By Bob Trask – While the Canadiens have been looking to strengthen the team at center for a long time, a quick look at the organizational depth chart (not including those on the NHL roster) it becomes apparent that there is a lack of right-handed shooting wingers. Once you get past Jesse Ylönen and Blake Biondi the cupboard is bare.

It’s true that a lot of left-handed shooting wingers play the right side but for the purposes of this list, we are only considering right-handed shooting wingers.

No general manager in his right mind will choose a mediocre right wing prospect over an exceptional player at any other position, however it is worth knowing who is available. As with our ranking of the centers available, the same caveat applies. We may have overlooked one or two and we may have also unintentionally listed a winger as a center in this table.

Frank Nazar	rw	5’10	174	r
Brad Lambert	rw	6’0	179	r
Filip Mesar	rw	5’10	172	r
Gleb Trikozov	rw	6’1	180	r
Tucker Robertson	rw	5’10	190	r
Joakim Kemell	rw	5’11	176	r
Danila Yurov	rw	6’1	179	l
Jimmy Snuggerud	rw	6’2	185	r
Jagger Firkus	rw	5’10	154	r
Matthew Seminoff	rw	5’11	183	r
Devin Kaplan	rw	6’3	200	r
Jordan Dumais	rw	5’9	165	r
Kirill Dolzhenkov	rw	6’6	234	r
Cruz Lucius	rw	6’0	176	r
Jack Devine	rw	5’11	172	r
Miko Matikka	rw	6’3	187	r
Fabian Wagner	rw	6’0	176	l
Nicholas Moldenhauer	rw	5’10	170
Gavin Hayes	rw	6’2	177	r
Lucas Edmonds **	rw	5’11	185	r
Evan Konyen	rw	5’10	170	r
Marek Hejduk	rw	6’0	181	r
Cole Knuble	rw	5’10	174	r
Brayden Schuurman	rw	5’9	190	r
Zakary Lavoie	rw	5’11	170	r
Jake Sloan	rw	6’4	214	r
Cameron O’Neill	rw	6’1	194	r
Zach Wisdom	rw	6’1	172	r
Grayson Badger	rw	6’0	172	r
Kyren Gronick	rw	5’11	185	r
Braxton Whitehead	rw	5’9	161	r
Marcus Nguyen	rw	5’10	172	r
Chase Lapinta	rw	5’9	146	r

More reading…

• By The Numbers: A Stand Pat Roster by Bob Trask
• NHL Entry Draft – Ranking the Centers by Bob Trask
• Life Without Price by Bob Trask