15-year-old affiliate players in the Western Hockey League will be loosened. Players that will be 18-years of age or older in the calendar year will be allowed to choose whether to use full-face protection or half-face protection, whilst younger players will be required to use full-face protection.[5]
The top 4 teams in each division at the end of the regular season will advance to the post-season, which will consist of three best-of-7 play-off rounds. The league champions will be awarded the Turnbull Trophy and will go on to compete for the national championship Centennial Cup.[8]