Sharks will pick 7th overall in 2021 NHL Draft

Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty ImagesBased on the results of the 2021 NHL Draft Lottery and the 2021 season, the San Jose Sharks will draft seventh-overall in the 2021 Entry Draft. Just one team moved up as a result of the lottery; the Seattle Kraken are the first expansion team to win a lottery selection, leap-frogging over the Anaheim Ducks for second overall. The Buffalo Sabres, who had the league’s worst record in 2021, will select first overall.

Owen Power, a 6-foot-6 defender at the University of Michigan currently tops the North American Central Scouting rankings, but the top ten is stocked with talent. Given the drafting acumen of the six teams ahead of them, there’s a real…