Jul 24, 2021
NHL Draft Day Blog - Recap of Day 2
Day 2 of the 2021 NHL Draft has wrapped up. Here is a recap of the notable selections and what the Canadian teams did on Saturday.
TSN.ca Staff
Day 2 of the 2021 NHL Draft has wrapped up. Here is a recap of the notable selections and what the Canadian teams did on Saturday.
Avs land younger Makar
With the 220th pick, the Avalanche have landed forward Taylor Makar. Taylor's older brother Cale is a star on the blueline for the Avalanche. Cale re-upped with Colorado on Saturday on a six-year, $54 million extension.
Habs land Vrbetic
The Habs select goaltender Joe Vrbetic with the 214th pick.
Oilers add more defence
With the 212th pick, the Oilers select defenceman Maximus Wanner.
Flames go with a goalie
The Flames select goaltender Arsenii Sergeev with the 205th pick.
Sens take Romeo
With the 202nd pick, the Senators take defenceman Chandler Romeo.
Canucks land Forsell
The Canucks select forward Lucas Forsell with the 201st pick.
Habs take Simoneau
With the 191st pick, the Habs select forward Xavier Simoneau.
Oilers continue to add
The Oilers select forward Shane Lachance with the 186th pick.
Leafs choose goalie
With the 185th pick, the Maple Leafs select goaltender Vyacheslav Peksa.
Oilers select Petrov
The Oilers have taken defenceman Matvei Petrov with the 180th overall pick.
Canucks add again in sixth round
With their second pick of the sixth, the Canucks take forward Connor Lockhart 178th overall.
Ciona to Calgary
With their second pick in the sixth round, the Flames select forward Lucas Ciona 173rd overall.
Canucks add 'D'
The Canucks choose defenceman Hugo Gabrielson 169th overall.
Flames take Beck
The Flames select forward Jack Beck with the 168th pick.
Leafs choose Voit
The Maple Leafs select forward Ty Voit with the 153rd pick.
Roy to the Habs
The Habs choose forward Joshua Roy 150th overall.
Jets add Rashevsky
The Jets select forward Dmitri Rashevsky 146th overall.
Habs select Sobolev
The Habs choose Russian defenceman Daniil Sobolev 142nd overall.
Flames add Jordan
The Calgary Flames select defenceman Cole Jordan with the 141st pick.
Canucks take goalie, defenceman
The Canucks select goaltender Aku Koskenvuo and defenceman Aku Koskenvuo with the 137th and 140th picks respectively.
Sens take Latimer
The Senators pick forward Carson Latimer 123rd overall.
Oilers pick Chiasson
The Oilers select forward Jake Chiasson with the 116th pick.
Habs add Trudeau
With their first pick of the fourth round, the Habs select defenceman William Trudeau 113th overall.
Oilers go for defence
The Oilers select defenceman Luca Munzenberger 90th overall.
Whynot for Calgary
The Calgary Flames draft defenceman Cameron Whynot with the 89th pick.
Habs pick Kostenko
The Habs select Russian defenceman Dmitri Kostenko with the 87th pick.
Jets add defence
The Jets select defenceman Dmitry Kuzmin with the 82nd pick.
Flames continue to add
The Flames select forward Cole Huckins with the 77th pick.
Sens go forward
The Ottawa Senators select forward Oliver Johansson with the 74th pick.
Habs go back-to-back
With the 63rd and 64th picks in the picks in the draft to close out the second round, the Habs select forwards Riley Kidney and Oliver Kapanen.
Brothers unite
The Chicago Blackhawks have selected forward Colton Dach with the 62nd pick. His older brother Kirby was selected third overall by Chicago in 2019 and made the NHL as an 18-year-old.
Leafs select Knies
With their first pick in the draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs select forward Matthew Knies with the 57th pick.
Islanders take Raty
The New York Islanders have selected forward Aatu Raty with the 52nd pick.
Jets land Chibrikov
The Winnipeg Jets have selected forward Nikita Chibrikov with the 50th pick.
Sens continue to add
With their second second-round pick of the day, the Senators take defenceman Ben Roger from the OHL's London Knights.
Flames nab Stromgren
The Flames have selected forward William Stromgren with the 45th pick.
Canucks on Day 2
With the 41st overall pick, Vancouver took forward Danila Klimovich.
Senators add on
The Ottawa Senators took centre Zack Ostapchuk with the 39th overall selection. The pick completes the trade made in 2018 sending Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks.
Family Matters!
With the 37th pick, Arizona took forward Josh Doan, son of Coyotes legend Shane Doan,
Kings and Coyotes deal:
The LA Kings have acquired forwards Brayden Burke and Tyler Steenbergen from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for blueliner Cole Hults and forward Boko Imama.
Who's on the board?
Thirty-one players selected in Round 1 on Friday night. Check out who's available in Bob McKenzie's Final Prospect Ranking.
Coronato looks to local name for inspiration
TSN's Calgary reporter Salim Valji on Flames first-rounder Matthew Coronato, who doesn't have to look to far on who he wants to emulate:
Reaction to Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux
The Montreal Canadiens took Logan Mailloux with the No. 31 pick on Friday night just days after the defenceman posted a statement on Twitter asking teams not to choose him in this year's draft.
Mailloux's statement followed news that he had been charged and paid a fine in Sweden for distributing a sexual photo without consent.
Some reactions to the pick, starting with Saskatoon Blades GM Colin Preistner: