While there was a surprising highlight of the night when Juraj Slafkovsky was selected with the first overall pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the biggest story of the night came a little later when Alexander Romanov was traded to the Montreal Canadiens.
Yesterday, after this very eventful night, Habs general manager Kent Hughes answered reporters' questions at a press conference, and he quickly denied a rumor that was circulating on the web:
The Tricolore GM also insisted in an interview. He didn't want to trade Alexander Romanov, but the New York Islanders absolutely wanted him for their pick. Hughes is sad to have traded him, but in order to get his hands on Kirby Dach, he had no choice. (the Hawks wanted a top-15 pick for Dach, and to get their hands on a top-15 pick, it cost Romanov)