Montreal Canadiens: Undrafted QMJHL Free Agents to Target This Offseason
Xavier Parent
Another player who may already be familiar to Habs fans in Xavier Parent. While Tourigny was on the same team as Canadiens prospect Riley Kidney to end the season and Guay played on the same power play unit as Xavier Simoneau and William Trudeau, Parent was piling up numbers with Joshua Roy.
Parent was originally a 4th overall pick of the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL Draft. He had tons of skill but was a bit small and played two just okay seasons with the Mooseheads before being traded to the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
HIs first two seasons there were interrupted by Covid, and he scored 19 points in 25 games, followed by a 27 point season in just 24 games. So, he was basically a point per game player for two seasons. Then, he obliterated those numbers in 2021-22.
Parent teamed up with Roy and Julien Anctil to form perhaps the best line in the QMJHL this season. By season’s end, Parent had 51 goals and 106 points in 65 games. This put him fourth in the QMJHL in both goals and points, making him one of the best offensive players in a very offensive league.
Parent didn’t slow down in the postseason either, scoring 22 points in 11 playoff games. The native of Laval would be a nice addition to the Laval Rocket lineup heading into next season. He is already 21 years old so he wouldn’t have the choice to go back to Junior for an overaged season, but he has the sill to battle for an AHL job right away.
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