If the trend continues, drafting Connor Bedard and Adam Fantilli, both, are in the mathematically possible scenarios for the Montreal Canadiens.
It’s not necessarily probable… but we tell you that there are chances! And it has Montreal fans salivating on social media.
On the Tankathon platform, which takes into account the probabilities of the National Hockey League draft lottery according to the position of the teams in the standings (calculated with the points per game in the middle of the season so that the difference in games played between the teams is considered ), some amateurs succeeded in simulating a scenario in which Montreal drafts 1st and 2nd place thanks to their own selection and that of the Florida Panthers.
On March 16, general manager Kent Hughes made a smoking dent by extracting, in particular, an unprotected 1st round pick in 2023 from the Panthers. He achieved this by ceding the services of defender Ben Chiarot.
Chiarot has only been passing through with the Panthers, since he took advantage of his complete autonomy last summer to join the Detroit Red Wings.
The height of misfortune for the Panthers: they do not have a season up to expectations with a record of 15-16-4. At the rate things are going, they might end up in a position that qualifies as their 1st round pick for the draft lottery.
This means that the Panthers might have traded Bedard or Fantilli for 30 games of Chiarot, playoffs included.
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It also means that the CH, with an incredible stroke of luck, might have the opportunity to select two hopefuls with the potential to transform the face of a franchise.