2021 NHL Draft
Ville Ottavainen in the 2021 NHL Draft
Seattle Kraken selected Ville Ottavainen 99th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 4.
He was the seventh of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks Seattle Kraken made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 56th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 99
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 3
- Drafting team
- SEASeattle Kraken
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 96–102 in the 2021 draft
- 96Roman SchmidtDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 97Olivier NadeauRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 98Josh LopinaCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 99Ville OttavainenD11 GP · 2 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 100Jakub MalekGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 101Guillaume RichardDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 102Jakub BrabenecCVGKVegas Golden Knights
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
7th
of 15 Finns selected
34th
of 81 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 46Samu TuomaalaRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 51Ville KoivunenR62 GP · 21 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYINew York Islanders
- 64Oliver KapanenC110 GP · 41 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 68Samu SalminenCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 99Ville OttavainenD11 GP · 2 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 106Kalle VaisanenLNYRNew York Rangers
- 122Rasmus KorhonenGARIArizona Coyotes
- 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ville Ottavainen made his NHL debut on April 15, 2025, 3 years and 265 days after the draft.
11
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Seattle Kraken picks in the 2021 draft
- 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 35Ryker EvansD192 GP · 58 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 67Ryan WintertonC105 GP · 25 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 99Ville OttavainenD11 GP · 2 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 131Jacob MelansonR38 GP · 5 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 163Semyon VyazovoiGSEASeattle Kraken
- 195Justin JanickeLSEASeattle Kraken