Advance to the draft: listen to Scott Wheeler, the Habs can forget about it

The Canadiens hold the 16th and 17th picks in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. He needed the Flames not to win the lottery to keep the 16th pick… and that’s what happened last Monday.
Otherwise, he would have had the 17th pick… and that of the Panthers, which is likely to be quite a bit lower considering they’re still alive and playing a team deprived of its #1 goaltender.
The popular feeling right now is that the club won’t be using these two picks. It’s expec