The Habs didn’t make any big splashes in terms of trades at the draft but they still wound up making seven picks in total, including five in the top three rounds. Let’s take a closer look at each and give an early grade to the draft class of 2017.
The Habs were busy early on in the second day of the 2017 draft as they made two picks in both the second and third rounds. They had six picks in total after making a late trade with Philadelphia. Here is a breakdown of their selections.
The Habs added some much-needed depth down the middle on Friday, selecting centre Ryan Poehling from St. Cloud State of the NCAA with the 25th overall pick of the draft.
The 2017 NHL Entry Draft will be held at the United Center in Chicago this coming Friday and Saturday. As is our annual tradition, here is HabsWorld’s official mock draft. The Habs hold the 25th overall selection in the first round. In our mock, we project the entire first round plus Montreal’s next few picks.
Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2017, 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.
Welcome to HabsWorld’s annual draft pool. The draft will be held on June 23rd and 24th in Chicago. The Habs are slated to have the 25th overall selection. Make your guess as to who the Canadiens will select as well as who the rest of the league will select in the first round on Friday night.
There was a bit of a surprise in the Expansion Draft as the Golden Knights opted to not select prospect Charles Hudon from Montreal. Instead, the player heading to Vegas is defenceman Alexei Emelin.
Here are the final results from the Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Pool. It took getting more than 50% of the picks correct to take home first place.
It wasn’t all that long ago that the right wing was a position of weakness for the Habs. They’ve made several strides in that area in recent years to make it one of their deeper spots but can the same be said at the other levels?
Nathan Beaulieu’s time with the Habs came to an end on Saturday with Montreal only getting a third rounder for him. Could they have got more? Our writers offer up their thoughts on the trade.