The 2021 Draft Lottery presented by Honda will determine where the Anaheim Ducks select in the 2021 NHL Draft. Anaheim is guaranteed to select in the top four places with a 12.1% chance of selecting first overall for the first time in franchise history. The 2021 NHL Draft will mark the first time the Ducks select in the top-5 in 16 years since selecting Bobby Ryan second overall in 2005.
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ANAHEIM’S TOP DRAFT SELECTIONS The Ducks have had four top-4 selections in club history: Paul Kariya (4th overall in 1993) Oleg Tverdovsky (2nd overall in 1994) Chad Kilger (4th overall in 1995) Bobby Ryan (2nd overall in 2005) Anaheim used Tverdovsky and Kilger to acquire Teemu Selanne in 1996. ** Both Kariya and Selanne were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.
FRANCHISE STARS TAKEN WITH THE FIRST FOUR SELECTIONS IN THE DRAFT THE LAST 20 YEARS 1st overall: Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid & Auston Mathews 2nd overall: Evgeni Malkin, Drew Doughty, Victor Hedman, Gabriel Landeskog, Aleksander Barkov & Jack Eichel 3rd overall: Jonathan Toews, Jay Bouwmeester, Jonathan Huberdeau, Leon Draisaitl & Miro Heiskanen 4th overall: Nicklas Backstrom, Roberto Luongo, Alex Pietrangelo, Seth Jones Mitch Marner & Cale Makar
// 2019 & 2020 DUCKS 1ST ROUND SELECTIONS
TREVOR ZEGRAS 2019 - 9th
BRAYDEN TRACEY 2019 - 29th
JAMIE DRYSDALE 2020 - 6th
JACOB PERREAULT 2020 - 27th
The Ducks are one of two NHL teams to have each of their top selections in both 2019 & 2020 play in the NHL. Jamie Drysdale was the only defensemen selected in 2020 to play in the NHL in 2020-21. NYR: Alexis Lafreniere (1st overall in 2020) and Kaapo Kakko (2nd overall in 2019)
In April, The Hockey News voted two Ducks in the top-3 of it’s top-100 ranking, unanimously naming Trevor Zegras the top prospect in hockey. Jamie Drysdale was voted the No. 3 prospect.