The Habs took a swing on skill at the draft last year when they picked up Alexander Zharovsky. If they have a similar goal this time around, Yegor Shilov is a player to keep an eye on if he’s on the board when the Habs are picking with the 28th selection.
While the Habs are searching for an impactful second centre, they will likely be looking to continue to stock their pipeline at that position as well. With that in mind, Ilia Morozov is someone they may be looking to target at next week’s draft.
With Montreal’s Cinderella playoffs in the rear window, we continue with our report cards. Having already covered the forwards, it’s now time to evaluate the goalies and defencemen.
Although the Habs did not advance to the fourth series, the Stanley Cup Final is an exciting time for hockey fans. The HabsWorld writers are back to provide their predictions on the upcoming series between Carolina and Vegas.
With Montreal advancing to the Eastern Conference finals, the HabsWorld writers provided their predictions on the upcoming series against Carolina.
The third round of the 2026 playoffs gets underway on Wednesday night with the Western Conference Final. Our writers make their picks on who between Colorado and Vegas will move on to battle for the Stanley Cup.
Part two of our 2026 second-round predictions looks at the Canadiens-Sabres series along with the Golden Knights-Ducks series.
With the second round getting started this weekend, our writers have made their predictions on the first two matches of the postseason’s second round.
Topics in our latest podcast include Montreal’s early-playoff positives and negatives, Noah Dobson’s injury, a theory on why Michael Hage opted to stay in college for another season, and more.
The rest of the first round NHL postseason gets started Sunday and Monday. The HabsWorld writers provided their predictions on the rest of the playoff matches, including the Canadiens-Lightning series.