The Habs made a pair of trades early on in the draft on Friday night. They dealt Lars Eller to Washington in exchange for the Caps’ 2nd round picks in 2017 and 2018. They then moved both of their second rounders this year to Chicago for Andrew Shaw.
Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2016, your one-stop source for all things draft-related. The Habs currently hold 7 selections in the draft, including 9th overall.
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft is just a day away and the Habs head into the first round with the ninth overall selection. While there is a clear favourite in terms of who many think the team will pick, there is still a wide difference of opinion as to who may be available when Trevor Timmins announces the selection.
On Tuesday, we unveiled our official mock draft with us projecting that the Habs will select Logan Brown ninth overall on Friday night. Do our writers think that’s the right pick or do they feel Marc Bergevin and Trevor Timmins should take someone else?
On Wednesday morning, the Habs announced that they have re-signed defenceman Joel Hanley to a one year, two-way contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft will be held at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo this coming Friday and Saturday. As is our annual tradition, here is HabsWorld’s official mock draft; we project the entire first round plus Montreal’s second and third round choices.
Welcome to HabsWorld’s annual draft pool. The draft will be held on June 24th and 25th in Buffalo. 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 by entering our draft pool.
The right wing has been an area of concern throughout the Canadiens organization for several years now. Heading into this offseason that hasn’t really changed as it’s a position that needs a lot of help.
Marc Bergevin continues to deal with his restricted free agents early as on Monday, the Habs announced the re-signing of defenceman Mark Barberio to a two year deal with a reported cap hit of $750,000.
For the past several years, the Habs have been deep down the middle though they’ve lacked the prototypical #1 centre. That doesn’t seem likely to change next year but how are they at that position in the rest of the organization?