One of Montreal’s prospects is set to make his season debut on Wednesday night.  The Habs announced that defenceman David Reinbacher has been activated off season-opening IR and has been assigned to Laval.

A beaten and banged up Laval team had a tough last few games, only managing one win out of three while losing handily to a pair of division rivals as well.

With Montreal potentially landing Calgary’s first-round pick this year (top-ten protected), they could find themselves with a draft pick that falls just outside the draft lottery. Here are some players to keep an eye on in that range.

As things stand, the Habs don’t have a pick that’s expected to fall at the back of the first round but that could change if they acquire one before the trade deadline or if they wind up with Florida’s pick from the original Sean Monahan trade.

With the NHL on an extended break for the 4 Nations Face-Off, it’s time to update our draft rankings. We begin with the players rated 33 through 64 that could go in the second round.

January wasn’t the best of months for the Habs but it was Laval’s best one of the season while many unsigned prospects had strong showings as well. Here are our three stars for the month.

While getting to the victories wasn’t necessarily easy, Laval was able to continue their strong run as of late, picking up three more wins. All three came from Cayden Primeau who is now 7-0 since being sent down.

It wasn’t a great week for the Rocket in terms of how they played their three games. However, they were able to pull off a pair of third-period comebacks to put together a fairly successful week overall.

After basically three weeks at home, Laval was back on the road last week with a pair of stops against a key division rival in Cleveland. They took care of business in the first game but came up just short in the second.