After whittling down their list of restricted free agents down to five yesterday, the Habs knocked that number down by one more as they announced the re-signing of Mike Reilly to a two-year contract with a $1.5 million cap hit.
Tuesday’s qualifying offer deadline came without much fanfare for the Habs who are parting ways with three prospects while extending offers to five others.
The dust has barely settled on the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and while it’s really too early to evaluate their newest group of prospects, that’s not going to stop us from trying.
Saturday will be a busy day at the draft for the Habs as they come in with nine selections to make. As always, we’ll keep tabs on their selections in this article which will be updated as the draft goes along.
While many expected the Habs to draft a defenceman with the 15th overall pick, they went in a different direction with the selection of right winger Cole Caufield.
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft will be held in Vancouver this coming Friday and Saturday. As is our annual tradition, here is HabsWorld’s official mock draft. In our mock, we project the entire first round plus all of Montreal’s picks inside the top-100.
Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2019, your one-stop source for all things draft-related. Our coverage over the past several weeks included a breakdown of their depth at each position, draft profiles, and more.
While the Habs have typically had decent depth on the left wing, the same can’t be said for their right side. Montreal is in okay shape at that position but their prospect pool is lacking.
Who will the Habs pick 15th overall? How will the first round play out? Make your predictions by entering our annual draft pool.
Gustav Olofsson didn’t get much of a chance to make an impression on the Habs after they acquired him last October. He’ll get a chance to make a better one now after Montreal signed him to a one-year, two-way contract on Friday.