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The 2020-21 NHL regular season is mostly over. The 16-team field for the Stanley Cup Playoffs is set, and while some North Division teams still have one or a few games to play, those contests won t have much of an impact on the standings.
For the 15 teams that missed out on the postseason (as well as the expansion Seattle Kraken, who will join the league next season), it s time to start looking ahead to the offseason. And that includes the 2021 NHL draft, which is scheduled for July 23-24.
The order won t be set until after the draft lottery, which doesn t yet have a date but will take place in June. However, it s not too early to start predicting where some of the top prospects in this year s class could end up.
Phoenix land top pick in QMJHL Entry Draft 12 May 2021 at 17 h 57 min Reading time: 1 min
By Michael Boriero
The Sherbrooke Phoenix will select first overall at the 2021 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Entry Draft, after winning the lottery draw held on Tuesday.
The draw determined the order of the first five selections. QMJHL Commissioner Gilles Courteau, Director of Communications Maxime Blouin, and several media members were present to supervisor the event.
The Phoenix had three lottery balls in the mix and a 14 per cent chance of winning the draw. The Cape Breton Eagles will select second overall, despite having a 28 per cent chance of claiming the first overall pick.
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MONTREAL The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard to two-year, entry-level contract with an average annual value of US$825,000. Harvey-Pinard will earn $750,000 per season at the NHL level and $70,000 at the American Hockey League level. The deal includes a signing bonus worth $75,000 per season. Harvey-Pinard, 22, has 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in 32 games with the AHL s Laval Rocket in his first professional season. Last season, the Jonquiere, Que., native led the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League s Chicoutimi Sagueneens in goals (34), assists (44) and points (78). He also won the President Cup and the Memorial Cup with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in 2018-19.
Photo Courtesy of Hockey Canada Prince Albert Raiders blueliner Nolan Allan (top row, second from left) celebrates with his teammates after Canada won the IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship on Thursday night in Frisco, Texas.
As he sat in the Calgary International Airport on Friday evening, Prince Albert Raiders defenceman Nolan Allan was just starting to realize what he and his teammates had accomplished 24 hours earlier in Frisco, Texas.
The Davidson product helped Canada snap an eight-year gold medal drought at the IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship on Thursday with a 5-3 triumph over Russia in the final.
“We’re all still pretty excited,” said Allan, who joins Josh Morrissey, Rejean Beauchemin and Jeremy Colliton as Raiders players to capture the tournament title with Canada. “I think most of us didn’t go to sleep last night (Thursday) as we had an early morning trip to the airport.