2021 NHL Draft
Oskar Olausson in the 2021 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Oskar Olausson 28th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
He was the sixth of the 23 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 4 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 4 games put him 59th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 28
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 28
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 25–31 in the 2021 draft
- 25Corson CeulemansDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 26Carson LambosD1 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 27Zachary L'HeureuxL91 GP · 21 PNSHNashville Predators
- 28Oskar OlaussonR4 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 29Chase StillmanRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 30Zach DeanC12 GP · 0 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 31Logan MaillouxD75 GP · 18 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 14Isak RosénR67 GP · 13 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Jesper WallstedtG55 GP · 30 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 21Fabian LysellR12 GP · 3 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 28Oskar OlaussonR4 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 45William StrömgrenL4 GP · 1 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 71Simon RobertssonRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 72Anton OlssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 74Oliver JohanssonLOTTOttawa Senators
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Oskar Olausson made his NHL debut on November 23, 2022, 1 year and 123 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 2021 draft
- 28Oskar OlaussonR4 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 61Sean BehrensDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 92Andrei BuyalskyCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 220Taylor MakarL14 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche