The Montreal Canadiens have made their second pick of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft’s first round, selecting USHL forward Michael Hage.
Hage, 18, is coming off an excellent season with the Chicago Steel, where he scored 33 goals and 42 assists in 54 games. His favourite team growing up was the Habs, because his father’s favourite player was none other than legend Maurice Richard.
His father unfortunately passed before the draft, but he would surely be ecstatic to see his son join one of the most famous sports franchises on earth.
Montreal Canadiens Draft Pick Information And Pre-Draft Trades
The Montreal Canadiens owned 10 draft picks heading into the 2024 NHL Draft: 5th Overall, 21st overall (via Los Angeles), 70th overall, 78th overall (via Minnesota), 102nd overall, 130th overall (via San Jose), 134th overall, 166th overall, 210th overall (via Washington) and 224th overall (via Edmonton).
The team used the fifth overall pick to select a very talented forward, Ivan Demidov.
Prior to the draft the team owned 12 picks, but they swung a pre-draft trade with the Los Angeles Kings to improve their draft position. Montreal exchanged the 26th overall pick (via Winnipeg), the 57th overall pick (via Colorado) and the 198th overall pick for the 21st overall pick. Seeing as the Habs already own an impressive prospect pool, as well as plenty of draft capital, it’s the type of trade that fans were hoping to see prior to the draft taking place. Simply put, it’s a matter of quality over quantity for the Canadiens, both for picks and prospects.
If you would like to learn more about the state of the Montreal Canadiens rebuild we invite you to take a look at our ‘State Of The Rebuild‘ series which was published following the conclusion of the 2023-24 season.
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