2022 NHL Draft Second Round
Friday, July 8, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
11 a.m. EDT, TV: ESPN+
The start of the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft was not lacking for excitement, with Slovaks claiming the top two picks and longtime #1 prospect Shane Wright falling all the way to #4.
This shakeup helped defenseman David Jiricek fall to #6, where the Columbus Blue Jackets happily took the big right-handed shot. Not hard to envision him playing next to Zach Werenski.
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