1 | | - | | Easy pick here for Buffalo, best player in the draft and they need defense on this team. After picking Cozens and Quinn in the past two drafts I believe they take a defenseman. |
2 | | - | | Detroit continues to take a Swedish player with their first round pick, this time being the top Europeon skater of this draft. |
3 | | - | | The ducks need a left Winger very badly and also a sniper very badly, Guenther is the best pick for the Ducks. Guenther and Zegras would be magical on the first line for years. |
4 | | - | | Seattle takes the best forward in the draft, the only reason he is still available is because Power is most likely first overall pick for any team and then Detroit and Anaheim go with team needs. Easy pick here for Seattle. |
5 | | - | | New Jersey should pick a defense with their first round pick in this draft, especially when you have a good chance of having two Hughes brothers on the same team. New Jersey needs a good offensive defenseman and Hughes could be that man for them. |
6 | | - | | Simple pick here, Columbus needs a center badly. They pick Johnson instead of Eklund simply because Johnson is the best playmaker of this draft class and they could use a great playmaker next to Laine. |
7 | | - | | San Jose does not have many team needs specifically, I think they take the best player available and that player for me is Eklund. I believe Eklund could come out to be the best player of this draft, he has a very high ceiling and is very skilled. |
8 | | - | | Los Angeles has a lot of forward prospects and high end ones to add that. They have Byfield, Turcotte and Kaliev. I believe they add a defense and take the best one available. |
9 | | - | | Vancouver I believe takes the next best winger, they have good center depth and the next best center is a pure sniper. They already have a pure sniper in Podkolzin (taken in 2019), so I believe that they take the next best winger. |
10 | | - | | Ottawa needs a center very badly, also I believe they can do some good with a pure sniper. That being said, they take Lucius. |
11 | | - | | Choix au repêchage retiré |
12 | | - | | Chicago does not need any position specifically so I believe they take the next best player being Chibrikov. |
13 | | - | | Calgary needs a goalie, they go ahead and take the first goalie of this draft. The best goalie prospect since Carey Price. |
14 | | - | | Phily needs a left winger over any position, I believe Pastujov would be a great fit, very similar playing style to Matthew Tkachuk and has the potential to be a middle 6 forward. |
15 | | - | | Dallas goes by team needs and takes another left winger, Oskar Olausson has the potential to be a great second line forward for this team. |
16 | | - | | The Rangers already have a great prospect pool and are being considered the next dynasty in the NHL. They take the best player available with Sillinger. |
17 | | - | | Montreal needs centers over any other position and they take the best center available in McTavish. |
18 | | - | | St.Louis takes the next best goalie after Wallstedt, that bein Sebastian Cossa who was amazing this season in the WHL, I believe that Binnington will be traded away or signed by another team in free agency right before Cossa starts to play with the Blues. |
19 | | - | | Winnipeg needs better defense prospects for their future, they take the next best Defenseman. Ceulemans has taken a big step this year, from playing in the AJHL to playing in the U18 world juniors and being scouted as a first round pick. Amazing story for him and being able to stay close to his birth town would be a dream come true. |
20 | | - | | Nashville needs a left winger and they take the next best one, that being Othmann. |
21 | | - | | Edmonton needs a left winger but I believe they take a shot on Raty, he was scouted to be the first overall pick until the start of the 2020-21 season and dropped drastically. This could be a pick that could turn out well for Edmonton. |
22 | | | | New Jersey takes the next best player available and a position they need as well. |
23 | | - | | Boston's team is growing old, I believe they take one of the youngest players in the draft and also the best player available. |
24 | | | | Detroit continues to take Swedish players in the first round, also taking the second best player available. They decide to take a winger instead of a center. |
25 | | | | Columbus is in desperate need of centerman, even after taking Johnson with their first pick, they go ahead and take another center. |
26 | | - | | Minesota takes a player who can play any forward position, they mostly need a right winger but they could benefit from an all around player. |
27 | | | | Columbus needs a left winger, after taking 2 centers with their last picks. They could honestly benefit from taking a player who could play LW, C and RW. |
28 | | - | | Colarado takes the best player available, they do not need any more defense and would rather take a forward. |
29 | | | | Minesota takes the best player available instead of their team needs. |
30 | | - | | Florida takes a defense, they need more defense prospects and this could be a great pick for them. |
31 | | - | | Carolina needs a left winger, that being said, they take the Finnish forward Tuomaala. |
32 | | - | | Vegas needs a center, they decide to take who I believe is the best next center in Svozil. |