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Another year, another round of interesting additions for the Montreal Canadiens. With the 2024-25 campaign bringing a wave of graduations and developmental twists, it’s time to revisit the Canadiens’ prospect pyramid. Ranking prospects is an arduous and often difficult task. How do you compare a certain bottom-six projection and a boom-or-bust prospect? What about forwards versus defencemen?

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When Rafaël Harvey-Pinard went down with an injury last summer Oliver Kapanen had the opportunity to play with the Montreal Canadiens earlier than expected. He had been on the ice with Timrå for over a month and played pre-season games against quality opposition. Heading to North American in game shape, he played 12 games and had two assists in the opening month of the NHL season. Timrå didn’…

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Adam Engström had been an offensive-minded defenceman in Rögle, a player that the team depended on to carry the puck through the neutral zone and over the offensive blue line. It was at the other end that he shone during his first season with the AHL’s Laval Rocket. He wanted to shore up his defence, making sure to become a true defender. The shift was partly due to Rögle’s loss in the Le Mat…

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In his fourth year in the Top 25 Under 25, Owen Beck has now finished a season of professional hockey, spending the entirety of 2024-25 with the Laval Rocket. He played in 64 of the Rocket’s 72 games this season and managed 44 points while playing frequent top-six minutes. A 15-goal rookie season in the AHL certainly can’t be considered a failure, but his performance left fans wanting a little…

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With no first-round pick for the first time since 2008, the Montreal Canadiens had to do some work to get players they had high on their list at the 2025 NHL Draft. Their first two selections were made after trading a couple of picks to move up, with the first transaction coming early on the draft’s second day to move up to 34th. Montreal took Alexander Zharovsky with the acquired pick…

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Few players have garnered as much love without cracking into the top 10 of this list as Arber Xhekaj has during his four-year stint in the Top 25 Under 25. He finished his third season in the NHL in a diminished role after the mid-season acquisition of Alexandre Carrier, but still received consistent playing time throughout the season, and he played three games in the playoffs.

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