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Prospects

Caption: Alexander Avtsyn

It seems like not so long ago, the Canadiens were considered to be one of the league’s premier organizations in terms of prospect depth. Sadly, many of the once prized youngsters have had underwhelming starts to their careers. The highly-touted Ben Maxwell, Max Pacioretty and Yannick Weber have yet to impose themselves at the highest level, collectively combining for only 26 points in 114 contests. Other fairly high picks like Matt D’Agostini, Ryan McDonagh, Kyle Chipchura and Guillaume Latendresse have been traded while former first-rounder David Fischer was not even offered an entry level contract.

However, the fact remains that the Canadiens possess some intriguing young players in their organization. Undrafted centre David Desharnais was dominant in the AHL last year while Ryan White and Tom Pyatt played rather significant roles with the big team. All three will be hoping to earn regular duty with the Tricolore this season. Of course, they will face stiff competition from their peers. Forwards such as Alexander Avtsin, Aaron Palushaj, Brock Trotter, J.T. Wyman, Gabriel Dumont and Andreas Engqvist will look to make their mark sooner rather than lather. As for the collegiate and junior ranks, Steve Qualier, Louis Leblanc, Danny Kristo, and Mike Cichy all own solid offensive potential and could help the Canadiens farther down the road.

On the defensive end, the farm team features many decent puck-moving defencemen, namely the aforementioned Yannick Weber, Mathieu Carle and newly signed Kyle Klubertanz. The Habs also put their hands on the highly touted, and gigantic, Jarred Tinordi at the 2010 draft. He will join other amateur level blue liners such as Greg Pateryn, Mac Bennett and Scott Kishel. As for P.K Subban, an NHL job is clearly his to lose at this point, especially after his superlative playoff performance.

Finally, in goal, Cedrick Desjardins has been somewhat of a revelation, posting superb numbers in the AHL last season. Once again, he and Curtis Sanford will tend the Dogs’ net for the coming year. At the ECHL level, Czech netminder Robert Mayer seems pegged for another season in Cincinnati. Petteri Simila rounds out the current group of goaltending prospects.

Intro written by Louis Moustakas - July 2010.

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