See how the Canadiens prospects have progressed

By JD Lagrange – In The System has become a very popular feature with our readers. This week, let’s see how the team’s top prospects are progressing. The far right column shows how the players are trending based on the previous week. Remember that this is in no way some expert dissection and in-depth analysis, but rather an overview at one point in time about how those young prospects are producing at their respective level.

Skaters

First, let’s have a look at the skaters or, in other words, all players but goaltenders.

NAME	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/GP	PIM	+/-	TREND
Joshua Roy (W/C)	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL	26	18	25	43	1.65	6	+22	➡️
Jared Davidson (C)	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	29	19	28	47	1.62	40	+25	⬆️
Sean Farrell (C/LW)	Harvard Univ.	NCAA	13	7	13	20	1.54	6	+11	⬇️
Riley Kidney (C)	Acadie-Bathurst Titans	QMJHL	31	14	31	45	1.45	28	-1	⬇️
Owen Beck (C)	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	30	17	23	40	1.33	20	+6	⬇️
Filip Mesar (RW/C)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	17	10	12	22	1.29	4	0	➡️
Vinzenz Rohrer (C/RW)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	26	11	20	31	1.19	12	+18	➡️
Cedrick Guindon (LW/C)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	33	12	28	40	1.21	8	+7	⬇️
Lane Hutson (D)	Boston Univ.	NCAA	16	7	11	18	1.13	12	+7	➡️
Logan Mailloux (D)	London Knights	OHL	26	11	14	25	0.96	39	+10	⬆️
Jesse Ylönen (RW)	Laval Rocket	AHL	31	7	18	25	0.81	16	-6	⬇️
Xavier Simoneau (C)	Laval Rocket	AHL	23	4	14	18	0.78	19	-6	➡️
Nicolas Beaudin	Laval Rocket	AHL	17	2	11	13	0.76	18	+7	⬆️
Rhett Pitlick (LW)	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	20	8	5	13	0.65	16	+6	➡️
Justin Barron (D)	Laval Rocket	AHL	25	7	9	16	0.64	6	-3	➡️
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard	Laval Rocket	AHL	31	11	8	19	0.61	16	-3	➡️
Miguël Tourigny (D)	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	20	3	8	11	0.55	27	-5	⬇️
Luke Tuch (LW)	Boston Univ.	NCAA	17	3	6	9	0.53	11	0	⬇️
Oliver Kapanen (C)	KalPa	Liiga	32	7	7	14	0.44	14	+1	➡️
Jack Gorniak (LW/C)	Univ. Wisconsin	NCAA	20	2	6	8	0.40	22	+2	⬇️
Blake Biondi (C)	Univ. Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA	16	3	3	6	0.38	4	-4	➡️
Jayden Struble (D)	Northeastern Univ.	NCAA	16	1	3	4	0.25	48	-1	⬇️
Emil Heineman	Leksands IF	SHL	12	3	0	3	0.25	2	-5	⬆️
Mattias Norlinder (D)	Laval Rocket	AHL	28	0	6	6	0.21	8	-5	⬆️
Jan Mysak (C/LW)	Laval Rocket	AHL	20	2	1	3	0.15	4	-7	➡️

Jarred Davidson and Logan Mailloux had a very good week, while Justin Barron was called up from Laval to the Canadiens. In his last game however, Mailloux has been suspended three games by the OHL for coming to the defense of his goaltender. Owen Beck has been called to Team Canada for the World Junior Championships due to an injury to Colton Dach, Kirby’s younger brother.

Goaltenders

And now, to the organization’s goaltending prospects…

NAME	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	GAA	Sv%	TREND
Jakub Dobes	Ohio State Univ.	NCAA	20	2.29	.917	➡️
Emmett Croteau	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	13	2.87	.897	⬇️
Cayden Primeau	Laval Rocket	AHL	12	3.53	.893	➡️
Joe Vrbetic	Trois-Rivières Lions	ECHL	10	3.53	.881	➡️
	Laval Rocket	AHL	3	2.70	.903	➡️
Frederik Dichow	Frölunda HC	SHL	7	3.23	.884	⬆️

Only Emmett Croteau and Frederik Dichow played this past week, a game each. Croteau had a rough outing while Dichow upped his numbers ever so slightly. The goaltending position is not looking so hot when it comes to prospects right now.

World Junior Championships

Up until yesterday, the Canadiens had six players participating in this year’s World Junior Championships. Team Canada has called up Owen Beck on an emergency basis to replace Colton Dach (Kirby’s brother) who suffered a tournament ending injury.

Slafkovsky should also be there, and, in my opinion, @HockeyCanada covered their butt by not inviting Logan Mailloux, who hockey-wise, would have made that team. #GoHabsGo #Habs #Canadiens #CH #GHG https://t.co/hdMiw5n3MN
— JD Lagrange (@JD_Lagrange) January 1, 2023

NAME	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
JOSHUA ROY	CAN	4	3	3	6	+10
FILIP MESAR	SKA	4	2	3	5	+3
ADAM ENGSTROM	SWE	4	1	2	3	+6
LANE HUTSON	USA	4	1	1	1	+1
OLIVER KAPANEN	FIN	4	4	1	2	0
VINZENZ ROHRER	AUS	3	0	1	1	-5
OWEN BECK	CAN	0	0	0	0	0