Vancouver expected to be named host of 2019 NHL Entry Draft

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson will join Canucks president Trevor Linden at a press conference Wednesday at Rogers Arena where it’s expected that Vancouver will be named host city for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2018 draft will be held, June 22-23, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Vancouver last hosted the draft in 2006, the year the St. Louis Blues selected defenceman Erik Johnson first overall ahead of Jordan Staa