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Recrutes Mid-Term Rankings

“Hurry hard for Bedard!” NHL GMs sitting at the bottom of the standings are dusting off their tanking caps as they prepare to unload as many veterans as they can before the March 3 trade deadline. Gary Bettman may be correct in stating that NHL coaches and players aren’t losing on purpose but he made […]

Mesar, the Playmaking Tsar

Filip Mesar demonstrated at the 2023 World Junior Championship that he is much more than just an offensively gifted player. He is phenomenal on transitions, enabling him to ease his way out of the defensive zone to create offensive opportunities. His fluent skating, matched with his quick hands, can be compared to Mat Barzal on the […]

Engstrom’s Early WJC Video Highlights

Here are highlights from Adam Engstrom’s first two games at the 2023 WJC. He had 1g 2a and was +5 while playing 16:14 per game. He was Sweden’s steadiest defenceman through the first two games, especially on the defensive end. Look for his responsibilities to continue to increase as the tournament goes along, including seeing […]

NHL Scout’s Quotes Vol. ll

I spoke for more than 90 minutes with an NHL scout recently when he was driving home from a scouting trip. Here were his thoughts on a bunch of 2023 draft-eligible prospects: Dalibor Dvorsky – He was good (in HockeyAllsvenskan). I don’t know how much offensive upside he has but he’s a really good two-way […]

Recrutes Mailbag – Volume ll

Here is the second edition of Recrutes Mailbag. Thank you once again to everyone who participated. Grant: NHL teams try not to overload on smaller players. They are aware that you can’t have a team with half of the roster under 5-10. Do any of those three play small or are they skinny? We know […]

THE BREAKDOWN: Adam Engstrom

Slafkovsky, Mesar, Beck and Hutson may be getting the hype but there’s another 2022 Montreal draft pick making noise in Sweden, and someone to keep an eye on at the upcoming world junior tournament. I took a look at three recent games from Adam Engstrom representing Finland U20s, Rogle Jr. and Rogle HC. He has […]

The Recrutes Mailbag – Premiere Edition

We always welcome input from our Twitter followers and Recrutes’ subscribers. Thus, we have launched Recrutes Mailbag – and once a month or so we (Grant McCagg and Blain Potvin) will ask folks on Twitter to submit questions about the Canadiens and the NHL draft that we will try our best to answer. Here is […]

THE BREAKDOWN: Lane Hutson

Lane Hutson has done nothing to temper the enthusiasm of Habs fans with his play so far this college season. Hutson wowed fans with his performance at the Habs development camp in July and he’s doing the same thing now. Hutson has three goals and ten points in his first eight NCAA games, and sits […]

Habs Keep it Rolling at Home

Home sweet home. The Montreal Canadiens came all the way back from a two-goal deficit, scoring two goals in the third period to tie the game and then winning it in overtime with a tap-in goal by Kirby Dach that was manufactured almost exclusively by Sean Monahan. The Canadiens keep giving off signals that things […]