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Draft Class: 2021

Created By: dls9

Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 1:41 p.m.

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HEAVILY influenced (but not all) by the recent 2022 WJC.

DRAFT

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Round 1
1. Owen Power (Buffalo Sabres) (Details: These guys don't move).
2. Matthew Beniers (Seattle Kraken) (Details: see above.).
3. Cole Sillinger (Anaheim Ducks) (Details: I might get a lot of hate for this, but I have to give some love to the only guy in the first round to make his team out of camp. I still put him below Power &amp; Beniers, who joined after their NCAA season ended but would have played and outperformed Sillinger ... and maybe other players like McTavish would have performed better if he was given the same chance at the NHL level, but I'll put Sillinger at 3.).
4. Mason McTavish (New Jersey Devils) (Details: Best player at the 2022 WJC. He should move up, not down ...  but he can't pass Beniers, Power or Sillinger (as these guys have already arrived at the NHL level and would have probably dominated at the WJC)).
5. Jesper Wallstedt (Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: Best G in the tournament. Also had a very good season in the SHL with a .917).
6. Kent Johnson (Detroit Red Wings) (Details: Great year at UMichigan, and had a good tournament at the WJC with 9 points in games and the golden goal. He reminds me a LOT of Mitch Marner, which any team would want.).
7. Luke Hughes (San Jose Sharks) (Details: Crazy good freshmen season at Michigan, out producing Sophmore Owen Power on the same team (albeit, in 9 more games played). Didn't dominate as much as I would have wanted to see in the WJC, but only dropping 3.).
8. Olen Zellweger (Los Angeles Kings) (Details: Off the board (ish). LA wanted an offensive D at 8. They took Brandt Clark. They should have taken Olen Zellweger. Guy is a beast, and was the best D at the WJC. 78 points in 55 CHL games too. He's a top 10 pick in any 2021 re-draft.).
9. Wyatt Johnston (Arizona Coyotes from Vancouver Canucks) (Details: First guy on this list to not play at the WJC (besides top 3). But Wyatt Johnson deserves to be top 10. 124 points (46G,78A) in 68 OHL games. 41 points in 25 OHL playoff games. He's a top 10 pick.).
10. William Eklund (Ottawa Senators) (Details: Hard to rank where Eklund fits. He didn't play at the WJC (presumably to prepare for Sharks camp). I think his D+1 SHL season is a little underwhelming (14 points - one goal in 29 games).  But he preformed well in 9  games with the sharks initially, so I think he still deserves to be top 10.).
12. Aatu Räty (Columbus Blue Jackets from Chicago Blackhawks) (Details: Raty should have gone this high initially. But a bad draft year sent him to the 2nd round. I think, we're seeing now he deserved to be a top 15 pick. 40 points in 41 D+1 games in Lliga, and 10 points in 7 WJC games.).
13. Logan Stankoven (Calgary Flames) (Details: I did say in the description that the WJC will be heavily influencing this re-draft, and Stankoven had a great WJC. Like Raty, 10 points in 7 games but he also had a great CHL D+1 with 104 points (45G,49A) in 59 games along with 17 goals in 17 playoff games. A player who reminds me of Brayden Point, was taken too low because of his size but is definitely a first rounder.).
14. Simon Edvinsson (Buffalo Sabres from Philadelphia Flyers) (Details: A guy who dropped because of the WJC but still had an outstanding SHL D+1 with Frolunda. Again, if this wasn't a WJC focused redraft Edvinsson would still be top 10 but alas, he wasn't noticeable throughout this tournament.).
15. Dylan Guenther (Detroit Red Wings from Dallas Stars) (Details: Hard to let Guenther drop any lower than this - only because he didn't play this WJC. But, when comparing D+1 seasons to his peers (Stankoven, Johnson) he would have a lower ranking).
16. Matthew Coronato (New York Rangers) (Details: Matt Coronato had a fine WJC (7 points in 5 games) and a good D+1 freshmen season at Harvard (36 points - 18G,18A in 34 GP) but nothing outstanding. Probably still a mid round pick).
17. Zachary Bolduc (St. Louis Blues) (Details: Didn't play in the WJC but was a QMJHL powerhouse this season with 99 points in 65 games (55G,44A). St Louis took him right where he should have gone.).
18. Brennan Othmann (Winnipeg Jets) (Details: Othman had an OK WJC (6 points 6 games) and a decent D+1 OHL season with 97 points (50G,47A) in 66GP.).
19. Fabian Lysell (Nashville Predators) (Details: Lysell had an OK WJC (6 points in 7 games), and an OK freshman CHL season (62 points in 53 games) but he ate his opponents during Vancouver's playoffs, and helped upset the 1st playoff seed with 21 points in 12 games (4G,17A).).
20. Corson Ceulemans (Minnesota Wild from Edmonton Oilers) (Details: Ceulemans lead his NCAA Wisconsin team in points as a freshman from the AJHL with 22 points in 34 GP, but was on a horrible team. I still think it shows flashes of being a good top 4D.).
21. Sebastian Cossa (Boston Bruins) (Details: Hard to evaluate Cossa. He didn't play much at the WJC and had a .913 sv percentage in his D+1 ... which is down significantly from his .941 in his draft year.).
22. Brandt Clarke (Edmonton Oilers from Minnesota Wild) (Details: Didn't make his WJC team in his D+1 despite being the highest picked canadian D in the draft, and showed no growth in his D+1 season from a production standpoint.).
23. Xavier Bourgault (Dallas Stars from Washington Capitals).
24. Fedor Svechkov (Florida Panthers).
25. Isak Rosén (Columbus Blue Jackets from Toronto Maple Leafs).
26. Zachary L'Heureux (Minnesota Wild from Pittsburgh Penguins).
27. Oskar Olausson (Nashville Predators from Carolina Hurricanes).
28. Carson Lambos (Colorado Avalanche).
29. Zach Dean (New Jersey Devils from New York Islanders).
30. Chaz Lucius (Vegas Golden Knights).
31. Mackie Samoskevich (Montreal Canadiens).
32. Tyler Boucher (Chicago Blackhawks from Tampa Bay Lightning).

CapFriendly.com User-Generated Mock-Draft

ROUND 1	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

1	-	Owen Power	These guys don't move
2	-	Matthew Beniers	see above.
3	-	Cole Sillinger (+9 )	I might get a lot of hate for this, but I have to give some love to the only guy in the first round to make his team out of camp. I still put him below Power & Beniers, who joined after their NCAA season ended but would have played and outperformed Sillinger ... and maybe other players like McTavish would have performed better if he was given the same chance at the NHL level, but I'll put Sillinger at 3.
4	-	Mason McTavish (-1 )	Best player at the 2022 WJC. He should move up, not down ... but he can't pass Beniers, Power or Sillinger (as these guys have already arrived at the NHL level and would have probably dominated at the WJC)
5	-	Jesper Wallstedt (+15 )	Best G in the tournament. Also had a very good season in the SHL with a .917
6	-	Kent Johnson (-1 )	Great year at UMichigan, and had a good tournament at the WJC with 9 points in games and the golden goal. He reminds me a LOT of Mitch Marner, which any team would want.
7	-	Luke Hughes (-3 )	Crazy good freshmen season at Michigan, out producing Sophmore Owen Power on the same team (albeit, in 9 more games played). Didn't dominate as much as I would have wanted to see in the WJC, but only dropping 3.
8	-	Olen Zellweger (+26 )	Off the board (ish). LA wanted an offensive D at 8. They took Brandt Clark. They should have taken Olen Zellweger. Guy is a beast, and was the best D at the WJC. 78 points in 55 CHL games too. He's a top 10 pick in any 2021 re-draft.
9		Wyatt Johnston (+14 )	First guy on this list to not play at the WJC (besides top 3). But Wyatt Johnson deserves to be top 10. 124 points (46G,78A) in 68 OHL games. 41 points in 25 OHL playoff games. He's a top 10 pick.
10	-	William Eklund (-3 )	Hard to rank where Eklund fits. He didn't play at the WJC (presumably to prepare for Sharks camp). I think his D+1 SHL season is a little underwhelming (14 points - one goal in 29 games). But he preformed well in 9 games with the sharks initially, so I think he still deserves to be top 10.
11	-		Draft Pick Forfeited
12		Aatu Räty (+40 )	Raty should have gone this high initially. But a bad draft year sent him to the 2nd round. I think, we're seeing now he deserved to be a top 15 pick. 40 points in 41 D+1 games in Lliga, and 10 points in 7 WJC games.
13	-	Logan Stankoven (+34 )	I did say in the description that the WJC will be heavily influencing this re-draft, and Stankoven had a great WJC. Like Raty, 10 points in 7 games but he also had a great CHL D+1 with 104 points (45G,49A) in 59 games along with 17 goals in 17 playoff games. A player who reminds me of Brayden Point, was taken too low because of his size but is definitely a first rounder.
14		Simon Edvinsson (-8 )	A guy who dropped because of the WJC but still had an outstanding SHL D+1 with Frolunda. Again, if this wasn't a WJC focused redraft Edvinsson would still be top 10 but alas, he wasn't noticeable throughout this tournament.
15		Dylan Guenther (-6 )	Hard to let Guenther drop any lower than this - only because he didn't play this WJC. But, when comparing D+1 seasons to his peers (Stankoven, Johnson) he would have a lower ranking
16	-	Matthew Coronato (-3 )	Matt Coronato had a fine WJC (7 points in 5 games) and a good D+1 freshmen season at Harvard (36 points - 18G,18A in 34 GP) but nothing outstanding. Probably still a mid round pick
17	-	Zachary Bolduc	Didn't play in the WJC but was a QMJHL powerhouse this season with 99 points in 65 games (55G,44A). St Louis took him right where he should have gone.
18	-	Brennan Othmann (-2 )	Othman had an OK WJC (6 points 6 games) and a decent D+1 OHL season with 97 points (50G,47A) in 66GP.
19	-	Fabian Lysell (+2 )	Lysell had an OK WJC (6 points in 7 games), and an OK freshman CHL season (62 points in 53 games) but he ate his opponents during Vancouver's playoffs, and helped upset the 1st playoff seed with 21 points in 12 games (4G,17A).
20		Corson Ceulemans (+5 )	Ceulemans lead his NCAA Wisconsin team in points as a freshman from the AJHL with 22 points in 34 GP, but was on a horrible team. I still think it shows flashes of being a good top 4D.
21	-	Sebastian Cossa (-6 )	Hard to evaluate Cossa. He didn't play much at the WJC and had a .913 sv percentage in his D+1 ... which is down significantly from his .941 in his draft year.
22		Brandt Clarke (-14 )	Didn't make his WJC team in his D+1 despite being the highest picked canadian D in the draft, and showed no growth in his D+1 season from a production standpoint.
23		Xavier Bourgault (-1 )
24	-	Fedor Svechkov (-5 )
25		Isak Rosén (-11 )
26		Zachary L'Heureux (+1 )
27		Oskar Olausson (+1 )
28	-	Carson Lambos (-2 )
29		Zach Dean (+1 )
30	-	Chaz Lucius (-12 )
31	-	Mackie Samoskevich (-7 )
32		Tyler Boucher (-22 )

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:05 p.m.

Salzy

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Nah theres no scenario where McTavish isnt who the Ducks instantly take

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Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:37 p.m.

JNoons13

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I think Sillinger definitely goes higher than he was picked but I don't think any of the top 4 picks would change, maybe even the top 5.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

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If anything McTavish goes 2nd, not 4th.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 4:02 p.m.

SpinyLiving

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Just because Sillinger made his team doesn’t mean he’s better than McTavish…
And if we’re using Sillinger making his team as a reason he’s higher than McTavish, Ducks offered McTavish an NHL spot but he chose to play in major junior for another year.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.

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