Montreal Canadiens To Release Behind The Scenes Documentary On 2023 NHL Draft

The Montreal Canadiens made some decisions at the 2023 NHL Draft that resulted in fans expressing their opinions.

The most debated selection from that draft may very well have been the Canadiens decision to take David Reinbacher fifth overall instead of Russian prospect Matvei Michkov. Michkov projects to be possibly the second best player from the NHL Draft but he is also staying in Russia for at least three more years.

He fell to the Philadelphia Flyers at 7th overall, leaving many fans frustrated that the Habs allowed such an elite offensive player slip past them while selecting a safer, defensively responsible two-way blue liner.

It appears we will all get a chance to be a fly on the wall in the Canadiens scouting discussions. The Canadiens announced via Twitter yesterday that there will be a Canadiens 2023 NHL Draft Documentary released. It will premiere on August 31 at 7:00 PM EST.

There was also about a 30 second video clip attached to the announcement that showed general manager Kent Hughes, Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Jeff Gorton, Co-Directors of Amateur Scouting Nick Bobrov and Martin Lapointe holding open discussions about players in the upcoming draft.

The video does not get into specifics about any players, but it does show the entire scouting staff sitting around tables obviously going over the team’s prospect list as they prepared for the NHL Draft.

It will be an interesting documentary to watch to get a close look at how the scouting staff views specific players and what they had to say about the players that the Canadiens selected in the most recent NHL Draft.

There was no other information given about the documentaries length or if there are multiple episodes, but it will be available on the team’s Youtube channel on Thursday night.

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