NHL Draft likely to happen before 2021-22 NCAA season

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TSN’s Darren Dreger reported today that the NHL Draft will likely take place on July 23. Several NHL general managers were reportedly looking to move the draft to January of 2022, but the NHLPA, among other things, will likely keep the draft date in July as it was originally scheduled.

Of course, that will mean college players (and incoming college playe…