There will be no shortage of good prospects still on the board when it comes time to make the 15th selection in the 2019 NHL Draft, with every position likely to be represented. The role the Montreal Canadiens currently need to fill the most at the NHL level is the left side of their defence. Should they want to address that at the root level to bolster it for the future, there are several players who may fit the bill.
Since we didn’t have him included in our right-side defenders article, we’ll start off with Vile Heinola, a Finnish defender who plays with a left-handed stick, but mostly on the right side at five-on-five.