2021 NHLHC Draft

The 2021 NHLHC Entry Draft is the second NHLHC Entry Draft. The draft was held from August 1-20, 2017 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The draft is the final sporting event being held at the the Arena; it is set to be replaced by Little Caesars Arena.
==Draft lottery==
The selection order for the first round was determined by the lottery system, with percentages outlined below. Each non-playoff team had chances at winning one of the top three picks, varying based on their record and their order in the 2021 NHLHC Expansion Draft (for expansion teams). 
Indicates team won first overall
Indicates team won second overall
Indicates team won third overall
Indicates teams that did not win a lottery
 Complete draft position odds
Team 	1st 	2nd 	3rd 	4th 	5th 	6th 	7th 	8th 	9th 	10th 	11th 	12th 	13th 	14th 	15th 	16th
Dallas 	20.0% 	17.43%	14.93%	47.64%	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Minnesota 	13.5% 	13.04%	12.4% 	35.08%	25.98%	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chicago 	10.5% 	10.55%	10.5% 	14.44%	39.26%	14.75%	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NY Islanders	10.5% 	10.55%	10.5% 	2.839%	25.64%	32.43%	7.54% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pittsburgh 	8.0% 	8.28% 	8.54% 	 	9.12% 	35.79%	26.28%	4.00% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Detroit 	8.0% 	8.28% 	8.54% 	 	 	17.03%	38.29%	18.01%	1.87% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anaheim 	6.5% 	6.84% 	7.19% 	 	 	 	27.89%	38.75%	11.98%	0.85% 	 	 	 	 	 	
Philadelphia	6.0% 	6.35% 	6.72% 	 	 	 	 	39.25%	34.29%	7.06% 	0.34% 	 	 	 	 	
San Jose 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	51.86%	35.20%	5.68% 	0.22% 	 	 	 	
Edmonton 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	56.89%	31.79%	4.15% 	0.12% 	 	 	
Toronto 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	62.19%	27.88%	2.83% 	0.06% 	 	
NY Rangers 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	67.76%	23.43%	1.73% 	0.03% 	
Buffalo 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	73.62%	18.44%	0.88% 	0.01%
Los Angeles 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	79.77%	12.88%	0.30%
Montreal 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	86.21%	6.74%
Vancouver 	2.125%	2.34% 	2.59% 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	92.95%
==Top Prospects==
Ranking	North American skaters	European skaters
1 	Tyler Neiley (D) 	Anatoli Kolchenyuk (LW)
2 	Austin McKay (D) 	Alexei Sobotnikov (C)
3 	Shea Fisher (LW) 	Sascha Bartulis (RW)
4 	Riley Sharpe (C) 	Nikita Romanov (D)
5 	Chris Leveille (D) 	Niko Tolvanen (D)
6 	Ryan Marsh (RW) 	Kalle Johansson (D)
7 	Dominik Reilly (LW) 	Marek Kováč (C)
8 	Bryan Henley (C) 	Martin Mrazek (RW)
9 	T.J. Pawelczyk (D) 	Nikita Stalberg (RW)
10 	Nicolas Martineau (RW)	Niklas Bergström (LW)
Ranking	North American goalies	European goalies
1 	Connor Bradshaw 	Olli Kulkajarvi
2 	Keaton Gardner 	Vitali Korsokaev
3 	Jake Jones 	Mats Nylander
==Selections by round==
	Rnd	Pick	NHL Team 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality 	Notes
	1 	1 	Dallas Stars 	Tyler Neiley 	D 	United States 	
	1 	2 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Anatoli Kolchenyuk 	LW 	Russia 	
	1 	3 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Alexei Sobotnikov 	C 	Russia 	
	1 	4 	Minnesota Wild 	Austin McKay 	D 	Canada 	
	1 	5 	Washington Capitals 	Riley Sharpe 	C 	Canada 	
	1 	6 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Shea Fisher 	LW 	Canada 	
	1 	7 	Detroit Red Wings 	Olli Kulkajarvi 	G 	Finland 	
	1 	8 	Anaheim Ducks 	Keaton Gardner 	G 	Canada 	
	1 	9 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Bryan Henley 	C 	United States 	
	1 	10 	San Jose Sharks 	Ryan Marsh 	RW 	United States 	
	1 	11 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Chris Leveille 	D 	Canada 	
	1 	12 	New York Rangers 	Dominik Reilly 	LW 	Canada 	
	1 	13 	Buffalo Sabres 	T.J. Pawelczyk 	D 	United States 	
	1 	14 	Los Angeles Kings 	Connor Bradshaw 	G 	Canada 	
	1 	15 	Montreal Canadiens 	Nicolas Martineau 	RW 	Canada 	
	1 	16 	New York Islanders 	Niko Tolvanen 	D 	Finland 	
	1 	17 	Calgary Flames 	Kalle Johansson 	D 	Sweden 	
	1 	18 	Vancouver Canucks 	Nikita Romanov 	D 	Russia 	
	1 	19 	Edmonton Oilers 	Sasha Bartulis 	RW 	Lithuania 	
	1 	20 	Colorado Avalanche 	Lucas Blanchard 	D 	Canada 	
	1 	21 	New Jersey Devils 	Andrew Oleksy 	LW 	Canada 	
	1 	22 	St. Louis Blues 	Marek Kováč 	C 	Slovakia 	
	1 	23 	Nashville Predators 	Ryan Carcillo 	RW 	United States 	
	1 	24 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Nate Gardner 	RW 	United States 	
	2 	25 	Vancouver Canucks 	Jordan Black 	C 	United States 	
	2 	26 	Minnesota Wild 	Jake Jones 	G 	United States 	
	2 	27 	New York Islanders 	Tony Townsend 	D 	United States 	
	2 	28 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Martin Mrazek 	RW 	Slovakia 	
	2 	29 	Detroit Red Wings 	Shea McGill 	RW 	Canada 	
	2 	30 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Colin Ellis 	LW 	United States 	
	2 	31 	Anaheim Ducks 	David McMorrow 	LW 	Canada 	
	2 	32 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Nikita Stalberg 	RW 	Finland 	
	2 	33 	Dallas Stars 	Niklas Bergstrom 	LW 	Sweden 	
	2 	34 	Montreal Canadiens 	Matt Strumm 	LW 	Canada 	
	2 	35 	Los Angeles Kings 	Maxim Chelyalev 	D 	Russia 	
	2 	36 	Buffalo Sabres 	James McEwen 	RW 	United States 	
	2 	37 	New York Rangers 	Pierre-Emil Deslauriers	C 	Canada 	
	2 	38 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Vitali Korsokaev 	G 	Russia 	
	2 	39 	Edmonton Oilers 	Nico Wiedling 	D 	Germany 	
	2 	40 	St. Louis Blues 	Jack Miller 	D 	United States 	
	2 	41 	Calgary Flames 	Derek Minard 	RW 	Canada 	
	2 	42 	Washington Capitals 	Johannes Lindgren 	D 	Sweden 	
	2 	43 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Damian Valreggio 	D 	Canada 	
	2 	44 	Colorado Avalanche 	Nikola Damiansky 	LW 	Poland 	
	2 	45 	San Jose Sharks 	Clayton Norris 	C 	Canada 	
	2 	46 	Nashville Predators 	Nate Brewer 	G 	Canada 	
	2 	47 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Julian Shore 	C 	Canada 	
	2 	48 	New Jersey Devils 	Jaroslav Kuma 	D 	Czech Republic	
	3 	49 	Dallas Stars 	Ryan Bouchard 	LW 	Canada 	
	3 	50 	Minnesota Wild 	Tyson Wade 	C 	Canada 	
	3 	51 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Brendan Green 	RW 	United States 	
	3 	52 	New York Islanders 	Sebastien Maki 	RW 	Finland 	
	3 	53 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Jack Barker 	D 	England 	
	3 	54 	Detroit Red Wings 	Tyler Nicholls 	LW 	United States 	
	3 	55 	Anaheim Ducks 	Josh Dawson 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	56 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Ryan Hansen 	LW 	Canada 	
	3 	57 	San Jose Sharks 	Sascha Brandt 	LW 	Germany 	
	3 	58 	Edmonton Oilers 	Artyom Romanov 	D 	Russia 	
	3 	59 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Vitali Zaytsev 	C 	Russia 	
	3 	60 	New York Rangers 	Connor Belov 	RW 	Canada 	
	3 	61 	Buffalo Sabres 	Evgeny Sokolov 	LW 	Russia 	
	3 	62 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kalle Kjellberg 	RW 	Sweden 	
	3 	63 	Montreal Canadiens 	Mika Heinonen 	D 	Finland 	
	3 	64 	Vancouver Canucks 	Austin Connolly 	C 	Canada 	
	3 	65 	Calgary Flames 	Lukas Karrer 	D 	Austria 	
	3 	66 	New York Islanders 	Mason Langham 	LW 	Canada 	
	3 	67 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Britton Cameron 	G 	Canada 	
	3 	68 	Colorado Avalanche 	Dmitri Meleshko 	D 	Belarus 	
	3 	69 	San Jose Sharks 	Mats Nylander 	G 	Sweden 	
	3 	70 	St. Louis Blues 	Will Quenneville 	RW 	Canada 	
	3 	71 	Nashville Predators 	Michel Bell 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	72 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tobias Lindgren 	RW 	Sweden 	
	4 	73 	Dallas Stars 	Pierre-Luc Arneson 	RW 	Canada 	
	4 	74 	Minnesota Wild 	Kris Davison 	C 	Canada 	
	4 	75 	New York Islanders 	James McWard 	C 	Canada 	
	4 	76 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Simon Poirier 	LW 	Canada 	
	4 	77 	Detroit Red Wings 	Martin Delveaux 	C 	Canada 	
	4 	78 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Lukas Kovarik 	C 	Czech Republic	
	4 	79 	Anaheim Ducks 	Artem Burakovsky 	C 	Russia 	
	4 	80 	Dallas Stars 	Adam Ward 	C 	United States 	
	4 	81 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Artem Semenko 	RW 	Russia 	
	4 	82 	Montreal Canadiens 	W.S. Caron 	LW 	Canada 	
	4 	83 	Los Angeles Kings 	Dmitry Kuznetsov 	LW 	Russia 	
	4 	84 	Buffalo Sabres 	Jack King 	LW 	United States 	
	4 	85 	New York Rangers 	Karl Beausoleil 	D 	Canada 	
	4 	86 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Jordan Kucera 	D 	Canada 	
	4 	87 	Edmonton Oilers 	Michael Hansson 	LW 	Sweden 	
	4 	88 	New Jersey Devils 	Artyuk Boikov 	RW 	Russia 	
	4 	89 	Calgary Flames 	Dominic Chynoweth 	RW 	Canada 	
	4 	90 	Washington Capitals 	Alexander Ripley 	RW 	Canada 	
	4 	91 	Colorado Avalanche 	Scott Dauphin 	RW 	United States 	
	4 	92 	New Jersey Devils 	Veli-Pekka Bergman 	RW 	Finland 	
	4 	93 	St. Louis Blues 	Karel Maklavecek 	D 	Czech Republic	
	4 	94 	Nashville Predators 	Max Varicek 	C 	Austria 	
	4 	95 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Jakub Tarnaski 	RW 	Czech Republic	
	4 	96 	Dallas Stars 	Brandon Smith 	D 	United States 	
	5 	97 	Minnesota Wild 	David Henry 	LW 	United States 	
	5 	98 	Minnesota Wild 	Milan Pazina 	RW 	Slovakia 	
	5 	99 	Vancouver Canucks 	Rene Moreau 	RW 	Canada 	
	5 	100 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Alexander Nemtsev 	D 	Russia 	
	5 	101 	Detroit Red Wings 	Arytom Alexandreev 	D 	Russia 	
	5 	102 	Anaheim Ducks 	Evgeni Slemko 	RW 	Ukraine 	
	5 	103 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Aron Kristjansson 	D 	Iceland 	
	5 	104 	Edmonton Oilers 	Matthieu Deslauriers 	D 	Canada 	
	5 	105 	San Jose Sharks 	Luc Bedard 	LW 	Canada 	
	5 	106 	Edmonton Oilers 	Scott Murovich 	G 	United States 	
	5 	107 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Jakob Klingenberg 	D 	Sweden 	
	5 	108 	New York Rangers 	Phil LaCroix 	C 	Canada 	
	5 	109 	Buffalo Sabres 	Jean-Claude Tallon 	RW 	Canada 	
	5 	110 	Los Angeles Kings 	Mikko Eremenko 	C 	Finland 	
	5 	111 	Montreal Canadiens 	Riley Robertson 	G 	Canada 	
	5 	112 	Vancouver Canucks 	Sean Guevin 	D 	Canada 	
	5 	113 	Calgary Flames 	Chris Lapointe 	LW 	Canada 	
	5 	114 	Washington Capitals 	Hannes Olesson 	RW 	Sweden 	
	5 	115 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Martin Fortin 	LW 	Canada 	
	5 	116 	Colorado Avalanche 	Maxim Henry 	C 	Canada 	
	5 	117 	New Jersey Devils 	Brandon Baddock 	G 	Canada 	
	5 	118 	New Jersey Devils 	Kirill Torbinski 	C 	Russia 	
	5 	119 	Nashville Predators 	Jakob Karlsson 	D 	Sweden 	
	5 	120 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Riley Larouche 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	121 	Dallas Stars 	Will Quinn 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	122 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Kyle Foss 	D 	United States 	
	6 	123 	New York Islanders 	Karol Ivanans 	RW 	Lithuania 	
	6 	124 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Peter Sloboda 	D 	Lithuania 	
	6 	125 	Detroit Red Wings 	Jérémie Legault 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	126 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Trent Jones 	G 	United States 	
	6 	127 	Anaheim Ducks 	Jeremy Gillard 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	128 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Jakub Styblo 	D 	Czech Republic	
	6 	129 	Vancouver Canucks 	Ilya Samedov 	LW 	Russia 	
	6 	130 	Montreal Canadiens 	Dérek Loiselle 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	131 	Los Angeles Kings 	Semyon Shishkanov 	RW 	Russia 	
	6 	132 	Buffalo Sabres 	Julien Cadorette 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	133 	New York Rangers 	Fyodor Mozorov 	LW 	Russia 	
	6 	134 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Alain Montmichel 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	135 	Edmonton Oilers 	Cedric Bolande 	RW 	France 	
	6 	136 	San Jose Sharks 	Raphael Baumann 	D 	Switzerland 	
	6 	137 	Calgary Flames 	Chris Cook 	C 	United States 	
	6 	138 	Washington Capitals 	John Forrest 	LW 	United States 	
	6 	139 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Brody Lamirande 	RW 	Canada 	
	6 	140 	Colorado Avalanche 	Joel Mezzano 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	141 	New Jersey Devils 	Bryce Wells 	RW 	United States 	
	6 	142 	St. Louis Blues 	Henrik Andersson 	LW 	Sweden 	
	6 	143 	Nashville Predators 	Alexey Goddard 	RW 	United States 	
	6 	144 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Mikhail Sertchev 	G 	Russia 	
	7 	145 	Dallas Stars 	Karl Beauregard 	C 	Canada 	
	7 	146 	Minnesota Wild 	Mason Richey 	LW 	Canada 	
	7 	147 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Blaine Coleman 	RW 	United States 	
	7 	148 	New York Islanders 	Joni Puuska 	D 	Sweden 	
	7 	149 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Ryan Kesler 	LW 	United States 	
	7 	150 	Detroit Red Wings 	Cody Renaud 	RW 	Canada 	
	7 	151 	Anaheim Ducks 	Rasmus Lindgren 	LW 	Sweden 	
	7 	152 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Jesper Granlund 	C 	Sweden 	
	7 	153 	San Jose Sharks 	Danny Stauber 	RW 	Austria 	
	7 	154 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Miguel Lamarre 	C 	Canada 	
	7 	155 	New York Rangers 	Grant Belanger 	RW 	Canada 	
	7 	156 	Edmonton Oilers 	Anthony Delâge 	C 	Canada 	
	7 	157 	Buffalo Sabres 	Roman Chennikov 	C 	Russia 	
	7 	158 	Los Angeles Kings 	Stefan Hoffman 	D 	Germany 	
	7 	159 	Montreal Canadiens 	Ryan Clowns 	C 	United States 	
	7 	160 	Vancouver Canucks 	Jordan Parisot 	D 	France 	
	7 	161 	Washington Capitals 	Magnus Lindberg 	LW 	Sweden 	
	7 	162 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Mika Lindholm 	RW 	Finland 	
	7 	163 	Colorado Avalanche 	Sergei Zeitsev 	LW 	Russia 	
	7 	164 	New Jersey Devils 	Gael Micaud 	C 	France 	
	7 	165 	St. Louis Blues 	Yuri Pakkalainen 	LW 	Finland 	
	7 	166 	Calgary Flames 	Filip Hajek 	G 	Czech Republic	
	7 	167 	Nashville Predators 	Valerien Girard 	LW 	Canada 	
	7 	168 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Alexei Safin 	D 	Russia 	
==Trades==
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2021 Entry Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
===Round one===
* No. 2: Minnesota -> Chicago (D). Minnesota traded this selection and their sixth round pick (122nd) to Chicago for their first round selection (4th), their fifth round selection (99th), and RW Markus Schumann.
* No. 4: See No. 2: Minnesota -> Chicago (D).
* No. 5: NY Islanders -> Washington (D). New York traded this selection to Washington for their first round selection (18th) and their third round selection (66th).
* No. 6: Pittsburgh -> Columbus (D). Pittsburgh traded this selection to Columbus for their first round selection (24th), their fourth round selection (96th), and C Pawel Lewandowski.
* No. 11: Edmonton -> Tampa Bay (D). Edmonton traded this selection to Tampa Bay for their first round selection (19th), their fourth round selection (91st), and Tampa Bay's 2022 fifth round selection.
* No. 16: Vancouver -> NY Islanders (D). Vancouver traded this selection to the New York Islanders for their first round selection from Washington (18th) and their fifth round selection (100th).
* No. 18: See No. 5: NY Islanders -> Washington (D) and No. 16: Vancouver -> NY Islanders (D).
* No. 19: See No. 11: Edmonton -> Tampa Bay (D).
* No. 24: See No. 6: Pittsburgh -> Columbus (D).
===Round two===
* No. 25: Dallas -> Vancouver (D). Dallas traded this selection to Vancouver for their second round selection (33rd) and their fourth round selection (81st).
* No. 33: See No. 25: Dallas -> Vancouver (D).
* No. 40: San Jose -> St. Louis (D). San Jose traded this selection to St. Louis for their second round selection (46th) and their fifth round selection (118th).
* No. 46: See No. 40: San Jose -> St. Louis (D).
===Round three===
* No. 66: See No. 5: NY Islanders -> Washington (D).
* No. 69: New Jersey -> San Jose (D). New Jersey traded this selection to San Jose for their fourth round selection (88th) and their fifth round selection from St. Louis (118th).
===Round four===
* No. 81: See No. 25: Dallas -> Vancouver (D).
* No. 88: See No. 69: New Jersey -> San Jose (D).
* No. 91: See No. 11: Edmonton -> Tampa Bay (D).
===Round five===
* No. 96: See No. 6: Pittsburgh -> Columbus (D).
* No. 99: See No. 2: Minnesota -> Chicago (D).
* No. 100: See No. 16: Vancouver -> New York Islanders (D).
* No. 118: See No. 40: San Jose -> St. Louis (D) and No. 69: New Jersey -> San Jose (D).
===Round six===
* No. 122: See No. 2: Minnesota -> Chicago (D).
* No. 134: Toronto -> Columbus (D). Toronto traded this selection to Columbus for their sixth round selection (144th) and seventh round selection (168th).
* No. 144: See No. 134: Columbus -> Toronto (D).
===Round Seven===
* No. 168: See No. 134: Columbus -> Toronto (D).
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