Avalanche draft Taylor Makar, brother of Cale, with 220th pick

July 24, 2021 Brandon Maron Leave a comment

The Colorado Avalanche drafted forward Taylor Makar with the 220th pick of the 2021 NHL Draft. He's the younger brother of Avalanche star defenseman Cale Makar.

Because one Makar just wasn’t enough, Welcome to the squad Taylor! #GoAvsGo #HugMeBrother pic.twitter.com/Tmi0ZOGhDa
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) July 24, 2021

Taylor, 20, played with the AJHL's Brooks Bandits last season, notching five goals and 14 assists in 16 games. Cale played for the same team before turning pro.

Cale - who inked a six-year, $54-million extension with the Avalanche earlier Saturday - previously expressed hope that his brother would be drafted this year.

"He's just a very hard-working kid," the older Makar said, according to The Athletic's Peter Baugh. "I compare him to a Josh Anderson but with the pestiness of one of the Tkachuk brothers."

Taylor and Cale are the third set of brothers to be reunited with the same team during the 2021 NHL Draft. Luke Hughes joined his brother Jack with the New Jersey Devils after being selected No. 4, while Colton Dach joined his brother Kirby with the Chicago Blackhawks after being selected 62nd.

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2021 NHL Draft Tracker: Round 7

July 24, 2021 theScore Staff Leave a comment

Follow every pick from the NHL draft using theScore's live tracker.

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3
Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6

Pick (Overall)	Team	Player
1 (193)	Sabres	C Tyson Kozak
2 (194)	Penguins (from ANA)	D Ryan McCleary
3 (195)	Kraken	LW Justin Janicke
4 (196)	Lightning (from NJD)	D Daniil Pylenkov
5 (197)	Blue Jackets	RW Martin Rysavy
6 (198)	Blues (from DET)	RW Ivan Vorobyov
7 (199)	Sharks	D Evgenii Kashnikov
8 (200)	Hurricanes (from LAK)	D Yegor Naumov
9 (201)	Canucks	LW Lucas Forsell
10 (202)	Senators	D Chandler Romeo
11 (203)	Devils (from ARI)	C Zakhar Bardakov
12 (204)	Blackhawks	D Connor Kelley
13 (205)	Flames	G Arsenii Sergeev
14 (206)	Flyers	C Owen McLaughlin
15 (207)	Stars	RW Albert Sjoberg
16 (208)	Rangers	D Hank Kempf
17 (209)	Hurricanes (from STL)	C Nikita Guslistov
18 (210)	Panthers (from WPG)	D Braden Hache
19 (211)	Lightning (from NSH)	LW Robert Flinton
20 (212)	Oilers	D Maximus Wanner
21 (213)	Bruins	C Andre Gasseau
22 (214)	Canadiens	G Joe Vrbetic
23 (215)	Penguins (from WSH)	D Daniel Laatsch
24 (216)	Blackhawks (from FLA)	C Jalen Luypen
25 (217)	Bruins (from TOR)	D Ty Gallagher
26 (218)	Penguins	C Kirill Tankov
27 (219)	Hurricanes	D Joel Nystrom
28 (220)	Avalanche	LW Taylor Makar
29 (221)	Islanders	D Tomas Machu
30 (222)	Golden Knights	G Carl Lindbom
31 (223)	Coyotes (from MTL)	LW Samuel Lipkin
32 (224)	Lightning	RW Niko Huuhtanen

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2021 NHL Draft Tracker: Round 5

July 24, 2021 theScore Staff Leave a comment

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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3
Round 4 | Round 6 | Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Team	Player
1 (129)	Devils (from BUF)	D Topias Vilen
2 (130)	Ducks	LW Sean Tschigerl
3 (131)	Kraken	RW Jacob Melanson
4 (132)	Blue Jackets (from NJD)	D Nikolai Makarov
5 (133)	Blue Jackets	LW James Malatesta
6 (134)	Red Wings	C Liam Dower Nilsson
7 (135)	Sharks	D Artem Guryev
8 (136)	Hurricanes (from LAK)	RW Robert Orr
9 (137)	Canucks	G Aku Koskenvuo
10 (138)	Stars (from DET)	D Jack Bar
11 (139)	Coyotes	C Manix Landry
12 (140)	Canucks (from CHI)	D Jonathan Myrenberg
13 (141)	Flames	D Cole Jordan
14 (142)	Canadiens (from PHI)	D Daniil Sobolev
15 (143)	Stars	D Jacob Holmes
16 (144)	Rangers	RW Jaroslav Chmelar
17 (145)	Blues	D Tyson Galloway
18 (146)	Jets	RW Dmitri Rashevsky
19 (147)	Hurricanes (from NSH)	C Justin Robidas
20 (148)	Ducks (from EDM)	G Gage Alexander
21 (149)	Bruins	LW Oskar Jellvik
22 (150)	Canadiens (from MIN)	RW Joshua Roy
23 (151)	Capitals	C Haakon Hanelt
24 (152)	Panthers	G Kirill Gerasimyuk
25 (153)	Maple Leafs	LW Ty Voit
26 (154)	Penguins	D Isaac Belliveau
27 (155)	Red Wings (from VGK)	D Oscar Plandowski
28 (156)	Sharks (from COL)	C Max McCue
29 (157)	Islanders	LW Eetu Liukas
30 (158)	Flyers (from VGK)	D Ty Murchison
31 (159)	Sabres (from MTL)	LW Viljami Marjala
32 (160)	Lightning	C Cameron MacDonald

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2021 NHL Draft Tracker: Round 4

July 24, 2021 theScore Staff Leave a comment

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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3
Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Team	Player
1 (97)	Sabres	RW Olivier Nadeau
2 (98)	Ducks	C Joshua Lopina
3 (99)	Kraken	D Ville Ottavainen
4 (100)	Devils	G Jakub Malek
5 (101)	Blue Jackets	D Guillaume Richard
6 (102)	Golden Knights (from DET)	C Jakub Brabenec
7 (103)	Sharks	D Gannon Laroque
8 (104)	Rangers (from LAK)	RW Brody Lamb
9 (105)	Blackhawks (from VAN)	D Ethan Del Mastro
10 (106)	Rangers (from OTT)	LW Kalle Vaisanen
11 (107)	Coyotes	D Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
12 (108)	Blackhawks	C Victor Stjernborg
13 (109)	Hurricanes (from LAK)	RW Jackson Blake
14 (110)	Flyers	D Brian Zanetti
15 (111)	Stars	LW Conner Roulette
16 (112)	Rangers	G Talyn Boyko
17 (113)	Canadiens (from STL)	D William Trudeau
18 (114)	Red Wings (from VGK)	C Redmond Savage
19 (115)	Predators	D Ryan Ufko
20 (116)	Oilers	C Jake Chiasson
21 (117)	Bruins	G Philip Svedeback
22 (118)	Wild	D Kyle Masters
23 (119)	Capitals	D Joaquim Lemay
24 (120)	Panthers	D Vladislav Lukashevich
25 (121)	Sharks (from TOR)	RW Ethan Cardwell
26 (122)	Coyotes (from PIT)	G Rasmus Korhonen
27 (123)	Senators (from CAR)	RW Carson Latimer
28 (124)	Predators (from COL)	D Jack Matier
29 (125)	Islanders	C Cameron Berg
30 (126)	Lightning (from MTL)	LW Dylan Duke
31 (127)	Wild (from MTL)	C Josh Pillar
32 (128)	Golden Knights (from DET)	C Jakub Demek

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2021 NHL Draft Tracker: Round 3

July 24, 2021 theScore Staff Leave a comment

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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 4
Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Team	Player
1 (65)	Rangers (from BUF)	C Jayden Grubbe
2 (66)	Ducks	RW Sasha Pastujov
3 (67)	Kraken	C Ryan Winterton
4 (68)	Devils	C Samu Salminen
5 (69)	Blue Jackets	D Stanislav Svozil
6 (70)	Red Wings	LW Carter Mazur
7 (71)	Blues (from SJS)	RW Simon Robertsson
8 (72)	Predators (from CAR)	D Anton Olsson
9 (73)	Stars	LW Ayrton Martino
10 (74)	Senators	LW Oliver Johansson
11 (75)	Rangers (from WSH)	C Ryder Korczak
12 (76)	Ducks (from MTL)	D Tyson Hinds
13 (77)	Flames	C Cole Huckins
14 (78)	Flyers	G Aleksei Kolosov
15 (79)	Stars	LW Justin Ertel
16 (80)	Capitals (from NYR)	D Brent Johnson
17 (81)	Sharks (from STL)	G Benjamin Gaudreau
18 (82)	Jets	D Dmitry Kuzmin
19 (83)	Hurricanes (from NSH)	G Patrik Hamrla
20 (84)	Kings (from CGY)	D Kirill Kirsanov
21 (85)	Bruins	C Brett Harrison
22 (86)	Wild	C Caedan Bankier
23 (87)	Canadiens (from WSH)	D Dmitri Kostenko
24 (88)	Sabres (from FLA)	RW Stiven Sardarian
25 (89)	Flames (from LAK)	D Cameron Whynot
26 (90)	Oilers (from MIN)	D Luca Munzenberger
27 (91)	Blackhawks (from CAR)	D Taige Harding
28 (92)	Avalanche	C Andrei Buyalsky
29 (93)	Islanders	G Tristan Lennox
30 (94)	Hurricanes (from DET)	D Aidan Hreschuk
31 (95)	Sabres (from MTL)	LW Josh Bloom
32 (96)	Lightning	D Roman Schmidt

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Islanders select 3rd-ranked European skater Aatu Raty with 52nd pick

July 24, 2021 theScore Staff Leave a comment

The New York Islanders drafted forward Aatu Raty with the 52nd overall selection in the 2021 NHL Draft.

Aatu Raty

Position: Center
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 181 lbs
Age: 18
Club: Karpat (Liiga)
Nationality: Finland

GP	G	A	P
35	3	3	6

(Stats source: EliteProspects.com)

Raty was once considered to be among the top prospects available in 2021, but a down year hurt his stock. Nevertheless, he was still ranked third among all European skaters by NHL Central Scouting entering the draft.

He posted dominant numbers as he rose through the ranks of the Finnish junior system, but his offensive production has slowed since 2019-20. Raty should still feature prominently for Finland at the 2022 world juniors and has plenty of time to rediscover the form that had many believing he should've been a lottery pick.

What they're saying

"I've seen enough over the years to still believe in the player, but it's fair to say I approach him with a large degree of caution," said The Athletic's Corey Pronman in his final draft rankings.

"He has skill in his game. He has quick-twitch hands and is great at handling the puck in small areas. He's a fine, albeit awkward, skater who makes skilled plays on the move but needs to add more pace to his game. His playmaking and shot are both solid quality, but neither are spectacular. He has some physicality to his game and brings energy to shifts."