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Vinzenz Rohrer was ranked number 28 on last year’s list and now is making the Top 25 Under 25 for the first time in his career. With the addition of talent that Montreal acquired in the last couple of drafts it is a feat in itself. The rise is founded on a successful season in the National League in Switzerland in which he and Zürich managed to win four titles in a little over a year’s time: the…

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The 2024-25 AHL season saw two entirely different players in Sean Farrell’s #15 jersey. He was a complete ghost for the opening 30 games of the season, and then became the AHL’s hottest scoring forward on one of the league’s best lines to end the year. He is entering his first non-entry level contract year, having re-signed with the Canadiens this off-season on a one-year, two-way deal.

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While Bogdan Konyushkov’s season in the KHL with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod was at the same level that we have come to expect from him, with heavy minutes in all situations, stable defensive play, and “low production,” there were two things that differed from this time 12 months months ago. He was at rookie camp, joining a few of the other Russian prospects in Brossard in July, and he signed a…

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When the Montreal Canadiens executed their trade for Noah Dobson, it gave the impression that they’d have a quieter 2025 NHL Draft. While that may have been the case in the first round, they executed two early trades on Day 2 to leverage their draft capital and move up to grab some impact players for the future. The second such trade saw them flip picks 79 and 108 for pick 69…

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The Montreal Canadiens are no strangers to finding hidden gems by being the ones to take a chance on smaller players in the draft. Clocking in at #21 in the ranking is the 5’7” L.J. Mooney, the 113th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. His size does not define him however, as Mooney plays like a player a foot taller, and is aiming to be the next undersized steal in Montreal. He comes out of…

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Florian Xhekaj was drafted in 2023 as an over-ager who hadn’t exactly lit up the OHL to that point of his career. The following season, he put up a 34-goal, point-per-game campaign with the Brantford Bulldogs and looked primed to make the jump to the professional ranks. Joining the Laval Rocket last season, he was a mainstay on a physical fourth line with Luke Tuch and Vincent Arseneau.

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The 2023-24 season saw Jakub Dobeš get his first taste of professional hockey. After posting a decent 2.93 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in 51 games, he was primed to build upon that to present himself as a potential NHL goalie. His hot start in the AHL — and Cayden Primeau’s atrocious stint in the NHL — earned him his first start in the NHL. And what a start it was.

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