Habs Trade Up to Select Gleb Pugachyov 26th Overall
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The Habs made a trade with Vegas to move up two spots from 28 to 26 on Friday night. With that selection, they selected Russian winger Gleb Pugachyov.
The Habs made a trade with Vegas to move up two spots from 28 to 26 on Friday night. With that selection, they selected Russian winger Gleb Pugachyov.
The first round of this year’s draft takes place on Friday starting at 7:00 PM ET while rounds two through seven will be on Saturday beginning at 11:00 AM ET. Sportsnet, TVA Sports, and ESPN have coverage of Round 1 while Sportsnet and the NHL Network will also televise Day 2.
For the second straight day, the Habs have made a minor swap of prospects. The Canadiens traded defenceman William Trudeau to the Rangers in exchange for winger Brett Berard.
The Habs have swung a trade although it’s not as big as many of the other ones around the NHL. The Canadiens announced that they have acquired forward Hunter McKown from Columbus in exchange for winger Luke Tuch.
Earlier this month, a pair of Habs received some end-of-season honours with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield taking home trophies. Now, one of their prospects has received an end-of-season award with Adam Engstrom being named to the AHL 2025-26 Top Prospects Team.
It’s not too often that the Habs have enough prospects playing in May to do this piece. But there were just enough who played deep into the playoffs or internationally to allow us to cover the best of the rest who were still playing.
There was some good news for one of Montreal’s top prospects on Thursday. The KHL announced that Alexander Zharovsky was named Rookie of the Year for the 2025-26 season.
The Memorial Cup will take place from May 22nd to May 31st in Kelowna. This year, the Habs will have two representative as centre Hayden Paupanekis and Andrew MacNiel will take part. As always, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
With the Habs still taking part in the playoffs, they aren’t particularly well-represented at the 2026 Worlds. However, a pair of Montreal prospects are taking part. As always, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
After a bye in the first round of the playoffs, Laval faced off against Toronto in the second round. While the Rocket had the better regular season record, they weren’t the better team in this series, ultimately falling in the fifth and deciding game to put an end to their season.