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Montreal Canadiens: Three Intriguing Prospects The Habs Could Acquire For Ben Chiarot

By Ken MacMillan

Nov 27, 2021; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Montreal Canadiens Ben Chiarot. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2021; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Montreal Canadiens Ben Chiarot. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 3, 2021; Seattle, Washington, USA; Edmonton Oilers. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 3, 2021; Seattle, Washington, USA; Edmonton Oilers. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports /

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers look like one of the top teams in the Western Conference this season. They have had two of the league’s best players in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl for years, but they finally have a good team around them as well.

The Oilers are, not surprisingly, one of the highest scoring teams in the league. Defensively, they aren’t as bad as they used to be, and they have been battling an incredible number of injuries to defenders. But their rival in Alberta, the Calgary Flames are the stingiest team in the league right now.

So, if the Oilers want to go on a deep run this season, they will likely need to win a couple of 2-1 playoff games against the Flames along the way. They have been relying on the pairing of Duncan Keith and Cody Ceci a lot, even when everyone is healthy so they could use a top four shutdown guy like Chiarot.

What would the Canadiens want in return? The Oilers do have a number of intriguing prosects at the moment, but the Canadiens would likely just say give us one of Dylan Holloway or Xavier Bourgault and you can have Chiarot.

Holloway was Cole Caufield’s teammate at Wisconsin for the past two seasons and is a terrific skater who can play centre and is a great two-way player. He was drafted 14th overall in 2020.

Bourgault is from Quebec and was taken 22nd overall in 2021. He has 21 goals and 40 points in 23 QMJHL games this season.

Either one would be a tremendous add to the Canadiens organization, if the Habs can entice the Oilers into giving one of them up for Chiarot.

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