With the 27th selection in the 2021 SB Nation NHL Mock Draft, Mile High Hockey selects Olen Zellweger - a defenseman from the Everett Silvertips - for the Colorado Avalanche.
Skill, speed and western Canada. Sound familiar? Olen Zellweger brings all three to the Avalanche organization. So why should the Avalanche add another small, skilled, great skater defender to the depth chart?
Because Zellweger is really good.
Weight: 175lbs
Elite Prospects: 28
Not turning 18 until September, Zellweger is the youngest of the top prospects in this draft. That might make him more of a project than most, but he has already shown a huge jump in his development curve.