Montreal Hockey News

With the NHL Draft Lottery around the corner, Montreal Hockey Now prepared a full simulation of the Lottery and broke down how the first 16 picks could go down on July 7th. With the help of Tankathon, the simulation took place at random and provided the following outcome. The Seattle Kraken won the 1st overall pick, while the Montreal Canadiens won the 2nd overall pick. Picks 3 to 16 are then given to the remaining teams who did not win the Lottery in reverse order of the NHL standings. Based on the MHN’s NHL Draft Rankings, the following Mock Draft was created based on the players available at each position. Organizational needs factored into the decision for some selections, but only if the feeling was that two or more prospects had similar potential.