The 2021 NHL Draft order was set, and then it was put on its head early on with a number of deals — including first-round slots being moved around.
By the end of the weekend, thanks to the flat cap and free agency around the bend, it's expected that even more moving and shaking will be done. A number of big names are on the block, including Jack Eichel and Seth Jones, and there are always moves where teams like a guy and want to get him sooner rather than later on draft day.
Sporting News is tracking all the trades, including deals that went down before July 23, where clubs moved up or down in the draft order.
2021 NHL Draft trade tracker
(All deals in bold occurred on draft days)
ROUND 1
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
14 |
Flyers |
Sabres |
Rasmus Ristolainen |
|
23 |
Capitals |
Red Wings |
Anthony Mantha |
|
25 |
Maple Leafs |
Blue Jackets |
Nick Foligno |
|
26 |
Penguins |
Wild |
Jason Zucker |
|
29 |
Islanders |
Devils |
Kyle Palmieri, Travis Zajac |
|
32 |
Lightning |
Blue Jackets |
David Savard |
|
ROUND 2
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
36 |
Devils |
Golden Knights |
Nikita Gusev |
|
37 |
Blue Jackets |
Senators |
Ryan Dzingel |
|
— |
Senators |
Coyotes |
Derek Stepan |
|
39 |
Sharks |
Senators |
Erik Karlsson |
|
40 |
Kings |
Predators |
Viktor Arvidsson |
|
48 |
Rangers |
Red Wings |
Marc Staal |
|
49 |
Blues |
Sabres |
Ryan O'Reilly |
|
— |
Sabres |
Golden Knights |
Colin Miller |
|
— |
Golden Knights |
Kings |
Alec Martinez |
|
52 |
Oilers |
Red Wings |
Andreas Athanasiou |
|
— |
Red Wings |
Islanders |
Nick Leddy |
|
53 |
Bruins |
Sabres |
Taylor Hall |
|
60 |
Avalanche |
Islanders |
Devon Toews |
|
— |
Islanders |
Coyotes |
Andrew Ladd |
|
61 |
Islanders |
Devils |
Andy Greene |
|
— |
Devils |
Avalanche |
Ryan Graves |
|
62 |
Golden Knights |
Blackhawks |
Nick DeSimone |
|
64 |
Lightning |
Canadiens |
Swapped picks |
|
ROUND 3
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
65 |
Sabres |
Rangers |
Jimmy Vesey |
|
73 |
Canucks |
Stars |
Jason Dickinson |
|
75 |
Devils |
Coyotes |
Taylor Hall |
|
— |
Coyotes |
Capitals |
Jonas Siegenthaler |
|
76 |
Blackhawks |
Canadiens |
Andrew Shaw |
|
84 |
Oilers |
Flames |
James Neal, Milan Lucic |
|
87 |
Sharks |
Capitals |
Brenden Dillon |
|
— |
Capitals |
Canadiens |
Swapped picks |
|
88 |
Panthers |
Sabres |
Brandon Montour |
|
89 |
Maple Leafs |
Kings |
Jack Campbell, Kyle Clifford |
|
90 |
Sharks |
Penguins |
Patrick Marleau |
|
— |
Penguins |
Wild |
Ryan Donato |
|
94 |
Golden Knights |
Red Wings |
Tomas Tatar |
|
— |
Red Wings |
Hurricanes |
Alex Nedeljkovic |
|
95 |
Canadiens |
Sabres |
Eric Staal |
|
ROUND 4
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
104 |
Kings |
Rangers |
Brendan Lemieux |
|
105 |
Canucks |
Blackhawks |
Madison Bowey |
|
106 |
Senators |
Rangers |
Vladislav Namestnikov |
|
109 |
Flames |
Kings |
Derek Forbort |
|
113 |
Blues |
Canadiens |
Marco Scandella |
|
114 |
Jets |
Golden Knights |
Cody Eakin |
|
121 |
Maple Leafs |
Sharks |
Nick Foligno |
|
122 |
Penguins |
Coyotes |
Alex Galchenyuk |
|
124 |
Senators |
Avalanche |
Vladislav Namestnikov |
|
— |
Avalanche |
Predators |
Austin Watson (to OTT) |
|
126 |
Golden Knights |
Canadiens |
Nick Cousins |
|
128 |
Lightning |
Red Wings |
David Savard |
|
ROUND 5
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
129 |
Sabres |
Devils |
Wayne Simmonds |
|
132 |
Devils |
Blue Jackets |
Ryan Murray |
|
138 |
Canadiens |
Senators |
Mike Reilly |
|
— |
Senators |
Red Wings |
Jon Merrill |
|
140 |
Blackhawks |
Canucks |
Madison Bowey |
|
142 |
Flyers |
Canadiens |
Nate Thompson |
|
148 |
Senators |
Oilers |
Tyler Ennis |
|
— |
Oilers |
Ducks |
Erik Gudbranson |
|
155 |
Hurricanes |
Golden Knights |
Erik Haula, Nicolas Roy |
|
156 |
Avalanche |
Sharks |
Devan Dubnyk |
|
158 |
Golden Knight |
Capitals |
Chandler Stephenson |
|
— |
Capitals |
Flyers |
Michael Raffl |
|
159 |
Canadiens |
Sabres |
Eric Staal |
|
ROUND 6
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
178 |
Jets |
Canucks |
Jordie Benn |
|
186 |
Penguins |
Oilers |
John Marino |
|
188 |
Avalanche |
Sabres |
Jonas Johansson |
|
ROUND 7
PICK |
FROM |
TO |
MAIN COMPONENT |
PLAYER DRAFTED |
194 |
Ducks |
Penguins |
Erik Gudbranson |
|
196 |
Devils |
Lightning |
Louis Domingue |
|
198 |
Red Wings |
Blues |
Swapped picks |
|
203 |
Coyotes |
Devils |
Swapped picks |
|
209 |
Blues |
Hurricanes |
Joel Edmundson |
|
210 |
Jets |
Panthers |
Bogdan Kiselevich |
|
211 |
Predators |
Lightning |
Connor Ingram |
|
215 |
Capitals |
Penguins |
Swapped picks |
|
216 |
Panthers |
Blackhawks |
Lucas Wallmark, Brett Connolly |
|
217 |
Maple Leafs |
Bruins |
Swapped picks |
|