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Montreal Canadiens: 3 Prospects That Improved Their Stock Most This Season

By Ken MacMillan

BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 10: Jordan Harris #2 of the Northeastern Huskies celebrates his double-overtime winning goal against the Boston University Terriers with teammate Craig Pantano #29 during NCAA hockey in the championship game of the annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament at TD Garden on February 10, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Huskies won 5-4 for their third consecutive Beanpot championship. (Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 10: Jordan Harris #2 of the Northeastern Huskies celebrates his double-overtime winning goal against the Boston University Terriers with teammate Craig Pantano #29 during NCAA hockey in the championship game of the annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament at TD Garden on February 10, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Huskies won 5-4 for their third consecutive Beanpot championship. (Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images) /
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The Montreal Canadiens have a terrific pool of prospects. According to anyone who follows hockey prospects, the Habs have one of the best groups of up and coming talent.

The Montreal Canadiens have one of the best groups of young prospects in the National Hockey League. They have focused heavily on adding picks at the past two drafts and it has paid off quickly with a deep pool of young talent that could be flooding to the big league team in the near future.

Some of the Habs best prospects include recent first round picks like Cole Caufield and Jesperi Kotakniemi. Caufield had a terrific freshman campaign at Wisconsin this year and just announced that he will return for a second season with the Badgers. This is great news for his long-term development and should ensure he is ready to contribute at the NHL level when he does turn pro in the future.

However, Caufield did not improve his stock as much as some of the other prospects in the pipeline. Caufield was great, but he was phenomenal for the United States Development Team in the past and had extremely high expectations to begin the season. So, even though he is their best prospect, he didn’t necessarily improve the most over the past year.

So, this is not a ranking of the Habs top prospects. That would most definitely include Caufield and open the debate about whether or not Kotkaniemi is a prospect again now that he is a member of the Laval Rocket.

This is just a list that looks back over the past year and ranks which of the many Canadiens prospects have improved their value the most. They could be one of the team’s best prospects, or they could be a little further off the radar but had a tremendous season after being late round draft picks.

So, let’s take a look at the three Habs prospects who improved their stock the most this season.

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