1971 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted |
| Round 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Golden Seals | > Canadiens — Traded Ernie Hicke, 1970 first round pick (#10-Chris Oddleifson) to Golden Seals for Francois Lacombe, 1971 first round pick (#1-Guy Lafleur), cash on 1970-05-22 |
Guy Lafleur |
| 2 | 1-2 | Red Wings | Marcel Dionne | |
| 3 | 1-3 | Canucks | Jocelyn Guevremont | |
| 4 | 1-4 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded Ron Schock, Craig Cameron, 1972 second round pick (#30-Bernie Lukowich) to Blues for Lou Angotti, 1971 first round pick (#4-Gene Carr) on 1969-06-06 |
Gene Carr |
| 5 | 1-5 | Sabres | Rick Martin | |
| 6 | 1-6 | Kings | > Bruins — Traded Ross Lonsberry, Eddie Shack to Kings for Ken Turlik, 1971 first round pick (#6-Ron Jones), 1973 first round pick (#6-Andre Savard) on 1969-05-14 |
Ron Jones |
| 7 | 1-7 | North Stars | > Canadiens — Traded Andre Boudrias, Bob Charlebois, Bernard Cote to North Stars for 1971 first round pick (#7-Chuck Arnason) on 1967-06-06 |
Chuck Arnason |
| 8 | 1-8 | Flyers | Larry Wright | |
| 9 | 1-9 | Maple Leafs |
> Flyers — Traded Bernie Parent, 1971 second round pick (#22-Rick Kehoe) to Maple Leafs for Mike Walton, Bruce Gamble, 1971 first round pick (#9-Pierre Plante) on 1971-01-31 |
Pierre Plante |
| 10 | 1-10 | Blues | > Rangers — Traded Pete McDuffe to Blues for 1971 first round pick (#10-Steve Vickers) on 1971-05-25 | Steve Vickers |
| 11 | 1-11 | Canadiens | Murray Wilson | |
| 12 | 1-12 | Blackhawks | Dan Spring | |
| 13 | 1-13 | Rangers | Steve Durbano | |
| 14 | 1-14 | Bruins | Terry O'Reilly | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| 15 | 2-1 | Golden Seals | Ken Baird | |
| 16 | 2-2 | Red Wings | Henry Boucha | |
| 17 | 2-3 | Canucks | Bobby Lalonde | |
| 18 | 2-4 | Penguins |
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Brian McKenzie |
| 19 | 2-5 | Sabres | Craig Ramsay | |
| 20 | 2-6 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded Dick Duff to Kings for Dennis Hextall, 1971 second round pick (#20-Larry Robinson) on 1970-01-23 | Larry Robinson |
| 21 | 2-7 | North Stars | Rod Norrish | |
| 22 | 2-8 | Flyers | > Maple Leafs — Traded Mike Walton, Bruce Gamble, 1971 first round pick (#9-Pierre Plante) to Flyers for Bernie Parent, 1971 second round pick (#22-Rick Kehoe) on 1971-01-31 | Rick Kehoe |
| 23 | 2-9 | Maple Leafs | Dave Fortier | |
| 24 | 2-10 | Blues | > Canadiens — Traded Fran Huck, 1972 second round pick (#30-Bernie Lukowich) to Blues for 1971 second round pick (#24-Michel Deguise) on 1971-01-28 | Michel Deguise |
| 25 | 2-11 | Canadiens | Terry French | |
| 26 | 2-12 | Blackhawks | Dave Kryskow | |
| 27 | 2-13 | Rangers | Tom Williams | |
| 28 | 2-14 | Bruins | Curt Ridley | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| 29 | 3-1 | Golden Seals | Rich Leduc | |
| 30 | 3-2 | Red Wings | Ralph Hopiavuori | |
| 31 | 3-3 | Canucks | > Canadiens — Traded Gregg Boddy, 1971 third round pick (#39-Richard Lemieux) to Canucks for 1971 third round pick (#31-Jim Cahoon), 1971 fourth round pick (#45-Ed Sidebottom), cash on 1971-05-25 | Jim Cahoon |
| 32 | 3-4 | Penguins | Joe Noris | |
| 33 | 3-5 | Sabres | Bill Hajt | |
| 34 | 3-6 | Kings | Vic Venasky | |
| 35 | 3-7 | North Stars | Ron Wilson | |
| 36 | 3-8 | Flyers | Glen Irwin | |
| 37 | 3-9 | Maple Leafs | Gavin Kirk | |
| 38 | 3-10 | Blues | John Garrett | |
| 39 | 3-11 | Canadiens | > Canucks — Traded 1971 third round pick (#31-Jim Cahoon), 1971 fourth round pick (#45-Ed Sidebottom), cash to Canadiens for Gregg Boddy, 1971 third round pick (#39-Richard Lemieux) on 5/25/71 | Richard Lemieux |
| 40 | 3-12 | Blackhawks | Bob Peppler | |
| 41 | 3-13 | Rangers | Terry West | |
| 42 | 3-14 | Bruins | Dave Bonter | |
| Round 4 | ||||
| 43 | 4-1 | Golden Seals | Hartland Monahan | |
| 44 | 4-2 | Red Wings | George Hulme | |
| 45 | 4-3 | Canucks | > Canadiens — Traded Gregg Boddy, 1971 third round pick (#39-Richard Lemieux) to Canucks for 1971 third round pick (#31-Jim Cahoon), 1971 fourth round pick (#45-Ed Sidebottom), cash on 1971-05-25 | Ed Sidebottom |
| 46 | 4-4 | Penguins | Gerry Methe | |
| 47 | 4-5 | Sabres | Bob Richer | |
| 48 | 4-6 | Kings | Neil Komadoski | |
| 49 | 4-7 | North Stars | Mike Legge | |
| 50 | 4-8 | Flyers | Ted Scharf | |
| 51 | 4-9 | Maple Leafs | Rick Cunningham | |
| 52 | 4-10 | Blues | Derek Harker | |
| 53 | 4-11 | Canadiens | Greg Hubick | |
| 54 | 4-12 | Blackhawks | Clyde Simon | |
| 55 | 4-13 | Rangers | Jerry Butler | |
| 56 | 4-14 | Bruins | Dave Hynes | |
| Round 5 | ||||
| 57 | 5-1 | Golden Seals | Ray Belanger | |
| 58 | 5-2 | Red Wings | Earl Anderson | |
| 59 | 5-3 | Canucks | Mike McNiven | |
| 60 | 5-4 | Penguins | Dave Murphy | |
| 61 | 5-5 | Sabres | Steve Warr | |
| 62 | 5-6 | Kings | Gary Crosby | |
| 63 | 5-7 | North Stars | Brian McBratney | |
| 64 | 5-8 | Flyers | Don McCulloch | |
| 65 | 5-9 | Maple Leafs | Bob Sykes | |
| 66 | 5-10 | Blues | Wayne Gibbs | |
| 67 | 5-11 | Canadiens | Mike Busniuk | |
| 68 | 5-12 | Blackhawks | Dean Blais | |
| 69 | 5-13 | Rangers | Fraser Robertson | |
| 70 | 5-14 | Bruins | Bert Scott | |
| Round 6 | ||||
| 71 | 6-1 | Golden Seals | Gerry Egers | |
| 72 | 6-2 | Red Wings | Charlie Shaw | |
| 73 | 6-3 | Canucks | Tim Steeves | |
| 74 | 6-4 | Penguins | Ian Williams | |
| 75 | 6-5 | Sabres | Pierre Duguay | |
| 76 | 6-6 | Kings | Camille LaPierre | |
| 77 | 6-7 | North Stars | Al Globensky | |
| 78 | 6-8 | Flyers | Yvon Bilodeau | |
| 79 | 6-9 | Maple Leafs | Mike Ruest | |
| 80 | 6-10 | Blues | Bernie Doan | |
| 81 | 6-11 | Canadiens | Ross Butler | |
| 82 | 6-12 | Blackhawks | Jim Johnston | |
| 83 | 6-13 | Rangers | Wayne Wood | |
| 84 | 6-14 | Bruins | Bob McMahon | |
| Round 7 | ||||
| 85 | 7-1 | Golden Seals | Al Simmons | |
| 86 | 7-2 | Red Wings | Jim Nahrgang | |
| 87 | 7-3 | Canucks | Bill Green | |
| 88 | 7-4 | Penguins | Doug Elliott | |
| 89 | 7-5 | Sabres | > Kings — Traded Dick Duff, Eddie Shack to Sabres for Mike McMahon, 1971 seventh round pick (#89-Pete Harasym), 1971 eighth round pick (#103-Lorne Stamler) on 1970-11-24 | Pete Harasym |
| 90 | 7-6 | Kings | Norm Dube | |
| 91 | 7-7 | North Stars | Bruce Abbey | |
| 92 | 7-8 | Flyers | Bob Gerrard | |
| 93 | 7-9 | Maple Leafs | Dale Smedsmo | |
| 94 | 7-10 | Blues | Dave Smith | |
| 95 | 7-11 | Canadiens | Peter Sullivan | |
| 96 | 7-12 | Blackhawks | > Rangers — Traded cash to Blackhawks for 1971 seventh round pick (#96-Doug Keeler) on 1971-06-10 | Doug Keeler |
| 97 | 7-13 | Rangers | Jean-Denis Royal | |
| 98 | 7-14 | Bruins | > Maple Leafs — Traded cash to Bruins for 1971 seventh round pick (#98-Steve Johnson) on 1971-06-10 | Steve Johnson |
| Round 8 | ||||
| 99 | 8-1 | Golden Seals | Angus Beck | |
| 100 | 8-2 | Red Wings | Bob Boyd | |
| 101 | 8-3 | Canucks | Norm Cherrey | |
| 102 | 8-4 | Penguins | > Canucks —Promised to not take certain players in expansion draft in exchange for 1971 eighth round pick (#102-Bob Murphy) on 1970-06-10 | Bob Murphy |
| 103 | 8-5 | Sabres | > Kings — Traded Dick Duff, Eddie Shack to Sabres for Mike McMahon, 1971 seventh round pick (#89-Pete Harasym), 1971 eighth round pick (#103-Lorne Stamler) on 1970-11-24 | Lorne Stamler |
| 104 | 8-6 | Kings | > Golden Seals — Traded Harry Howell to Kings for 1971 eighth round pick (#104-Rod Lyons), cash on 1971-02-05 | Rod Lyons |
| 105 | 8-7 | North Stars | Russ Friesen | |
| 106 | 8-8 | Flyers | Jerome Mrazek | |
| 107 | 8-9 | Maple Leafs | Bob Burns | |
| 108 | 8-10 | Blues | Jim Collins | |
| 109 | 8-11 | Rangers | Gene Sobchuk | |
| Round 9 | ||||
| 110 | 9-1 | Rangers | Jim Ivison | |
| Round 10 | ||||
| 111 | 10-1 | Rangers | Andre Peloffy | |
| Round 11 | ||||
| 112 | 11-1 | Rangers | Elson Evoy | |
| Round 12 | ||||
| 113 | 12-1 | North Stars | Mike Antonovich | |
| 114 | 12-2 | Rangers | Gerry Lecomte | |
| Round 13 | ||||
| 115 | 13-1 | Rangers | Wayne Forsey | |
| Round 14 | ||||
| 116 | 14-1 | Rangers | Bill Forrest | |
| Round 15 | ||||
| 117 | 15-1 | North Stars | Rich Coutu | |