The Second City Hockey staff will be profiling players who could be available at the No. 11 spot in the 2021 NHL Draft, where the Blackhawks will make their first-round selection. The draft starts Friday, June 23.
Eh, screw conventional wisdom. Five of the six goaltenders who played in the third round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2021 — traditionally the Conference Final but with Vegas being the lone team from the Western Conference in the third round, let’s not say the Canadiens won the West — were drafted in the first round.