As you know, the Buffalo Sabres hold the top pick in the 2021 NHL Draft on July 23rd. I know this isn’t the player that Austin would pick at the top and honestly it wouldn’t be the player I would select.
However, my job is to play the role of the club here and pick who I believe that they will select in a few weeks.
Owen Power has become the consensus top pick in this draft among the mainstream draft pundits and NHL scouts. There has been some noise from people such as Lance Lysowski of the Buffalo News that the Sabres are high on William Eklund.