Habs trade Johnathan Kovacevic to Devils
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Montreal’s defensive logjam is well-known and on Sunday, they helped clear that up, announcing that they’ve traded Johnathan Kovacevic to New Jersey in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round pick.
Montreal’s defensive logjam is well-known and on Sunday, they helped clear that up, announcing that they’ve traded Johnathan Kovacevic to New Jersey in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round pick.
The Habs enter the second day of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft with eight picks on hand. As is tradition, we’ll keep track of their moves here with scouting reports on their newest prospects.
Going into the draft lottery, many were hoping that if the Habs didn’t win the top pick, they’d at least get the second pick to get Ivan Demidov. They didn’t move up but they wound up with Demidov anyway as Montreal selected him with the fifth-overall pick on Friday night.
Earlier on Friday, the Habs parted with three draft picks to move up five spots to 21st overall. They weren’t able to move up any further but still landed a player they were targeting, selecting centre Michael Hage.
The 2024 NHL Entry Draft is almost upon us which means it’s time for our annual mock draft. As is tradition, we’ve picked the entire first round. In addition, we’ve also picked Montreal’s next three selections after the top round.
The Habs went into Friday with a dozen picks at their disposal. They’ve used three of them to move up as the team announced that they’ve traded picks 26, 57, and 198 to Los Angeles in exchange for the 21st selection.
Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2024, your one-stop source for all things draft-related. We’ll keep tabs on each selection here as well as provide links to our previous draft coverage.
Qualifying offers are due by Sunday and if pending restricted free agents don’t receive one by then, they’ll become unrestricted on Monday. That’s the route that Jesse Ylonen will be taking as Jeff Gorton confirmed today that the Canadiens will not tender him a qualifying offer this weekend.
The Habs have largely had the same group of right wingers for several seasons now. It’s a group that features some veteran underachievers while in terms of prospect depth, it’s not the deepest spot in the organization.
The Habs have made a concerted effort to add some options down the middle to address a long-standing need. While they’ve certainly improved in that regard, there is still room to try to add to their group of centres.