Photo Credit – Rena Laverty (Beniers & Hughes), Elvira Holmström (Eklund)
Bailey Johnson, Sam McGilligan, Alexander Appleyard, Paul Zuk, Sebastian Jackson and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2021 NHL Draft Winter Rankings.
The rankings are below and our scouting reports are hyperlinked. Just to note, Fwe are still working on some more 2021 NHL Draft scouting reports for public consumption. Stay tuned for those.
Just to note, honorable mentions are in no particular order.
| Picks | Prospect | Position | Team | Nation |
| 1 | Matthew Beniers | C | University of Michigan | USA |
| 2 | William Eklund | LW/C | Djurgårdens | Sweden |
| 3 | Luke Hughes | LHD | USNTDP | USA |
| 4 | Simon Edvinsson | LHD | Frölunda | Sweden |
| 5 | Fabian Lysell | LW/RW | Luleå | Sweden |
| 6 | Owen Power | LHD | University of Michigan | Canada |
| 7 | Brandt Clarke | RHD | Barrie | Canada |
| 8 | Jesper Wallstedt | G | Luleå | Sweden |
| 9 | Aatu Räty | C | Kärpät | Finland |
| 10 | Kent Johnson | C/LW | University of Michigan | Canada |
| 11 | Dylan Guenther | RW | Edmonton | Canada |
| 12 | Oskar Olausson | LW/RW | HV71 | Sweden |
| 13 | Cole Sillinger | LW | Medicine Hat | Canada |
| 14 | Stanislav Svozil | LHD | Brno | Czech Republic |
| 15 | Carson Lambos | LHD | Winnipeg | Canada |
| 16 | Nikita Chibrikov | RW | SKA St-Petersburg | Russia |
| 17 | Isak Rosén | RW | Leksands | Sweden |
| 18 | Simon Robertsson | RW | Skellefteå | Sweden |
| 19 | Daniil Chayka | LHD | Guelph | Russia |
| 20 | Dylan Duke | LW | USNTDP | USA |
| 21 | Sasha Pastujov | RW | USNTDP | USA |
| 22 | Scott Morrow | RHD | Shattuck-St. Mary’s | USA |
| 23 | Brennan Othmann | LW | Flint | Canada |
| 24 | Zachary L’Heureux | LW | Halifax | Canada |
| 25 | Chaz Lucius | C | USNTDP | USA |
| 26 | Samu Tuomaala | RW | Kärpät | Finland |
| 27 | Samu Salminen | C/LW | Jokerit | Finland |
| 28 | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | Chicago | USA |
| 29 | Logan Stankoven | C | Kamloops | Canada |
| 30 | Xavier Bourgault | C | Shawinigan | Canada |
| 31 | Francesco Pinelli | C | Kitchener | Canada |
| 32 | Mason McTavish | C | Peterborough | Canada |
| 33 | Matthew Coronato | LW | Chicago | USA |
| 34 | Ayrton Martino | LW | Omaha | Canada |
| 35 | Aidan Hreschuk | LHD | USNTDP | USA |
| 36 | Anton Olsson | LHD | Malmö | Sweden |
| 37 | Fyodor Svechkov | C | Togliatti | Russia |
| 38 | Trevor Wong | C | Kelowna | Canada |
| 39 | Zach Dean | C | Gatineau | Canada |
| 40 | Zachary Bolduc | C | Rimouski | Canada |
| 41 | Sebastian Cossa | G | Edmonton | Canada |
| 42 | Sean Behrens | LHD | USNTDP | USA |
| 43 | Artyom Grushnikov | LHD | Hamilton | Russia |
| 44 | William Strömgren | LW | MODO | Sweden |
| 45 | Jack O’Brien | C | Portland | USA |
| 46 | Justin Janicke | LW | USNTDP | USA |
| 47 | Tristan Lennox | G | Saginaw | Canada |
| 48 | Benjamin Gaudreau | G | Sarnia | Canada |
| 49 | Peter Reynolds | C | Saint John | Canada |
| 50 | Bryce Montgomery | RHD | London | USA |
| 51 | Jack Bar | RHD | Chicago | Canada |
| 52 | Ty Voit | F | Sarnia | USA |
| 53 | Cameron Whynot | LHD | Halifax | Canada |
| 54 | Jack Peart | LHD | Grand Rapids | USA |
| 55 | Corson Ceulemans | RHD | Brooks | Canada |
| 56 | Vincent Iorio | RHD | Brandon | Canada |
| 57 | Marcus Almquist | RW | HV71 | Denmark |
| 58 | Prokhor Poltapov | LW | CSKA Moscow | Russia |
| 59 | Ryan Ufko | RHD | Chicago | USA |
| 60 | Liam Dower Nilsson | C | Frölunda | Sweden |
| 61 | Evan Nause | LHD | Quebec | Canada |
| 62 | Liam Gilmartin | LW | USNTDP | USA |
| 63 | Ville Koivunen | F | Kärpät | Finland |
| 64 | Ryder Korczak | C | Moose Jaw | Canada |
| 65 | Redmond Savage | C | USNTDP | USA |
| 66 | Logan Mailloux | RHD | London | Canada |
| 67 | Roman Schmidt | RHD | USNTDP | USA |
| 68 | Samuel Helenius | C | JYP | Finland |
| 69 | Martin Rysavy | F | Prerov | Czech Republic |
| 70 | Victor Stjernborg | C | Växjö | Sweden |
| 71 | Conner Roulette | LW | Seattle | Canada |
| 72 | Lorenzo Canonica | C | Shawinigan | Switzerland |
| 73 | Jake Martin | RHD | USNTDP | USA |
| 74 | Justin Robidas | C | Val-d’Or | Canada |
| 75 | Robert Orr | C | Halifax | Canada |
| 76 | James Malatesta | LW | Quebec | Canada |
| 77 | Oscar Plandowski | RHD | Charlottetown | Canada |
| 78 | Vladislav Lukashevich | LHD | Yaroslavl | Russia |
| 79 | Verner Miettinen | C | Kiekko-Espoo | Finland |
| 80 | Dmitri Katelevsky | F | Kazan | Russia |
| 81 | Jimi Suomi | LHD/F | Jokerit | Finland |
| 82 | Hugo Gabrielsson | LHD | Frölunda | Sweden |
| 83 | Topias Vilén | LHD | Pelicans | Finland |
| 84 | Kirill Gerasimyuk | G | SKA St-Petersburg | Russia |
| 85 | Brett Harrison | C | Oshawa | Canada |
| 86 | Chase Stillman | C | Sudbury | USA |
| 87 | Wyatt Johnston | C | Windsor | Canada |
| 88 | Viljami Marjala | F | Quebec | Finland |
| 89 | Philip Granath | RW | Frölunda | Norway |
| 90 | Kirill Kirsanov | LHD | SKA St-Petersburg | Russia |
| 91 | Eetu Liukas | F | TPS | Finland |
| 92 | Oliver Moberg | RW | AIK | Sweden |
| 93 | Brent Johnson | RHD | Sioux Falls | USA |
| 94 | Maxim Motorygin | G | Dynamo Moscow | Russia |
| 95 | Jeremy Wilmer | C | USNTDP | USA |
| 96 | Ethan Del Mastro | LHD | Mississauga | Canada |
| 97 | Cole Huckins | C | Acadie-Bathurst | Canada |
| 98 | Oliver Kapanen | C | KalPa | Finland |
| 99 | Atte Lehikoinen | LHD | KalPa | Finland |
| 100 | Niko Huuhtanen | RW | Tappara | Finland |
| HM | Vsevolod Gaidamak | F | Omsk | Russia |
| HM | Nicolaus Heigl | F | EC Salzburg | Germany |
| HM | Thomas Heigl | F | EC Salzburg | Germany |
| HM | Noah Meier | LHD | GCK Zürich | Switzerland |
| HM | Jan-Luca Münzenberger | LHD | Kölner Haie | Germany |
| HM | Brady Burns | C/LW | Saint John | Canada |
| HM | David Gucciardi | LHD | Waterloo | Canada |
| HM | Martin Schreiber | RHD | Linköping | Sweden |
| HM | William von Barnekow | LW/RW | Malmö | Sweden |
| HM | Linus Sjödin | C/RW | Rögle | Sweden |
| HM | Sam Sedley | RHD | Owen Sound | Canada |
| HM | Theo Jacobsson | C | MODO | Sweden |
| HM | Kalle Väisänen | F | TPS | Finland |
| HM | Kalle Ervasti | RHD | Lukko | Finland |
| HM | David Ma | LHD | Chicago | USA |
| HM | Ruben Rafkin | RHD | TPS | Finland |
| HM | Ethan Cardwell | RW | Barrie | Canada |
| HM | Dario Allenspach | F | Zug | Switzerland |
| HM | Florian Elias | C | Mannheim | Germany |
| HM | Dmitri Zugan | C | CSKA Moscow | Russia |
| HM | Victor Sjöholm | RHD | HV71 | Sweden |
| HM | Valtteri Karnaranta | F | Ässät | Finland |
| HM | Elias Stenman | C | Skellefteå | Sweden |
| HM | Haakon Hänelt | C | Berlin | Germany |
| HM | Bennet Roßmy | F | Lausitzer Füchse | Germany |
| HM | Kevin Niedenz | RW | Kölner Haie | Germany |
| HM | Sebastian Cimmerman | F | RB Hockey Juniors | Germany |
| HM | Alexander Kisakov | F | Dynamo Moscow | Russia |
| HM | Ty Gallagher | RHD | USNTDP | USA |
| HM | Tristan Broz | C | Fargo | USA |
| HM | Joshua Roy | RW | Sherbrooke | Canada |
| HM | Daniil Lazutin | C | SKA St-Petersburg | Russia |