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2021 NHL Entry Draft: How To Watch, Draft Order & First Round Open Thread

The dominos have started to fall already early on draft day with the Buffalo Sabres pulling the trigger on a trade for Rasmus Ristolainen, sending the defenseman to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Robert Hagg, their 1st round pick tonight and a second rounder in the loaded 2022 draft.

How to Watch

Round One

Date: Friday, July 23rd 2021

Start time: 8:00 PM EST

TV: ESPN2 (USA), Sportsnet, SN NOW & TVA Sports (Canada)

Online stream: WatchESPN (coverage starts at 7:00pm)

Rounds Two to Seven

Date: Saturday, July 24th 2021

Start time: 11:00 AM EST

TV: NHL Network (USA), Sportsnet & SN Now (Canada)

Online stream: Maybe NHL.com? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

There’s plenty of reading material to arm yourself ahead of the draft, thanks to Brassmaster and T McGee’s excellent draft coverage.

Draft Order

Round One

1. Buffalo Sabres – D Owen Power (story / interview)
2. Seattle Kraken – C Matthew Beniers
3. Anaheim Ducks – C Mason McTavish
4. New Jersey Devils – D Luke Hughes
5. Columbus Blue Jackets – C Kent Johnson
6. Detroit Red Wings – D Simon Edvinsson
7. San Jose Sharks – LW William Eklund
8. Los Angeles Kings – D Brandt Clarke
9. Arizona Coyotes (from VAN) – RW Dylan Guenther
10. Ottawa Senators – RW Tyler Boucher
11. Arizona Coyotes (pick forfeited)
12. Columbus Blue Jackets (from CHI) – C Cole Sillinger
13. Calgary Flames – RW Matthew Coronato
14. Buffalo Sabres (from PHI) – RW Isak Rosen (story)
15. Detroit Red Wings (from DAL) – G Sebastian Cossa
16. New York Rangers – LW Brennan Othmann
17. St. Louis Blues – C Zachary Bolduc
18. Winnipeg Jets – C Chaz Lucius
19. Nashville Predators – C Fedor Svechkov
20. Minnesota Wild (from EDM) – G Jesper Wallstedt
21. Boston Bruins – RW Fabian Lysell
22. Edmonton Oilers (from MIN) – C Xavier Bourgault
23. Dallas Stars (from WSH & DET) – C Wyatt Johnston
24. Florida Panthers – RW Mackie Samoskevich
25. Columbus Blue Jackets (from TOR) – D Corson Ceulemans
26. Minnesota Wild (from PIT) – D Carson Lambos
27. Nashville Predators (from CAR) – LW Zachary L’Heureux
28. Colorado Avalanche – RW Oskar Olausson
29. New Jersey Devils (from NYI) – RW Chase Stillman
30. Vegas Golden Knights – C Zach Dean
31. Montreal Canadiens – D Logan Mailloux 😲
32. Chicago Blackhawks (from TBL & COL) – D Nolan Allan

Will Eichel and/or Reinhart get traded before the 1st Rd of the Draft?

Eichel 18
Reinhart 22
Both 17
Neither 69

(Poll closes promptly at 8pm today)