NHL draft Lottery 2022; Montreal Canadiens wins first pick

NHL draft Lottery 2022; Montreal Canadiens wins first pick

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May 11, 2022

NHL draft Lottery 2022; Montreal Canadiens wins first pick

NHL draft Lottery 2022; Montreal Canadiens wins first pick

The Montreal Canadiens will have the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft subsequent to scoring the NHL Draft lottery on Tuesday.

The New Jersey Devils won the No. 2 pick, and the Arizona Coyotes have the No. 3 pick.

The Canadiens, who at 18.5 percent had the most obvious opportunity with regards to scoring that sweepstakes, will pick No. 1 for the 6th time, the first since choosing forward Doug Wickenheiser in the 1980 NHL Draft.

The first round of the draft will be hung on July 7 at Bell Center in Montreal. Adjusts 2-7 will be on July 8.

“Clearly an exceptionally intriguing result for ourselves as well as our fans, (who) I’m certain will be excited, particularly with the draft being held in Montreal to have that sort of expectation energy driving into it,” Canadiens head supervisor Kent Hughes said. “Thus, we’re invigorated. I believe it’s an incredible chance for our association to begin taking steps towards getting back to the end of the season games.”

The lottery incorporated the 16 groups that neglected to meet all requirements for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The chances depended on the converse request of the normal season standings.

The lottery, which was held at the NHL Network workplaces in Secaucus, New Jersey, incorporated the 16 groups that neglected to meet all requirements for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The chances for the groups depended on the opposite request of the ordinary season standings.

Just the two top not entirely settled by the lottery. This season, the best 11 groups in the lottery were qualified to get the No. 1 choice after the NHL declared that groups could climb 10 spots on March 23, 2021.

New Jersey pushed forward of Arizona, which had the second-best chances (13.5 percent), as well as the Seattle Kraken (11.5) and Philadelphia Flyers (9.5).

The Chicago Blackawks will move the No. 6 pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets under the details of the exchange that included defenseman Seth Jones on July 23, 2021.

The excess groups were opened in by the request for their completion in the standings. Picks 17-32 not entirely settled by the aftereffects of the end of the season games.

Montreal (22-49-11), which completed toward the end in the NHL, could utilize the No. 1 pick to choose focus Shane Wright, who was No. 1 in NHL Central Scouting’s last positioning of North American skaters.

Wright (6-foot, 191 pounds) completed eighth in the Ontario Hockey League with 94 places (32 objectives, 62 aids) 63 customary season games for Kingston. He has 10 focuses (two objectives, eight aids) eight season finisher games.

“I would agree that I’m a truly amazing 200-foot player,” Wright told NHL Network. “I’m a world class hostile player who can likewise deal with his own end and play areas of strength for truly all parts of the game. I believe I’m a brilliant player who thinks the game at an undeniable level and can likewise score and make plays, yet additionally deal with my own end and play well protectively. In this way, I can do a great deal of things right.”

Logan Cooley (5-10, 174), who was No. 2 in NHL Central Scouting’s last positioning of North American skaters, is one more choice after he had 75 focuses (27 objectives, 48 aids) 51 games with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-18 Team. The middle, who is focused on the University of Minnesota, likewise had 10 focuses (three objectives, seven aids) six games to assist the United States with completing second at the 2022 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.

“Logan Cooley is a great skater,” Hughes said. “I’ve seen him play throughout the course of recent years, he played with my child (forward Riley Hughes) a decent piece of last season. He goes on the assault, he’s a quick skater and he has hockey sense and great abilities.”

Juraj Slafkovsky, who was No. 1 in NHL Central Scouting’s last positioning of International skaters, established all in all a connection as the second-most youthful player at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The forward was named the most important player of the competition subsequent to driving all skaters with seven objectives in seven games to assist Slovakia with winning a decoration without precedent for its set of experiences (bronze).

The 18-year-old likewise had 10 focuses (five objectives, five aids) 31 games in his most memorable season with TPS of Liiga, the top proficient association in Finland. He had seven focuses (two objectives, five aids) 18 season finisher games.

“Juraj utilizes his incredible size, reach and strength inside the standards,” said Goran Stubb, NHL overseer of European Scouting. “He’s a compelling checker both in the hostile and cautious zone and is shockingly a versatile and quick skater for a player his size (6-4, 218).”

2022 NHL Draft Order

1. Montreal Canadiens

2. New Jersey Devils

3. Arizona Coyotes

4. Seattle Kraken

5. Philadelphia Flyers

6. Columbus Blue Jackets (by means of Chicago Blackhawks)

7. Ottawa Senators

8. Detroit Red Wings

9. Bison Sabers

10. Anaheim Ducks

11. San Jose Sharks