The 2022 NHL Draft wrapped up a week and a half ago now, and general manager Bill Armstrong and company walked away with a bright future in first-round selections in Logan Cooley, Conor Geekie, and Maveric Lamoureux. For Armstrong, the draft was the setting stage for the franchise’s lengthy rebuild, and walking away with these
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The 2022 NHL Entry Draft was a major success for the Columbus Blue Jackets as they added two defensemen who should become key pieces of the organization’s future. With the sixth overall pick, they selected Czech defenseman David Jiricek. Later in the first round they added another defender, this time a Canadian from the Western
One of the best events on the NHL calendar — and certainly of the offseason — has come, and in a blink, gone. The NHL Entry Draft is always an exciting time, and heartwarming to see so many young men achieve their childhood dreams of being drafted by an NHL franchise. From Montreal Canadiens’ first-overall
Entering the 2022-23 NHL Entry Draft, the top priority for Boston Bruins general manager (GM) Don Sweeney was to add center depth to the prospect pool. Mission accomplished for Sweeney as he used his first three picks to address the need up the middle. On paper, the 2022 Draft could be considered a success off
With the 26th pick of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the Montreal Canadiens have selected Filip Mesar from HK Poprad of Slovakia About Filip Mesar To start the season, Mesar helped Slovakia win silver at the Glinka Gretzky Cup where he finished with eight points in five games. With HK Propod he finished with 16
With the 32nd pick of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the Edmonton Oilers have selected Reid Schaefer from the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Related: 2022 NHL Draft Tracker Reid Schaefer may be the biggest rider of the 2022 Draft class, jumping up into the first round after putting together an incredible playoff
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft kicks off Thursday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal with the first round. The Boston Bruins are currently not scheduled to select on opening night after they traded their first-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks at the trade deadline in March to acquire Hampus Lindholm. General manager(GM) Don Sweeney
The Vancouver Canucks enter the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with the 15th-overall selection. This pick has produced some pretty significant players in the past, including J.T. Miller, Joe Sakic and Mike Bossy. The hope is whoever Vancouver selects can become an impact player for the foreseeable future, with one of those possibilities being Finland’s Brad
The Detroit Red Wings need help at center. Captain Dylan Larkin has cemented himself as a quality top-line center who would be an elite second-line center if the Red Wings found someone who could slot in above him. Therein lies the problem, since the Red Wings have been unable to find another top-six center, with
With just days until the start of the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft, the buzz is starting to grow around the host city Montreal. Fans and media alike are going to pack the Bell Centre in eager anticipation of what the Canadiens are going to do with the first-overall pick. That’s the biggest headline going
Deep drafts do not come around often, but when they do it is best to take advantage of the high-end prospect pool. The Buffalo Sabres have three picks in the 2022 Draft and will be selecting at ninth overall, 16th overall, and 28th overall. Buffalo is in need of a rejuvenated and revamped prospect pool,
After Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche won the Norris and Conn Smythe Trophies en route to having his name etched onto the Stanley Cup, many Vancouver Canucks fans are probably wondering if that’s in the cards for a similar dynamic defenceman in Quinn Hughes. While the team around him is very different from the
After making it all the way to the Western Conference Final, the Edmonton Oilers are set to draft 29th overall with their only first-round selection of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. General manager Ken Holland doesn’t have a ton of experience drafting late in the first round, as even though he managed a very successful
The Seattle Kraken’s fourth pick in the second is set for the 61st overall pick. This is a selection that has produced numerous NHLers in the past including Wayne Simmonds, Alex Goligoski and Maxim Lapierre. The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is deep in the sense that the Kraken should be able to find a prospect
The Columbus Blue Jackets had a tremendous offseason in 2021, and they enter the summer of 2022 in a very similar position. They possess two lottery draft picks, which will be sixth and 12th overall. Later in the draft, they have a pick in a majority of the rounds, only lacking a fifth and sixth
What would you do if you were faced with the prospect of choosing between Simon Nemec and David Jiricek in the upcoming 2022 NHL Draft? Ranked third and fourth respectively (among European skaters) by NHL Central Scouting in their final draft rankings, they believe it’s Nemec that should be selected first. However, some rankers like
After finishing the 2021-22 season with a 32-40-10 record, the Detroit Red Wings will pick eighth in the 2022 NHL Draft. And while they once again missed out on the top pick in the draft, the Red Wings still have the opportunity to select an impact player at No. 8. Related: Red Wings 2022 Draft
Thomas Milic 2021-22 Team: Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)Date of Birth: April 14, 2003Place of Birth: New Westminster, BC, CanadaHt: 6-foot-0, Wt: 170 poundsCatches: LeftPosition: GoaltenderNHL Draft Eligibility: 2022 second-year eligible Rankings After going undrafted in 2021, Thomas Milic put himself firmly on the map in 2021-22. With a career-high 47 starts and a 2.44 goals-against average