For the first time in over 40 years, the Canadiens own the No. 1 pick in the Michael Irvin Jersey NHL Draft. Montreal Tuesday, gaining the top selection and likely becoming the new home for Shane Wright, the consensus No. 1 prospect in the July draft. This is the sixth time the Canadiens have had the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft; the last came in 1980. They will be the first team since Toronto in 1985 to host the draft and have the first overall selection. The Canadiens had a horrific 2021-22 season. After making it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final last season, the club ended the year with the worst record in the league. It was a painful season in Montreal, but now they club has been awarded the opportunity to select a franchise player in Wright. NHL MOCK DRAFT 2022: The 2022 NHL Draft will take place July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal. When was the last time the Canadiens had the No. 1 pick? Andre Johnson Jersey The last time the Canadiens were the first team to draft was in 1980 when Montreal elected to take Doug Wickenheiser. It was the fifth timein Canadiens history that the club owned the No. 1 pick. It obtained the selection in a 1976 trade with the Colorado Rockies. Most notable is Kameron McGusty Jersey the Canadiens' selection of with the first selection in 1971, a pick that was acquired in a 1970 trade with the California Golden Seals. Lafleur went on to have a legendary career with Montreal, winning five Stanley Cups with the team. DRAFT PLAYER 1963 Garry Monahan 1968 Michael Pla se 1969 Rejean Houle 1971 Guy Lafleur 1980 Doug Wickenheiser MORE: Who have the Canadiens selected in the first round in recent drafts? Montreal has had a first-round pick for every draft since 2009. Of those picks, three of them have been in the top 10 and one was a top-three selections. The Canadiens Jimmy Graham Jersey with their 2021 first-round pick. Mailloux had asked not be drafted after he admitted to sexual misconduct in Sweden in 2020. Here is a look at their recent first-round picks. DRAFT NUMBER PLAYER 2021 31 Logan Mailloux 2020 16 Kaiden Guhle 2019 15 Cole Caufield 2018 3 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 2017 25 Ryan Poehling 2016 9 Mikhail Sergachev 2015 26 Noah Juulsen 2014 26 Nikita Scherbak 2013 25 Michael McCarron Dominic Proctor Jersey 2012 3 Alex Galchenyuk 2011 17 Nathan Beaulieu 2010 22 Jarred Tinordi 2009 18 Louis Leblanc