With three games remaining, the Montreal Canadiens are currently in 32nd and last place in the entire National Hockey League. They can no longer finish any better than 31st, which guarantees them a top-four pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.
That, essentially, is all there is to play for in the 2021-22 season, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t anything else to watch for in the final three games. In fact, I am looking at this as the pre-pre-season for the 2022-23 season. The most important thing is for the key parts of the Montreal Canadiens team to finish the season healthy, possibly get a chance at the upcoming World Championships, and have a full off-season ahead of them.