2021 NHL Entry Draft Results

The 2021 NHL Entry Draft commenced today and 32 OHL players had their names called by NHL clubs. All things considered, this total is actually higher than I anticipated. Not because of the quality available from Ontario, but because the league did not play. It has been right in line with the 30 or so taken the last few years.

Below you can find the results for OHL players, as well as my draft ranking before the draft (for comparison's sake).

Some general thoughts on how the draft played out: 

- Highest players to go unselected from my rankings included Simon Motew, Ranvir Gill Shane, Braeden Kressler, Stuart Rolofs, Avery Hayes, Nick DeGrazia, and JR Avon. If I am being perfectly honest, none are completely shocking...again given the circumstances.

- Certainly was not surprising to see Mason McTavish go ahead of Brandt Clarke. As I mentioned, I even contemplated placing him ahead of Clarke. Big fan of both of these young men.

- While it did not shock me at all to see Wyatt Johnston go ahead of Francesco Pinelli, it did to see Stillman and, especially Mailloux, also be selected ahead of him.

- Honestly not surprised to see guys like Ty Voit, Connor Lockhart, Francesco Arcuri, and Ryan Mast fall so far. But I do think that they will prove to be excellent selections and prove that if the OHL had played, they would have been selected much earlier.

- Full draft results can be found here.

My Rank	Player Name	PO	OHL Team	NHL Team	RD	Pick
1	Brandt Clarke	D	Barrie	LA	1	8
2	Mason McTavish	F	Peterborough	ANA	1	3
3	Brennan Othmann	F	Flint	NYR	1	16
4	Francesco Pinelli	F	Kitchener	LA	2	42
5	Ben Gaudreau	G	Sarnia	SJ	3	81
6	Chase Stillman	F	Sudbury	NJ	1	29
7	Ethan Del Mastro	D	Mississauga	CHI	4	105
8	Ryan Winterton	F	Hamilton	SEA	3	67
9	Wyatt Johnston	F	Windsor	DAL	1	23
10	Daniil Chayka	D	Guelph	VGS	2	38
11	Logan Mailloux	D	London	MTL	1	31
12	Ryan Mast	D	Sarnia	BOS	6	181
13	Tristan Lennox	G	Saginaw	NYI	3	93
14	Artyom Grushnikov	D	Hamilton	DAL	2	48
15	Ty Voit	F	Sarnia	TOR	5	153
16	Brett Harrison	F	Oshawa	BOS	3	85
17	Jack Matier	D	Ottawa	NSH	4	124
18	Ben Roger	D	London	OTT	2	49
19	Connor Lockhart	F	Erie	VAN	6	178
20	Francesco Arcuri	F	Kingston	DAL	6	175
21	Joe Vrbetic	G	North Bay	MTL	7	214
22	Josh Bloom	F	Saginaw	BUF	3	95
23	Bryce Montgomery	D	London	CAR	6	170
24	Simon Motew	D	Kitchener
25	Ranvir Gill Shane	D	Ottawa
26	Daniil Sobolev	D	Windsor	MTL	5	142
27	Braeden Kressler	F	Flint
28	Stuart Rolofs	F	London
29	Jack Beck	F	Ottawa	CGY	6	168
30	Jacob Holmes	D	SSM	DAL	5	143
31	Avery Hayes	F	Hamilton
32	Nick DeGrazia	F	Sudbury
33	JR Avon	F	Peterborough
34	Connor Punnett	D	Barrie
35	Isaac Enright	D	Niagara
36	Braden Hache	D	Kingston	FLA	7	210
37	Max McCue	F	London	SJ	5	156
38	Artem Guryev	D	Peterborough	SJ	5	135
39	Maddox Callens	F	Kingston
40	Matthew Maggio	F	Windsor
41	Paul Christopoulos	D	North Bay
42	Lawson Sherk	F	Hamilton
43	Pavel Cajan	G	Kitchener
44	Deni Goure	F	Owen Sound
45	Ethan Burroughs	F	Owen Sound
46	Tucker Robertson	F	Peterborough
47	Giancarlo Chanton	D	Niagara
48	Colby Saganiuk	F	Erie
49	Alex Geci	F	Sarnia
50	Kaleb Lawrence	F	Owen Sound
1	Ethan Cardwell	F	Barrie	SJ	4	121
2	Pasquale Zito	F	Windsor	DET	6	166
3	Chandler Romeo	D	Hamilton	OTT	7	202