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Washington Capitals 2022 NHL Draft: Full list of selections in Round 1

By Michael Marzzacco

NHL Draft, Washington Capitals (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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The 2022 NHL Draft is just around the corner Washington Capitals fans and yesterday the NHL officially announced the complete draft order. Today we’ll look at the complete first round order.

The Caps will hold the 20th pick (1st round), 46th (2nd round, from Winnipeg Jets in the Brenden Dillon trade), 85th (3rd), 149th (5th), 181st (6th), 213th (7th).

Here’s the complete first round order:

Round 1

1. Montreal

2. New Jersey

3. Arizona

4. Seattle

5. Philadelphia

6. Columbus (from CHI)

7. Ottawa

8. Detroit

9. Buffalo

10. Anaheim

11. San Jose

12. Columbus

13. NY Islanders

14. Winnipeg

15. Vancouver

16. Buffalo (from VGK)

17. Nashville

18. Dallas

19. Los Angeles

20. Washington

21. Pittsburgh

22. Anaheim (from BOS)

23. St. Louis

24. Minnesota

25. Toronto

26. Montreal (from CGY)

27. Arizona (from CAR via MTL)

28. Buffalo (from FLA)

29. Edmonton

30. Winnipeg (from NYR)

31. Tampa Bay

32. Arizona (from COL)

More on the draft from the NHL:

"The National Hockey League announced today the order of selection for the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft, July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal.The host Montreal Canadiens own the first overall selection and a League-high 14 overall; the most picks made by a club in one year since the introduction of the 7-round draft in 2005 is 13 (NY Islanders in 2006 and 2008, Florida in 2010 and Carolina in 2021).The first round of the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be broadcast on Thursday, July 7, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN+in the U.S. and Sportsnet, TVA Sports in Canada. Rounds 2-7 will air on NHL Network, ESPN+ in the U.S. and on Sportsnet, TVA Sports in Canada on Friday, July 8 at 11 a.m. ET."

What will the Capitals do in the draft? I honestly think they’ll go forward again. I would’ve said they’d go with a winger and not a center but now they could very well go with a center with the uncertain future of Nicklas Backstrom.

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Stay tuned to Stars and Sticks as we’ll have plenty of coverage leading up to the draft.

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