The National Hockey League Draft is July 23. Welcome to our first 2021 NHL mock draft, team needs have not been taken into account at this time. Some player descriptions have been filled out, but the others will be completed at a later date.
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1. Buffalo, Owen Power, D, Michigan, Canada
Consensus (more or less) #1 overall pick currently plays for the Wolverines. #GoBlue
2. Seattle, Matthew Beniers, C, Michigan, USA
Michigan has gone from a football school to a basketball school. Looking at NHL mock drafts, including this one, maybe it has become a hockey school now?
3. Anaheim, Luke Hughes, D, USA U18
Currently committed to Michigan (but if he gets picked this high, well then, forgot about that!)
4. New Jersey, Dylan Guenther, W, Edmonton (WHL), Canada
5. Columbus, Mason McTavish, C, Peterborough, Canada
6. Detroit, Jesper Wallstedt, G, Luleå HF, Sweden
7. San Jose, William Eklund, LW, Djurgårdens IF, Sweden
8. Los Angeles, Brandt Clarke, D, Barrie, Canada
9. Vancouver, Kent Johnson, C, Michigan, Canada
10. Ottawa, Simon Edvinsson, D, Sweden
11. Arizona- FOREFEITED
12. Chicago, Cole Sillinger, LW/C, Medicine Hat, Canada
13. Calgary, Fabian Lysell, LW, Frölunda, Sweden
14. Philadephia, Chaz Lucius, C, USA U18
Currently committed to Minnesota
15. Dallas, Sebastian Cossa, G, Edmonton, Canada
16. New York, William Strömgren, LW | MODO Hockey, Sweden
17. St. Louis, Corson Ceulemans, D, Brooks, Canada
Committed to the Wisconsin Badgers
18. Winnipeg, Simon Robertsson, RW, Skellefteå, Sweden
19. Nashville, Logan Stankoven, LW/C/RW, Kamloops, Canada
Francesco Pinelli, C, Kitchener, Canada
20. Edmonton, Matthew Coronato, LW, Chicago, USA
Committed to Harvard
21. Boston, Brennan Othmann, LW, Flint, Canada
22. Minnesota, Zachary L’Heureux, C, Halifax, Canada
23. Detroit, Zachary Bolduc, C, Rimouski, Canada
25. Columbus, Carson Lambos, D, Winnipeg, Canada
26. Florida, Aatu Räty, C, Kärpät, Finland
27. Carolina, Fyodor Svechkov, LW/C/RW, Lada Togliatti, Russia
28. Colorado, Oskar Olausson, LW/RW, HV71, Sweden
29. New Jersey, Isak Rosén, LW/RW, Leksands IF, Sweden
30. Vegas, Xavier Bourgault, C, Shawinigan, Canada
31. Montreal, Daniil Chayka, D, Krasnaya, Armiya, Russia
32. Columbus, Zach Dean, C, Gatineau, Canada
This NHL mock draft has now ended, please go in peace.
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