Sporting News

We're heading to the home stretch of the 2021-22 NHL regular season and, for the most part, teams are getting an idea of where they will be selecting in this summer's NHL Draft. The bottom-dwellers — Canadiens, Kraken and Coyotes — are in prime position to snag potential franchise player Shane Wright. This is a top-heavy draft with clear-cut players to be taken in the top 10. The field opens up a lot more after that. The trade deadline produced a lot moving around of draft picks, but there was hardly any turnover in the first round. Only the Bruins moved their 2022 first-round pick at the deadline, sending it to the Ducks as part of the Hampus Lindholm trade.