The draft begins tomorrow, it's Thursday/Friday which is a change from the past.
Round 1: Thursday, July 7th, 7:00pm ESPN
Rounds 2-7: Friday, July 8th, 11:00am, NHLN, ESPN+
B's picks: 2nd round, 3rd roung (Calgary's), 4th round, 6th round, 7th round (from Ottawa), 7th round
First round order:
1. Montreal
2. New Jersey
3. Arizona
4. Seattle
5. Philadelphia
6. Columbus (from Chicago)
7. Ottawa
8. Detroit
9. Buffalo
10. Anaheim
11. San Jose
12. Columbus
13. New York Islanders
14. Winnipeg
15. Vancouver
16. Buffalo (from Vegas)
17. Nashville
18. Dallas
19. Minnesota (from Los Angeles)
20. Washington
21. Pittsburgh
22. Anaheim (from Boston)
23. St. Louis
24. Minnesota
25. Toronto
26. Montreal (from Calgary)
27. Arizona (from Carolina via Montreal)
28. Buffalo (from Florida)
29. Edmonton
30. Winnipeg (from New York Rangers)
31. Tampa Bay
32. Arizona (from Colorado)
The chatter is that this is a weak draft at the top. The Habs are playing it close to the vest. Shane Wright spent a lot of time as the consensus #1 but there seems to be some doubt he gets taken. Slovakian winger Juraj Slafkovsky has made a push to be taken first overall.
Not a ton of trade chatter. Alex Debrincat and Jakob Chychrun seem to be the most likely guys who could get moved today/tomorrow. Friedman said on his podcast he thought Thursday would be fairly quiet but there would be lots of activity on Friday. There are some teams dangling picks, New Jersey said they are open to trading #2, and Ottawa trading #7. Buffalo and Arizona each have 3 picks in the first round so they could probably move one.
The Bruins have been rumored to be poking around for a 1st round pick. Feels like those rumors come out every year they don't have a 1st. We'll see if anyhthing happens tomorrow or even Friday. FWIW, it's not in Sweeney's MO to make player trades at the draft. He hasn't done so since Hamilton and Lucic in 2015.
The Athletic's draft rankings: https://theathletic.com/3393872/2022/07/05/nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-2022/
Round 1: Thursday, July 7th, 7:00pm ESPN
Rounds 2-7: Friday, July 8th, 11:00am, NHLN, ESPN+
B's picks: 2nd round, 3rd roung (Calgary's), 4th round, 6th round, 7th round (from Ottawa), 7th round
First round order:
1. Montreal
2. New Jersey
3. Arizona
4. Seattle
5. Philadelphia
6. Columbus (from Chicago)
7. Ottawa
8. Detroit
9. Buffalo
10. Anaheim
11. San Jose
12. Columbus
13. New York Islanders
14. Winnipeg
15. Vancouver
16. Buffalo (from Vegas)
17. Nashville
18. Dallas
19. Minnesota (from Los Angeles)
20. Washington
21. Pittsburgh
22. Anaheim (from Boston)
23. St. Louis
24. Minnesota
25. Toronto
26. Montreal (from Calgary)
27. Arizona (from Carolina via Montreal)
28. Buffalo (from Florida)
29. Edmonton
30. Winnipeg (from New York Rangers)
31. Tampa Bay
32. Arizona (from Colorado)
The chatter is that this is a weak draft at the top. The Habs are playing it close to the vest. Shane Wright spent a lot of time as the consensus #1 but there seems to be some doubt he gets taken. Slovakian winger Juraj Slafkovsky has made a push to be taken first overall.
Not a ton of trade chatter. Alex Debrincat and Jakob Chychrun seem to be the most likely guys who could get moved today/tomorrow. Friedman said on his podcast he thought Thursday would be fairly quiet but there would be lots of activity on Friday. There are some teams dangling picks, New Jersey said they are open to trading #2, and Ottawa trading #7. Buffalo and Arizona each have 3 picks in the first round so they could probably move one.
The Bruins have been rumored to be poking around for a 1st round pick. Feels like those rumors come out every year they don't have a 1st. We'll see if anyhthing happens tomorrow or even Friday. FWIW, it's not in Sweeney's MO to make player trades at the draft. He hasn't done so since Hamilton and Lucic in 2015.
The Athletic's draft rankings: https://theathletic.com/3393872/2022/07/05/nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-2022/