2021 NHL Entry Draft Prospect Profile: Aatu Räty

Photo by Peter Kovalev\\TASS via Getty ImagesName: Aatu Räty

Team: Kärpät (Liiga)

Position: Center/Left wing

Stats: 35 games played, 3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points, 18 PIMs, 0 plus/minus rating

NHL Central Scouting ranking: 3rd (European skaters)

Comparable NHL players: Filip Chytil / Alex Wennberg

Don’t trust any scout who tells you they are comfortable or confident in their projection of Finnish center rAatu Räty.

By now, anyone who follows the annual NHL entry draft closely knows Räty’s story. At the start of this past season he was considered a front-runner — and in some circles the front-runner — to go 1st overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. But almost as soon as skates started hitting the ice…