While the Habs can certainly say they’re pleased with having a defenceman like Victor Mete as their seventh defender, it’s not particularly ideal for Mete. Accordingly, his agent revealed on Saturday night that Mete has asked to be traded.
While there are several prospects who still haven’t played for the better part of a year, it’s time for another instalment of our annual prospect rankings. We start with players ranked 31st through 38th.
After a lengthy road trip to the season, the Habs kicked off the home portion of their 2020-21 season on Thursday night against Calgary. Special teams proved to be key for Montreal as three of their four goals weren’t scored at five-on-five and that was the difference in a 4-2 win.
The Habs have found their replacement for Shane Churla as they announced moments before their home opener that Martin Lapointe has been appointed as the new Director of Amateur Scouting, receiving a three-year extension as well.
The Habs wrapped up their season-opening six-game road trip with four more games out West and made the most of them as they picked up seven of eight points thanks in large part to their offence which came to life.
The Habs went into Saturday’s game against Vancouver looking to take two of three out of the set. It was a more defensive effort but in the end, they were able to put up five goals again and skated away with a 5-2 win.
With the AHL season a couple of weeks away from starting, it’s almost time for training camp in Laval. With that in mind, the Rocket unveiled their 32-player training camp roster on Thursday.
The Habs have added to their scouting staff as they announced on Monday that they have hired Ben Shutron as a Western-based amateur scout.
The Habs opened up their 2020-21 season with a pair of high-scoring efforts although they were unfortunately able to come out with the victory in only one of them.
Josh Anderson had quite the debut for the Habs with a pair of goals. What type of output should they be expecting from him in his first season in Montreal?