2021 NHLHC Expansion Draft

The 2021 NHLHC Season saw eight teams join the league; the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Vancouver Canucks. In order to partially stock their rosters a six-round Expansion Draft was held, using a snake format. The draft order was as follows:
*Vancouver Canucks
*Montreal Canadiens
*Los Angeles Kings
*Buffalo Sabres
*New York Rangers
*Toronto Maple Leafs
*Edmonton Oilers
*San Jose Sharks
The sixteen existing teams could protect six players on their roster and could not lose more than five players total. As each team lost a player, they were allowed to protect an additional player from their roster.
==Draft Results==
	Rd.	Pick	Player 	Nationality 	Drafted from 	Drafted by
	1 	1 	Sam James, G 	United States 	Nashville Predators 	Vancouver Canucks
	1 	2 	Klaas Andreasen, RW 	Denmark 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens
	1 	3 	Martin Havlat, LW 	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Los Angeles Kings
	1 	4 	Ruslan Maximov, C 	Ukraine 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Buffalo Sabres
	1 	5 	Paul Chevalier, RW 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers 	New York Rangers
	1 	6 	Christian Johansen, LW 	Denmark 	St. Louis Blues 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	1 	7 	Gabriel Boulanger, LW 	Canada 	Minnesota Wild 	Edmonton Oilers
	1 	8 	Samuel Gagnon, C 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	San Jose Sharks
	2 	9 	Tim Carson, D 	Canada 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	San Jose Sharks
	2 	10 	Robbie Arniel, G 	Canada 	Anaheim Ducks 	Edmonton Oilers
	2 	11 	Jake Westerlund, D 	United States 	New Jersey Devils 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	2 	12 	Jacek Bak, D 	Poland 	New York Islanders 	New York Rangers
	2 	13 	James Fitch, D 	United States 	Colorado Avalanche 	Buffalo Sabres
	2 	14 	Dennis Nehri, RW 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings 	Los Angeles Kings
	2 	15 	Jeff Rogers, D 	United States 	Dallas Stars 	Montreal Canadiens
	2 	16 	Nathan Chadwick, D 	United States 	Calgary Flames 	Vancouver Canucks
	3 	17 	Roman Lubos, LW 	Slovakia 	Washington Capitals 	Vancouver Canucks
	3 	18 	Gustav Johansson, RW 	Sweden 	Calgary Flames 	Montreal Canadiens
	3 	19 	Mariusz Dorawa, LW 	Poland 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Los Angeles Kings
	3 	20 	Roger Morris, G 	United States 	Detroit Red Wings 	Buffalo Sabres
	3 	21 	David London, LW 	United States 	New York Islanders 	New York Rangers
	3 	22 	Jeremy Mathieu, RW 	Canada 	Dallas Stars 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	3 	23 	Kevin Torrence, RW 	United States 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Edmonton Oilers
	3 	24 	Sergei Skrastnins, D 	Latvia 	Philadelphia Flyers 	San Jose Sharks
	4 	25 	Dave Signolet, RW 	Canada 	New York Islanders 	San Jose Sharks
	4 	26 	Niklas Andersson, C 	Sweden 	New Jersey Devils 	Edmonton Oilers
	4 	27 	Francois Adameau, RW 	Canada 	Nashville Predators 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	4 	28 	Lars Jakobs, D 	Germany 	Columbus Blue Jackets	New York Rangers
	4 	29 	Anders Olafson, LW 	Norway 	Anaheim Ducks 	Buffalo Sabres
	4 	30 	Yuri Zhirkov, D 	Russia 	Washington Capitals 	Los Angeles Kings
	4 	31 	Sam Ribbenbacher, D 	Canada 	St. Louis Blues 	Montreal Canadiens
	4 	32 	K.J. Carter, D 	United States 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Vancouver Canucks
	5 	33 	Olavi Nigul, LW 	Estonia 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Vancouver Canucks
	5 	34 	Ferenc Hvorkas, LW 	Hungary 	Colorado Avalanche 	Montreal Canadiens
	5 	35 	Adam Kaluza, C 	Poland 	Dallas Stars 	Los Angeles Kings
	5 	36 	Mariusz Mihalek, D 	Czech Republic	Calgary Flames 	Buffalo Sabres
	5 	37 	Frankie Jones, C 	United States 	Colorado Avalanche 	New York Rangers
	5 	38 	Damien Husek, D 	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	5 	39 	Brandon Baumgartlinger, D	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings 	Edmonton Oilers
	5 	40 	Joel Mirer, D 	United States 	Anaheim Ducks 	San Jose Sharks
	6 	41 	Nikolai Ostrakov, G 	Russia 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	San Jose Sharks
	6 	42 	Victor Flamineau, C 	Canada 	St. Louis Blues 	Edmonton Oilers
	6 	43 	Vladimir Vasilyev, LW 	Russia 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Toronto Maple Leafs
	6 	44 	Kyle Jones, D 	United States 	New York Islanders 	New York Rangers
	6 	45 	Daniel Ashworth, D 	United States 	Nashville Predators 	Buffalo Sabres
	6 	46 	Sergey Vitalin, D 	Russia 	Calgary Flames 	Los Angeles Kings
	6 	47 	Vladimir Sobotik, G 	Czech Republic	Minnesota Wild 	Montreal Canadiens
	6 	48 	Miloslav Chvátal, RW 	Czech Republic	Chicago Blackhawks 	Vancouver Canucks
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