When the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, there was only one question left to be answered as far as the 2021 NHL Entry Draft was concerned: Would they have the 31st selection in each of the seven rounds, or the 32nd? Now that the Tampa Bay Lightning have won the Stanley Cup, we know that it will be the former.
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The consensus opinion is that this is one of the weaker drafts in recent years, with stronger ones on the horizon, and the Habs would be making the penultimate pick in most of the rounds.