Montreal Canadiens: Five Possible Future Habs Prospects To Watch at World Juniors

The Montreal Canadiens are headed toward another top five pick in the 2022 NHL Draft which they are scheduled to host in July.

This has fans already looking to the future and with the World Junior Hockey Championships underway in Edmonton and Red Deer, fans of every NHL team are getting a sneak peek at some of their best prospects from around the world.

The Canadiens are no exception with 2020 1st round pick Kaiden Guhle, 2020 2nd round pick Jan Mysak and 2021 2nd round pick Oliver Kapanen suiting up for their respective countries this year.

However, those are not the only three prospects you should be keeping a close eye on at this year’s tournament. The Canadiens are about to enter into sellers mode before the March 21 trade deadline and could find themselves with a couple of extra early draft picks before the deals are done.

So, not only do we need to keep an eye on Canada to see Guhle, Czechia to watch Mysak and Finland to keep an eye on Kapanen, but there are a slew of other players in this tournament that could soon be a top five pick of the Canadiens. Or, after a couple of trades we could be seeing the Habs take one of these young players late in the first round or early in the second round of the July draft.

So, who should you be watching in this tournament? These five players will surely be getting an extra look from Canadiens scouts in the coming days.