Mock Draft v.2 – Montreal Canadiens

By Bob Trask – With the hockey season now over for all except a handful of draft eligible prospects and the NHL combine now behind, I have put together my updated mock draft for the Canadiens. The team will hold its own European combine in about one week, an undertaking that could result in an unexpected gem.

In the bottom half of the mock draft I have chosen some players who were overlooked in their first year of draft eligibility as well as one who may have fallen simply because he is Russian. And to create some controversy, I have changed my first overall selection based on the public available interviews given by the players after the draft combine.

Keep in mind this is a hypothetical draft in which GM Kent Hughes exercises all 14 of his picks as they sit (approximately) today. In reality, there is a high probability that more than one of these picks will be traded and that the Canadiens will try to move up in the draft, move out to next year or use picks to acquire a pro player they covet.

My goal is to highlight some of the players who could be of interest when the Habs turn and the draft table rolls around and create some food for thought.

Pick	Round	Name	Ht	Wt	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
1	1	Juraj Slafkovsky	6’4	225	LW	70	32	64	94
26*	1	Ryan Chesley	6’0	194	RD	91	19	30	49
33	2	Danny Zhilkin	6’2	183	C	66	23	32	55
62*	2	Sam Rinzel	6’4	190	RD	66	15	49	64
65	3	Topi Ronni	6’2	187	C	76	20	38	58
74*	3	Noah Warren	6’5	214	RD	62	5	19	24
92*	3	Jordan Dumais	5’9	165	RW	68	39	70	109
98	4	Vinzenz Rohrer	5’10	163	RW	70	26	27	53
127*	4	David Spacek	6’0	170	RD	78	14	52	66
129*	4	Logan Morrison	6’0	179	C	75	48	83	131
131	5	Connor Kurth	5’11	214	RW	62	35	46	81
162	5	Daniil Ivanov	6’4	209	LD	47	9	21	30
194	6	Miguel Tourigny	5’8	172	RD	65	31	49	80
217	7	Adam Mechura	6’4	198	LW	59	58	32	90