The 2021 World Junior Hockey Championships will run from December 25th to January 5th and while the Habs won’t have a high number of prospects participating, those that are will likely play key roles. As is our tradition, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
When it comes to Alexander Romanov, everyone involved with the Canadiens is going out of their way to talk about how good he’s going to be as soon as this season. I can’t help but wonder if they’ve gone a bit too much in that direction.
A few more leagues got underway last month and as a result, several more prospects saw their seasons get underway. The top performers are highlighted in our three stars of the month.
The Habs had four prospects attending USA Hockey’s summer camp in preparation for the upcoming World Juniors but only Cole Caufield was named to the preliminary roster on Monday.
The 2020-21 SHL season has not been a productive one for Montreal prospect Jacob Olofsson, to put it nicely. As a result, he has decided to drop down a level, signing a two-year deal with Timra of the second-tier Allsvenskan.
The Habs have found a place for another one of their prospects to play while they await the start of the 2020-21 season as they announced on Thursday that they have loaned Josh Brook to Krefeld of the DEL.
It may be a while yet before we see NHL or AHL action but a handful of Montreal prospects are currently playing in leagues overseas. Accordingly, it’s time to bring back our monthly features, highlighting the top performers of the month.
While many of Montreal’s prospects will be sitting for a while longer, their top pick from October’s draft will be hitting the ice soon as defenceman Kaiden Guhle was among the 46 players invited to Canada’s World Junior training camp.
Most of Montreal’s professional prospects have been sitting out since March when the pandemic hit and they’ll be sitting for a while yet after the AHL announced on Wednesday that their new projected start date for the 2020-21 season will be February 5, 2021.
Normally, one of our traditions on the day after the draft is our draft grades. However, with free agency coming so quickly after, I wanted to let the dust settle a bit before diving in. With that in mind, having had some time to ponder each pick, here is the report card.