Montreal Canadiens fans don’t get a lot of breaking news in the month of August, so here at A Winning Habit, we’ll be counting down our picks for the top 31 prospects currently in the Habs organization. Each player was carefully deliberated by our writers and ranked accordingly. Today, we’re onto the 29th ranked player, Luke Mittelstadt.
The Canadiens kind of went the safe route with their first pick of the 2023 NHL Draft. They could have rolled the dice on a highly skilled forward, but instead went for the all-around defenseman in David Reinbacher who projects to be NHL ready quite soon.