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Welcome to HabsWorld Draft Central 2024, 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 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 11:30 AM ET. Sportsnet, TVA Sports, and ESPN have coverage of Round 1 while Sportsnet and the NHL Network will also televise Day 2.

Montreal’s Picks

Rd OA Player From HT WT League Team Pos
1 5 Ivan Demidov RUS 6’0 192 MHL SKA RW
1 21 Michael Hage CAN 6’1 190 USHL Chicago C
3 70 Aatos Koivu FIN 6’1 170 FIN Jr. TPS C
3 78 Logan Sawyer CAN 6’1 173 BCHL Brooks C/L
4 102 Owen Protz CAN 6’1 213 OHL Brantford D
5 130 Tyler Thorpe CAN 6’4 209 WHL Vancouver RW
5 134 Mikus Vecvanags LAT 6’3 158 LAT Jr. Riga G
6 166 Ben Merrill USA 6’4 190 USHS St. Sebastian’s C
7 210 Makar Khanin RUS 6’0 161 VHL St. Petersburg RW
7 224 Rasmus Bergqvist SWE 6’2 181 SWE Jr. Skelleftea D

Traded/Acquired Picks:

– Acquired the 26th pick from Winnipeg for Sean Monahan.
– Traded the 26th pick with 57 and 198 to Los Angeles for pick 21.
– Traded the 37th pick to Arizona as part of the Christian Dvorak trade in 2021.
– Acquired the 57th pick from Colorado as part of the Artturi Lehkonen trade in 2022.
– Acquired the 78th and 210th picks from Washington for Joel Edmundson.
– Acquired the 130th pick as part of the Nick Bonino trade in 2023.
– Acquired the 224th pick as part of the Brett Kulak trade in 2022.

HW Draft Coverage:

Habs Select Ivan Demidov 5th Overall
Habs Select Michael Hage 21st Overall
Day 2 of the 2024 Draft
Mock Draft
Montreal’s All-Time Draft History
Draft Profile: Zeev Buium
Draft Profile: Berkly Catton
Draft Profile: Tij Iginla
Draft Profile: Cayden Lindstrom

Final Draft Rankings:

1-8
9-16
17-24
25-32
33-64

Midseason Draft Rankings:

1-8
9-16
17-24
25-32
33-64