Montreal Canadiens news and notes Accumulating a lot of draft picks over the years has helped Kent Hughes get a player of Noah Dobson’s calibre. [When the Canadiens saw that Alexander Zharovsky was ...

With the 2025 NHL Entry Draft now complete, it is time to take a look at the Montreal Canadiens’ results therein, and how they fared at the first iteration of the league’s new decentralized selection.

With their second pick in the sixth round, the Montreal Canadiens took another defender, Andrew MacNiel of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. If you have followed along with our ...

German defenceman Carlos Händel played a couple of seasons in Sweden against better competition than he could have received in his home country before heading to the QMJHL in his draft season.

In today’s links, reactions to the Habs’ draft class, what they got in Zharovsky, Montreal’s new approach to the draft, top stories from the draft, and trades and signings around the league.

Alexis Cournoyer was the first Quebec-born player drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 2025 and the Trois-Rivières native grew up cheering for the team that called his name. Cournoyer did his ...

The Montreal Canadiens moved up to select a forward at 69th, then used the 81st overall selection to claim a defenceman. With those positions addressed, their final pick of the third round at 82nd ...

The fourth round of the NHL entry draft is a time for team to take some swings on undervalued players. The Montreal Canadiens did precisely that with their 113th-overall pick, taking the diminutive ...

Montreal held one final selection in the 2025 NHL Draft with their assigned seventh-round selection. With that voucher they ...

With a second pick in the sixth round, and their eighth of the 2025 NHL Draft, the Montreal Canadiens added defenceman Andrew ...

Deep into the sixth round, the Montreal Canadiens made their next pick. The team went back for another defenceman, selecting Carlos Händel at 177th overall. Händel captained Team Germany at the ...

The Montreal Canadiens haven’t hesitated to take older players in the draft that show development in their second year of draft eligibility, and that’s exactly what they have in 81st overall ...