Thursday, July 7, 2022
Location: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Time: 7 p.m. EDT
TV: ESPN, ESPN+, Sportsnet
It hasn’t quite been a year since the previous NHL Entry Draft, but close enough that this feels like an anniversary anyway. Just before the start of the first round last summer, the Columbus Blue Jackets made a big move, trading defenseman Seth Jones and acquiring young defensemen Adam Boqvist and Jake Bean in addition to Chicago’s 2022 first round pick, and a swap of pick #32 for pick #12 in the 2021 draft.
The rest is history: Boqvist and Bean both were regulars on the blue line, and that #12 pick, Cole Sillinger, spent the whole season in the NHL as an 18-year-old rookie.