A Top 3 pick awaits the Canadiens in Dallas

The 2018 NHL Draft Lottery has spoken, and the Montreal Canadiens are selecting the third spot in the NHL 2018 Draft in Dallas this coming June.

After months of waiting, the Montreal Canadiens finally know where they are going to write in the NHL Draft in June. At the beginning, it was a fairly docile lottery, since everyone fell into the positions where they should be. That was until the eleventh pick.

It was assumed that the Carolina Hurricanes would be there, but instead, the New York Islanders emerged giving them consecutive selections in the first round. The most important thing is that the Hurricanes won a lottery. The countdown continued, and when the Montreal Canadians were supposed to get up, the most beautiful thing happened, but they did not. Arizona, welcome to your fifth global selection.

By the end of the first wave, Montreal, Carolina and Buffalo had won one of the three lotteries. Unfortunately, the NHL decided to push for the latest revelation in the second half of the Vegas-San Jose game. It was an awkward wait, to say the least. The only thing we knew was that the Canadians in Montreal were going to have the opportunity to add one of Rasmus Dahlin, Andrei Svechnikov and Filip Zadina.

According to Mikaël Lalancette, the Sabers had 59.7% of which revealed that they won the lottery, followed by Montreal with 30.6% and Carolina with 9.7%.

Then, it was time for the results. The Canadians from Montreal were revealed to choose the third place in the NHL Draft of 2018.

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