2021 NHL Draft
Cole Sillinger in the 2021 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Cole Sillinger 12th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 9 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 381, and only 8 have scored more points than his 148.
- Overall pick
- 12
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 12
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 9–15 in the 2021 draft
- 9Dylan GuentherR244 GP · 195 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 10Tyler BoucherROTTOttawa Senators
- 11Forfeited pickARIArizona Coyotes
- 12Cole SillingerC381 GP · 148 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 13Matt CoronatoR208 GP · 115 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 14Isak RosénR68 GP · 13 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15Sebastian CossaG8 GP · 5 WDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
11th
of 223 players selected
7th
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Owen PowerD338 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Matty BeniersC346 GP · 204 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 3Mason McTavishC320 GP · 193 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Luke HughesD239 GP · 138 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 5Kent JohnsonC288 GP · 152 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 8Brandt ClarkeD199 GP · 92 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 9Dylan GuentherR244 GP · 195 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 10Tyler BoucherROTTOttawa Senators
+ 213 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Cole Sillinger made his NHL debut on October 14, 2021, 83 days after the draft.
381
Games
55
Goals
93
Assists
148
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2021 draft
- 5Kent JohnsonC288 GP · 152 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 12Cole SillingerC381 GP · 148 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 25Corson CeulemansDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 69Stanislav SvozilD2 GP · 1 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 101Guillaume RichardDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 132Nikolai MakarovDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133James MalatestaL13 GP · 4 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 165Ben BoydLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 197Martin RysavyRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets