NHL Mock Draft 2021: Los Angeles Kings select Simon Edvinsson with No. 8 pick
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The 2021 NHL Entry Draft is just around the corner and the SB Nation NHL crew is taking over the driver’s seat for our favorite franchises to see how the first round might play out.
The Los Angeles Kings will pick eighth overall this year, barring any potential trades, which I wasn’t able to make happen as a pretend general manager.
Scouting this year’s draft was both easier, as video was more widely available, and more limited, in that in-person scouting was a rarity. While there isn’t uniform consensus in the rankings, there is still a recurring theme that this year’s top-end talent is full of blueliners, and there’s no reason that the Los Angeles Kings shouldn’t take advantage when their time comes.
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The Los Angeles Kings will be well-represented at the 2021 World Juniors Championship, topping the NHL with nine total prospects competing in the tournament. The wealth of talent in the Kings’ pipeline has often ranked the team among the best futures in the NHL good news for a team that has been committed to a rebuild.
We’re still a while out from the youth taking over in LA, but for now, they’ll take the stage at at the biggest men’s junior hockey competition later this month. Of the nine prospects heading to Edmonton, there’s one goaltender, three defenders and five forwards. Five players are returning from the 2020 U20 World Juniors, while the remaining four are making their debut, either at World Juniors, or at the top level of World Juniors. Four are from the 2020 draft class, five are from 2019.