NHL Mock Draft 2021: Columbus Blue Jackets select Daniil Chayka

Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty ImagesWith the 31st and final pick of the 2021 SB Nation NHL Mock Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets select Daniil Chayka, defenseman, from CSKA Moskva.

These were the players selected after our previous selection:

25. Francesco Pinelli - MIN

26. Brennan Othmann - CAR

27. Olen Zellweger - COL

28. Simon Robertsson - NJD

29. Zach Dean - DET (via VGK)

30. Xavier Bourgault - MTL

I still wanted to get a center or defensemen, but this group included two centers in Pinelli and Dean and one defenseman in Zellweger. In most rankings, the next batch of centers could have been considered a reach at #31. For defenders, however, Chayka seemed to come up frequently as a late first round…