Habs acquire Kirby Dach
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After passing on Shane Wright with the top pick, the Habs struck a move to acquire a young centre, acquiring Kirby Dach from Chicago in a three-team trade.
After passing on Shane Wright with the top pick, the Habs struck a move to acquire a young centre, acquiring Kirby Dach from Chicago in a three-team trade.
After picking Juraj Slafkovsky with their first selection, the Habs stayed in Slovakia for their second pick of the night as they drafted winger Filip Mesar with the 26th pick.
Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2022, your one-stop source for all things draft-related. We’ll keep tabs on each selection here as well as provide links to our previous draft coverage.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is almost upon us which means it’s time for our annual mock draft. As is tradition, we’ve picked the entire first round. In addition, we’ve also picked Montreal’s first four selections after the top round.
When Arizona completed an improbable comeback on April 29th to hand the Habs the top odds for the draft lottery which they eventually won, it looked as if the Canadiens had some good fortune. But now, with a tough decision looming on the top pick, would they have been better off picking second?
While what Montreal does with the first-overall selection on Thursday rightfully is dominating the discussion, the Habs have a second pick at the back of the first round at 26th overall. Who might still be available for them at that time?
Who will the Habs be adding to their prospect pool on Thursday night? How will the first round play out? Make your predictions by entering our annual draft pool.
On Sunday, Tampa Bay traded away long-time defenceman Ryan McDonagh to Nashville for next to nothing. While Montreal is willing to move a similar-priced blueliner in Jeff Petry, McDonagh’s trade shouldn’t shape Petry’s trade market.
Not long after the Habs signed Joel Teasdale back in 2018, the winger started to look like an intriguing prospect. However, with two significant knee injuries since then, should they be tendering him a qualifying offer this summer?
After the Habs make the first-overall pick on Thursday night, there will be plenty of right-handed defencemen to choose from if they want to try to shore up a weaker part of their prospect pool.