The NHL Draft is coming back to Montreal. Today, the league’s board of governors officially approved that the 2020 Entry Draft will be held at the Bell Centre.
The last time the Canadiens hosted the draft was in 2009 when the team took Louis Leblanc in the first round. John Tavares was the first overall pick and current Canadien Tomas Tatar was a second round pick. Nicolas Deslauriers was also drafted in the 2009 draft.
Montreal hosted the draft from 1963-1984 before it started rotating to various cities. This will be the fifth time that the city is hosting the draft since 1985.