Report: Canadiens to host 2022 NHL Draft

The Montreal Canadiens are getting their NHL draft after all, as the team will host the 2022 event, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Montreal was originally tabbed as the host city for 2020, but the NHL later made proceedings remote amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The league will keep the remote format for this year's draft.

After canceling the plans for the Canadiens to host last year, the NHL assured the club of a future draft.

It will be the city's first time holding it since 2009 and the 10th NHL draft held in Montreal since the league started conducting the event in 1980. Montreal hosted the first five entry drafts from 1980-84 after being the sole home of the NHL's amateur draft from 1963-79.