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2021 NHL Draft

Matthew Knies in the 2021 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Matthew Knies 57th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.

It was the first of the 3 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 255, and only 4 have scored more points than his 167.

Overall pick
57
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 25
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 54–60 in the 2021 draft

  1. 54Jack PeartDMIN
  2. 55Vincent IorioD36 GP · 4 PWSH
  3. 56Evan NauseDFLA
  4. 57Matthew KniesL255 GP · 167 PTOR
  5. 58Tristan BrozC1 GP · 0 PPIT
  6. 59Samuel HeleniusC114 GP · 17 PLAK
  7. 60J.J. MoserD355 GP · 116 PARI

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

56th
of 223 players selected
35th
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

  1. 1Owen PowerD340 GP · 154 PBUF
  2. 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEA
  3. 3Mason McTavishC321 GP · 193 PANA
  4. 4Luke HughesD242 GP · 139 PNJD
  5. 5Kent JohnsonC289 GP · 154 PCBJ
  6. 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDET
  7. 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJS
  8. 8Brandt ClarkeD200 GP · 92 PLAK
  9. 9Dylan GuentherR245 GP · 195 PARI
  10. 10Tyler BoucherROTT

+ 213 more

The 2021 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matthew Knies made his NHL debut on April 10, 2023, 1 year and 260 days after the draft.

255
Games
69
Goals
98
Assists
167
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 57Matthew KniesL255 GP · 167 PTOR
  2. 153Ty VoitLTOR
  3. 185Vyacheslav PeksaGTOR