Annual HFNHL vs NHL Draft Comparison (2021)

[Brock]

Florida Panthers

Olen Zellweger, HFNHL = 34, NHL = 34, Difference = 0
Sean Tschigerl, HFNHL = 53, NHL = 130, Difference = -77
Aleksander Kisakov, HFNHL = 54, NHL = 53, Difference = +1
Ethan Del Mastro, HFNHL = 55, NHL = 105, Difference = -50
Josh Doan, HFNHL = 61, NHL = 37, Difference = +24
Riley Kidney, HFNHL = 85, NHL = 63, Difference = +22
Zack Ostapchuk, HFNHL = 108, NHL = 39, Difference = +69
Jayden Grubbe, HFNHL = 117, NHL = 65, Difference = +52
Connor Lockhart, HFNHL = 119, NHL = 178, Difference = -59
Josh Bloom, HFNHL = 128, NHL = 95, Difference = +33
Manix Landry, HFNHL = 137, NHL = 139, Difference = -2
Topias Vilen, HFNHL = 149, NHL = 129, Difference = +20
Liam Gilmartin, HFNHL = 159, NHL = 167, Difference = -8
David Gucciardi, HFNHL = 161, NHL = Not Drafted, Difference = Infinity
Lucas Mercuri, HFNHL = 169, NHL = 159 (2020), Difference = +10
Cameron Berg, HFNHL = 181, NHL = 125, Difference = +56
Justin Ertel, HFNHL = 211, NHL = 79, Difference = +132

Overall, ended up with 8 players taken inside the first three rounds. Three inside the top 40. Very happy with this result.

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[MatthewFlames]

Ville Koivunen - 24 NHL #51, -27
— expected him to go even later and he went to the Finnish whisperers in Carolina
Conner Roulette - 70 NHL #111, -41
Vinny Iorio - 96 - NHL #55, +41
Sasha Teleguine - 120, undrafted
Haakon Hanelt - 184, NHL #151, +33
Tyson Hinds - 219, NHL #76, + 143

Hinds is probably the biggest jumper in this draft, 143 spots earlier. Iorio was a nice jump into the 2nd round but Roulette is an equivalent faller

 

[Zack22]

Kent Johnson - 10 NHL - 5, +5
Sebastian Cossa - 11 NHL - 15, -4
Fabian Lysell - 12 NHL - 21, -9
Jack Peart - 41 NHL - 54, -13
William Stromgren - 47 NHL - 45, +2
Dylan Duke - 57 NHL - 126, -69
Danila Klimovich - 64 NHL - 41, +23
Jack Bar - 65 NHL - 138, -73
Jackson Blake - 76 NHL - 109, -33
Jiri Tichcek - 84 NHL - undrafted, infinity
Cole Jordan - 90 NHL - 141, -51
Peter Reynolds - 105 NHL - undrafted, infinity
Victor Stjernborg - 130 NHL - 108, +22
Lukas Gustafsson - 189 NHL - undrafted, infinity

 

[Dempsey]

LA Kings:

Our top two picks were selected higher in the NHL, while the later rounds didn't fare so well.

Brennan Othmann, RW
HFNHL: 20th
NHL: 16th
+4

Ilya Fedotov, RW
HFNHL: 49
NHL: 43
+6

Tristan Broz, LW
HFNHL: 52
NHL: 58
-6

Kirill Gerasimyuk, G
HFNHL: 116
NHL: 152
-36

Simon Knak, LW
HFNHL: 148
NHL: 179
-31

Yegor Savikov, D
HFNHL: 180
NHL: Undrafted

As an added bonus though, Kings prospect Dmitri Rashevsky was drafted 146th this year after going NHL undrafted last year. I really like Rashevsky's potential so we'll put that in the green.

Hinds is probably the biggest jumper in this draft, 143 spots earlier.

I checked my list, and Hinds would be an LA King if we had our 7th rounder

 

[Lord Stanley]

Vegas Golden Knights

Luke Hughes, D, HFNHL: 4, NHL: 4, difference = Same
Fyodor Svechkov, F, HFNHL: 21, NHL: 19, difference = +2
Prokhor Poltapov, F, HFNHL: 43, NHL: 33, difference = +10
Colton Dach, F, HFNHL: 74, NHL: 62, difference = +12
Aiden Hreschuk, D, HFNHL: 89, NHL: 94, difference = -5
Oliver Kapanen, F, HFNHL: 100, NHL: 64, difference = +36
Roman Schmidt, D, HFNHL: 106, NHL: 96, difference = +10
Niko Huuhtanen, F, HFNHL: 132, NHL: 224, difference = -92

 

[Ohio Jones]

Quite literally a hit-or-miss group for Columbus, but we expected that going in with so many late picks. Despite not starting our draft until the fourth round, we managed to get seven prospects selected in the NHL. That left four prospects on the shelf for next year, but we feel good about their chances. But I expect that gives me the booby prize this year for most whiffs!

Columbus Blue Jackets

Drafted:
LD Evgenii Kashnikov - 4/114, to SJS 7/199: -85
RW Jake Chiasson - 5/134, to EDM 4/116: +18
RD Gannon Laroque - 5/141, to SJS 4/103: +38
LD Taige Harding - 6/166, to CHI 3/91: +75
RD Ethan Samson - 6/183, PHI 6/174: +9
LD Tyson Galloway - 7/198, to STL 5/145: +53
LD Nikolai Makarov - 7/201, to CBJ 5/132: +69

Undrafted:
LW Alex Geci - 5/135
LW Marcus Almquist - 6/170
LD Gustavs Ozolins - 6/178
RW Alexander Palchik - 7/193

Pretty pleased with the landing spots of the guys who were drafted. Expected Kashnikov to fall, pleasantly surprised he was selected.

Disappointed that only one of my four forwards got picked. Hopefully Geci and Palchik get on the radar with a full OHL season. Almquist was a long shot given his size, but feels like a good late gamble. Out of 7 blueliners I drafted, Ozolins is the only one under 6-2. Wonder if that was a factor?

 

[HFNHLOilers]

Olausson 28 and 28 = Even
Nolan Allan 79 and 32 +45
Aleksi Kosolov 69 and 78 -9
Dmitri Kuziman 60 and 82 -22
Willam Trudeau 125 and 113 +12

Cant complain about the class not really excited about Trudeau going to the Habs means hes likely a bust and Kosolov wont be nbt as the Flyers cant draft goalies for their lives.

 

[Canuck09]

Glass is half empty take...all my players were fallers. Glass is half full take...all my players were drafted.

Player	HFNHL Pick	NHL Team	NHL Pick	Difference
Dylan Guenther	6	Coyotes	9	-3
Brent Johnson	58	Capitals	80	-22
Ryan Ufko	94	Predators	115	-21
Justin Robidas	98	Hurricanes	147	-49
Liam Dower-Nilsson	102	Red Wings	134	-32
Ty Voit	113	Leafs	153	-40
Matteo Costantini	186	Sabres	131 ('20 pick)	+55

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Overall, I'm happy with where everyone other than Guenther was drafted. While he's likely to get a lot of opportunity in the future, Arizona is not exactly somewhere known for churning out high end talent. And the pick stings even more as it was the Canucks 9th pick from the monster Garland/OEL trade that was used to take him.

 

[albertascout]

	HF Rd	Pick #	Player Selected	Position	NHL pick	diff
1	2	44	Chase Stillman	F	29	NJD	15
2	2	50	Wyatt Johnston	F	23	DAL	27
3	3	68	Ryan Winterton	F	67	SEA	1
4	3	75	Ryan Mast	D	181	BOS	-106
5	3	88	Jack Matier	D	124	NSH	-36
6	3	91	Joe Vrbetic	G	214	MON	-123
7	4	107	Arseny Sergeev	G	205	CGY	-98
8	4	109	Francesco Arcuri	F	175	DAL	-66
9	5	156	Lucas Forsell	F	201	VAN	-45
10	6	171	Gage Alexander	G	148	ANA	23
11	6	190	Justin Janicke	F	195	SEA	-5
12	7	196	Jacob Holmes	D	143	DAL	53
13	7	203	Jack Beck	F	168	CGY	35

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

We had five players go undrafted:

Stuart Rolofs

Nick DeGrazia

Ranvir Gill Shane

JR Avon

Graham Sward

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[DrSense]

For the Blues

Player	Round	Pick	NHL	Difference
Mattias Samoskevich	1	30	24	+6
Kiril Kirsanov	2	60	84	-24
Joshua Roy	3	86	150	-64
Olivier Nadeau	3	92	97	-5
Leevi Merilainen	4	103	71	+32
Aleksi Malinen	5	152	189	-37
Zakhar Bardakov	6	163	203	-40
Jack O'Brien	6	167	ND	Infinite

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Of note, Merilainen was a '20 pick of the Sens in the NHL, so draft difference is in different draft years.

Similarly, last year I drafted Ethan Cardwell, and he was selected this year.

Ethan Cardwell

6

173

121*

+42

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[Ohio Jones]

We had five players go undrafted:

Stuart Rolofs

Nick DeGrazia

Ranvir Gill Shane

JR Avon

Graham Sward

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Aww, you beat my record for futility…