Bleacher Report

The 2022 NHL draft will be hosted by the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre. It will be held over two days, with Round 1 on Thursday, July 7, and Rounds 2 through 7 on Friday, July 8. It's the first time this event will be staged in an NHL city with all its teams in one location since 2019 in Vancouver. The 2020 draft was supposed to be held in Montreal, but it and this year's draft were staged virtually because of COVID-19. Unlike the last two years, draft-eligible players throughout North American and Europe will be playing normal seasons again in their respective leagues. The pandemic wreaked havoc on schedules last season, with a number of leagues playing shortened schedules. Some, like the Ontario Hockey League, canceled their entire 2020-21 campaigns.