2021 NHLHC Draft

2021 NHLHC Draft
General information
Date(s)	August 1, 2017
Location	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Picks
First selection	Tyler Neiley, D, Dallas Stars
Overall selections	168
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The 2021 NHLHC Entry Draft is the second NHLHC Entry Draft. The draft was held from August 1, 2017 - TBD 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	from Minnesota
	1	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Sobotnikov	C	Russia
	1	4	Minnesota Wild	Austin McKay	D	Canada	from Chicago who originally won the coin toss versus New York Islanders
	1	5	Washington Capitals	Riley Sharpe	C	Canada	from New York Islanders who originally lost the coin toss versus Chicago
	1	6	Columbus Blue Jackets	Shea Fisher	LW	Canada	from Pittsburgh who originally won the coin toss versus Detroit
	1	7	Detroit Red Wings	Olli Kulkajarvi	G	Finland	lost the coin toss versus Pittsburgh
	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	from Edmonton
	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	from Vancouver
	1	17	Calgary Flames	Kalle Johansson	D	Sweden
	1	18	Vancouver Canucks	Nikita Romanov	D	Russia	from Washington via New York Islanders
	1	19	Edmonton Oilers	Sasha Bartulis	RW	Lithuania	from Tampa Bay
	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	from Columbus
	2	25	Vancouver Canucks	Jordan Black	C	United States	from Dallas Stars
	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	from Vancouver
	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	from San Jose
	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	San Jose's original pick was 46 from St. Louis, jumped New Jersey due to time
	2	46	Nashville Predators	Nate Brewer	G	Canada	jumped New Jersey due to time
	2	47	Columbus Blue Jackets	Julian Shore	C	Canada	jumped New Jersey due to time
	2	48	New Jersey Devils	Jaroslav Kuma	D	Czech Republic	original pick was 45
	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	from Washington
	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	from New Jersey
	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	jumped Philadelphia due to time
	4	81	Philadelphia Flyers	Artem Semenko	RW	Russia	Philadelphia's original pick was 80, original 81 was to Dallas from Vancouver
	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	from San Jose
	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	jumped Edmonton due to time
	4	92	New Jersey Devils	Veli-Pekka Bergman	RW	Finland	jumped Edmonton due to time
	4	93	St. Louis Blues	Karel Maklavecek	D	Czech Republic	jumped Edmonton due to time
	4	94	Nashville Predators	Max Varicek	C	Austria	jumped Edmonton due to time
	4	95	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jakub Tarnaski	RW	Czech Republic	jumped Edmonton due to time
	4	96	Dallas Stars	Brandon Smith	D	United States	jumped Edmonton due to time, original 96 was to Pittsburgh from Columbus
	5	97	Minnesota Wild	David Henry	LW	United States	jumped Edmonton due to time
	5	98	Minnesota Wild	Milan Pazina	RW	Slovakia
	5	99	Vancouver Canucks	Rene Moreau	RW	Canada	jumped Edmonton due to time, original 99 was to Minnesota from from Chicago
	5	100	Pittsburgh Penguins	Alexander Nemtsev	D	Russia	jumped Edmonton due to time, original 100 was to Vancouver from New York Islanders
	5	101	Detroit Red Wings	Arytom Alexandreev	D	Russia	jumped Edmonton due to time
	5	102	Anaheim Ducks	Evgeni Slemko	RW	Ukraine	jumped Edmonton due to time
	5	103	Philadelphia Flyers	Aron Kristjansson	D	Iceland	jumped Edmonton due to time
	5	104	Edmonton Oilers	Matthieu Deslauriers	D	Canada	Edmonton's original pick was 91 from Tampa Bay
	5	105	San Jose Sharks
	5	106	Edmonton Oilers
	5	107	Toronto Maple Leafs
	5	108	New York Rangers
	5	109	Buffalo Sabres
	5	110	Los Angeles Kings
	5	111	Montreal Canadiens
	5	112	Vancouver Canucks
	5	113	Calgary Flames
	5	114	Washington Capitals
	5	115	Tampa Bay Lightning
	5	116	Colorado Avalanche
	5	117	New Jersey Devils
	5	118	New Jersey Devils				from St. Louis via San Jose
	5	119	Nashville Predators
	5	120	Columbus Blue Jackets
	6	121	Dallas Stars
	6	122	Chicago Blackhawks				from Minnesota
	6	123	New York Islanders
	6	124	Chicago Blackhawks
	6	125	Detroit Red Wings
	6	126	Pittsburgh Penguins
	6	127	Anaheim Ducks
	6	128	Philadelphia Flyers
	6	129	Vancouver Canucks
	6	130	Montreal Canadiens
	6	131	Los Angeles Kings
	6	132	Buffalo Sabres
	6	133	New York Rangers
	6	134	Toronto Maple Leafs
	6	135	Edmonton Oilers
	6	136	San Jose Sharks
	6	137	Calgary Flames
	6	138	Washington Capitals
	6	139	Tampa Bay Lightning
	6	140	Colorado Avalanche
	6	141	New Jersey Devils
	6	142	St. Louis Blues
	6	143	Nashville Predators
	6	144	Columbus Blue Jackets
	7	145	Dallas Stars
	7	146	Minnesota Wild
	7	147	Chicago Blackhawks
	7	148	New York Islanders
	7	149	Pittsburgh Penguins
	7	150	Detroit Red Wings
	7	151	Anaheim Ducks
	7	152	Philadelphia Flyers
	7	153	San Jose Sharks
	7	154	Edmonton Oilers
	7	155	Toronto Maple Leafs
	7	156	New York Rangers
	7	157	Buffalo Sabres
	7	158	Los Angeles Kings
	7	159	Montreal Canadiens
	7	160	Vancouver Canucks
	7	161	Calgary Flames
	7	162	Washington Capitals
	7	163	Tampa Bay Lightning
	7	164	Colorado Avalanche
	7	165	New Jersey Devils
	7	166	St. Louis Blues
	7	167	Nashville Predators
	7	168	Columbus Blue Jackets

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 pick (33rd) and their fourth round pick (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 pick (46th) and their fifth round pick (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 pick (88th) and their fifth round pick 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).