After snapping a long losing streak at home, Laval was back on the road last week for a pair of Atlantic Division matchups. They played well in the first game to pick up a win before putting up one of their worst performances of the season the next night.
The month of November wasn’t a great one for the Habs or even Laval but several of Montreal’s prospects had strong showings, earning them a spot in our monthly three stars.
After a frustrating road trip, Laval returned home for a trio of games last week. It didn’t get off to a good start but they played well against one of the top teams in the league, helping them come away with three points.
After a five-game week, Laval got a small break on the schedule with only three although they were all on the road. The Rocket weren’t able to come away with a win but managed to get to overtime in all three games, making it a reasonably successful week in the standings.
Montreal’s prospect pool has certainly gotten deeper over the last few seasons as a result of the extra draft capital they’ve had. We go similarly deep in our annual rankings as we begin with the players ranked outside the top 40.
The schedule makers weren’t kind to Laval last week, putting them in a tough situation of playing five games in seven days with two separate road trips in there. To their credit, the Rocket did relatively well, picking up a trio of victories despite a long list of injuries.
A return home after a tough road trip didn’t do much to change Laval’s fortunes. While they did pick up an impressive comeback victory, they didn’t muster up much in their other two games, both multi-goal losses.
October was a pretty good month for the Habs and the same can be said for several of their prospects who are off to good starts to their seasons. Montreal’s top prospect performers are highlighted in our three stars.
Last week for Laval featured an extreme rarity that will be a memorable one but it came against the backdrop of a disappointing week as the Rocket only managed three of a possible six points.
As part of our annual prospect rankings series, we asked our readers to vote for their top ten prospects. Here are the results of the poll.