Category: 2018 NHL Draft

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Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s offer sheet won’t be matched by the Montreal Canadiens

By Justin Blades | Sep 4th 2021 | 2 min read |

Jesperi Kotkaniemi signed an offer sheet from the Carolina Hurricanes on August 28, giving the Montreal Canadiens one week to respond. The decision wa...

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Allan McShane, Cole Fonstad, and Samuel Houde will not be offered contracts by the Canadiens

By Justin Blades | May 27th 2020 | 3 min read |

Several months ago, Marc Bergevin told La Presse’s Mathias Brunet that he only expected one of the four CHL forwards the Montreal Canadiens selected...

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Cam Hillis agrees to three-year entry-level contract with Montreal Canadiens

By Justin Blades | Mar 28th 2020 | 3 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens have made an agreement with forward prospect Cam Hillis on a three-year entry-level contract. The Canadiens have agreed to term...

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Montreal Canadiens sign Jesse Ylönen to entry-level contract

By Jared Book | Mar 26th 2020 | 2 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Jesse Ylönen to a three-year entry-level contract. The Canadiens have agreed to terms on a three-year, ent...

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Projecting the skills of the Canadiens’ four CHL forwards vying for one contract

By David St-Louis | Mar 18th 2020 | 12 min read |

For much of the past decade, the Montreal Canadiens’ sole focus was competing for a playoff spot. They picked usually in later rounds of the NHL Ent...

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Montreal Canadiens sign Alexander Romanov to entry-level contract

By Patrik Bexell | Feb 9th 2020 | 2 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens selected Alexander Romanov in the second round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. He has gone from a largely unknown prospect at that...

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Montreal Canadiens announce 2019 development camp roster and schedule

By Jared Book | Jun 24th 2019 | 4 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens announced that they will hold their annual development camp at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard from June 26 to June 28. 39 ...

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One year later: Grading the Montreal Canadiens 2018 Draft

By Patrik Bexell | Jun 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

After the 2018 Draft, I graded the prospects drafted by the Montreal Canadiens. As prospect evaluation is an active process, it is time to look back o...

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Canadiens trade Lars Eller to Washington for two picks

By Matt Drake | Mar 6th 2019 | 2 min read |

There have been rumours swirling about the Canadiens trading P.K. Subban for a while now. They went a completely different way. They instead traded La...

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Alexander Romanov and the search for puck-moving defencemen

By David St-Louis | Jul 16th 2018 | 7 min read |

Entering the draft, the Montreal Canadiens, and especially Trevor Timmins, made it clear what they were looking for: players with high upside, with th...