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● By Bryan Murphy

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The day is finally here. The 2022 NHL Draft is just hours away, where 225 teenagers will have their futures changed. As we've gotten closer and closer to the draft, things have gotten spicy. There have been questions about Shane Wright's season, but for the most part, he was still considered the consensus No. 1 pick. However, TSN's Bob McKenzie dropped a bomb on the hockey world by ranking Slovakia's Juraj Slafkovsky ahead of Wright in his final draft rankings. There have been rumors that the Canadiens could elect to pass on the top Canadien prospect and opt to select Slafkovsky or American Logan Cooley. Will that be true and Slafkovsky goes No. 1, or will Montreal make the Wright choice?

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