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

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SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY – JULY 23: Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Logan Cooley

The Canadiens have Nick Suzuki locked in long term as the team’s top centre and Christian Dvorak has to be better over the next three years of his contract than he has been this season, but they could still add a scoring centre early in the 2022 NHL Draft.

Even if they pick as early as second overall, it is going to be difficult to pass up on American centre Logan Cooley.

The Pittsburgh native plays for the Untied States Under-18 Development Program where he is their leading scorer in points per game with 14 goals and 30 points in 20 games. He is a creative offensive player who has a dangerous shot but is an even better playmaker than goal scorer. He doesn’t turn 18 until May, making him one of the younger top ranked picks in the 2022 NHL Draft.

Cooley will start the tournament playing a top six centre role for the United States. They are a deep team that has a chance to repeat as gold medal winners. The fact they have a 17 year old playing such a prominent role in the top six shows how talented this player is.

The Canadiens will definitely have an early pick in the NHL Draft and they will be taking a long look at Cooley to join Suzuki and Dvorak down the middle of the ice for the foreseeable future.

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