Montreal Canadiens: Which Prospects Will We See At World Juniors?

The Montreal Canadiens have a great group of prospects. They will be on full display at this year’s edition of the World Junior Hockey Championships next month.

The Montreal Canadiens have been well represented at the World Junior Hockey Championships the past few years. Last year may have been the best showing from the Habs prospects at the annual tournament in many years. They had players winning medals of every colour and many Habs prospects won individual awards as well.

Jesse Ylonen was a second round pick of the Habs in 2018 and he won gold with Finland, scoring six points in seven games along the way. Ryan Poehling starred for the United States, scoring five goals and three assists for eight points and winning the MVP for his exceptional two-way play throughout the tournament.

Poehling won a silver medal, losing to Ylonen’s Finland team in the final game. Cayden Primeau was in goal for the Americans and put up spectacular numbers en route to that silver medal.

Alexander Romanov was playing defence for Russia and won a bronze medal after losing to Primeau and Poehling in the semi-final. Romanov was dominant at both ends of the ice for the Russians, scoring a goal and seven assists for eight points and winning the tournament’s top defenceman award.

Ylonen, Primeau and Poehling are too old for the tournament this season but Romanov will be back for Russia. There will be another crop of young players in the Canadiens system joining Romanov this year. Who are they?

Let’s take a look at the players that could very well be representing the Canadiens at this year’s World Juniors which starts in just under one month.