The Montreal Canadiens 2017-18 season was disastrous, as the team failed to make the playoffs due to their lack of forward depth and goaltender Carey Price’s injury. The draft that followed, however, was one of the few in recent years that the team can count as a win. The Habs had the third-overall pick and
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Heading into the 2019 NHL Draft, the Montreal Canadiens’ scouting staff were conscious of the team’s glaring need for defensive support on the left side, especially with their bet on Karl Alzner failing; the blueliner was sent to the American Hockey League (AHL) before the end of 2018 due to poor performances in his nine
Coming off a surprise Stanley Cup Final run cut short by a Tampa Bay Lightning squad that is arguably the best team ever assembled in the salary cap era, the Montreal Canadiens general manager (GM) Marc Bergevin returned to the 2021 NHL Entry Draft focused on adding to the team’s prospect pool. Fueled by 39
Should the Montreal Canadiens make no more moves this offseason, the team will enter next season with good depth at the center position but with minimal experience. With Phillip Danault leaving for the Los Angeles Kings and Eric Staal probably not returning to the Habs, the team is left with part-time center Cedric Paquette as
We will start today’s trip across the prospects landscape in Sweden, where a key player in the Detroit Red Wings rebuild suffered an injury. From there, we will return to North American to check on a Montreal Canadiens prospect looking to make history in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Finally, we’ll end in the
We are one step closer to crowning the top player of the 2020-21 college hockey season as the finalists have been narrowed down to three. Plus, we check in on two members of the 2020 class as prospects of the Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames had big nights on Thursday. Hobey Baker Award Finalists Revealed
The Big 10 wrapped up their 2020-21 season with a fantastic game between Minnesota and Wisconsin on Tuesday night. The conference also announced their postseason award winners, which included some top NHL prospects. In the American Hockey League (AHL), a Colorado Avalanche first-round pick scored in overtime. Finally, the Chicago Blackhawks officially signed a prospect
Anaheim Ducks’ prospect Trevor Zegras impressed in his AHL debut with the San Diego Gulls, recording one goal and two assists in their 4-1 victory. Colorado Avalanche prospect Drew Helleson scored a highlight-reel goal to win the game in overtime for Boston College. Montreal Canadiens’ top prospect Cole Caufield continues to score in the NCAA
Today’s Prospects News & Rumors has some good and bad news. Starting with the bad news first, one of the top programs in college hockey is shutting things down for two weeks. On the positive side, recent draft picks of both the Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks had nice weekends. Michigan Pauses for Two
Today is a huge day for prospects fans around the globe as the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship gets underway. There was some news outside of Edmonton, starting with the New Jersey Devils inking a first-round pick to his first NHL contract. Also, we get an update on an injured Montreal Canadiens prospect and a
The Montreal Canadiens have three players participating in this year’s World Junior Championship (WJC). Cole Caufield playing for the USA, Jan Mysak playing for the Czech Republic, and Kaiden Guhle for Team Canada. Here is what we can expect from the three of them in this tournament. Kaiden Guhle, D, Team Canada Guhle was the
Montreal Canadiens prospect Jayden Struble has gotten off the mark with his first NCAA goal of the season. Anaheim Ducks third-round pick from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ian Moore scores his first United States Hockey League (USHL) goal and Los Angeles Kings prospect Alex Laferriere is starting to heat up after a slow start
There’s a great deal of buzz surrounding Montreal Canadiens’ rookie defenseman Alexander Romanov. The talk is that the young man is the real deal and it will be interesting to see how he handles, not only the stress of playing in Montreal, but the added pressure to perform with some extremely high expectations thrust upon
The Minnesota Wild’s 12th-overall pick from the 2019 NHL Entry Draft is off to an impressive start to his sophomore NCAA season. Edmonton Oilers’ fourth-round pick Carter Savoie has scored in his first three NCAA games of his career and the Oshawa Generals have loaned two players to Slovakia before the start of the Ontario
Unfortunately, most of today’s news focuses on games not being played because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Canada’s intrasquad game scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed. Also, one of the top hockey programs in the United States has to wait a little longer before returning to the ice. Finally, we check in on a
Team Canada had themselves a very eventful Saturday. After revealing that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19, its stacked roster took to the ice for a scrimmage during their World Junior Championship selection camp. Also, the United States Hockey League (USHL) has finally kicked off its season and a recent draft pick of
College hockey news continues to be released as the Ivy League cancels all winter sports. The Dallas Stars have loaned a former first-round pick to the Finnish Liiga and the University of Minnesota signed two players to a National Letter of Intent. Ivy League Postpones Winter Sports Despite that several NCAA divisions have announced a
Montreal Canadiens general manager (GM) Marc Bergevin had a very busy offseason taking the next step in his rebuild, retool, or re-whatever you want to call it. He added significant pieces to take the next step forward from being an NHL playoff bubble team that hopes for every bounce to go their way into one