When Is the 2021 NHL Draft?
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The 2021 NHL Draft is scheduled for July 23rd and 24th.
The 2021 NHL Draft will be the first under the newformat, which features a single round of seven picks for each of the31 teams.
The first overall pick will be determined by a lottery draw among the seven teams that did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Introduction
The 2021 NHL Draft will take place on July 23, 2021. The first round of the draft will be held in Chicago, Illinois, while the second and third rounds will be held in Dallas, Texas.
NHL Entry Draft
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft will be the 59th NHL Entry Draft. The draft is scheduled to be held on July 23–24, 2021, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. The draft was originally scheduled to be held in June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is the NHL Entry Draft?
The NHL Entry Draft is an annual event in which each of the thirty National Hockey League (NHL) teams select amateur players who have been eligible to be drafted. The draft order is determined by a combination of the previous season’s standings and which team wins the draft lottery.
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft will be held on July 23, 2021, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. This will be the first time that Montreal has hosted the draft since 2009, and the second time that it has been held in Canada since 2015 (when it was held in Sunrise, Florida).
The first round of the draft will consist of 30 picks, with each of the teams that did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs selecting in reverse order of their regular season standings. The remaining rounds will follow a standard snake draft format.
This year’s draft class is considered to be one of the strongest in recent years, with many scouts projecting that as many as five players could go on to become franchise cornerstones. Among the players eligible to be drafted this year are defenseman Owen Power of the University of Michigan, forward Simon Edvinsson of Frolunda HC in Sweden, and goaltender Tyler Parsons of the Kitchener Rangers.
When is the 2021 NHL Entry Draft?
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft will be held on July 23, 2021, at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The 2020 NHL Entry Draft was originally scheduled to be held on June 26–27, 2020 at the Comcast Spectacor-owned Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, but was postponed on March 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first round of the draft will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021 (8:00 pm EDT), and rounds 2–7 will be held on Saturday, July 24, 2021 (1:00 pm EDT).
Conclusion
The 2021 NHL Draft is set to take place in the summer of 2021. The specific date and location have not yet been announced.
