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2021 NHL Draft

Jaroslav Chmelar in the 2021 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Jaroslav Chmelar 144th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 5.

He was the fifth of the 8 Czechs selected that year. It was the seventh of the 8 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 38 games put him 41st in the class.

Overall pick
144
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 16
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 141–147 in the 2021 draft

  1. 141Cole JordanDCGY
  2. 142Daniil SobolevDMTL
  3. 143Jacob HolmesDDAL
  4. 144Jaroslav ChmelarR38 GP · 7 PNYR
  5. 145Tyson GallowayDSTL
  6. 146Dmitri RashevskyRWPG
  7. 147Justin RobidasC4 GP · 3 PCAR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2021 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2021 class

5th
of 8 Czechs selected
79th
of 121 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 69Stanislav SvozilD2 GP · 1 PCBJ
  2. 83Patrik HamrlaGCAR
  3. 100Jakub MalekGNJD
  4. 102Jakub BrabenecCVGK
  5. 144Jaroslav ChmelarR38 GP · 7 PNYR
  6. 184Jakub KosLFLA
  7. 197Martin RysavyRCBJ
  8. 221Tomas MachuDNYI
Every pick from Czechia in the 2021 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jaroslav Chmelar made his NHL debut on November 7, 2025, 4 years and 106 days after the draft.

38
Games
5
Goals
2
Assists
7
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 16Brennan OthmannL50 GP · 5 PNYR
  2. 65Jayden GrubbeCNYR
  3. 75Ryder KorczakCNYR
  4. 104Brody LambRNYR
  5. 106Kalle VaisanenLNYR
  6. 112Talyn BoykoGNYR
  7. 144Jaroslav ChmelarR38 GP · 7 PNYR
  8. 208Hank KempfDNYR