Welcome to our yearly Montreal Canadiens prospect rankings, a project that uses fan votes to set the tone for our prospect analysis that will span the next year or so.

Voting for the 2025 rankings hasn’t closed yet, but we’ve already received over five times as many submissions this year, which deserves a stick tap for all the supportive Habs fans who helped out.

Even as the team starts to gain ground on other organizations, Canadiens fans are keeping a close eye on the next wave of prospects, a testament to their fantastically obsessive dedication to The Church of St. Béliveau.

BE HEARD: Habs Fans Vote – Ranking The Top Montreal Canadiens Prospects

2024 Montreal Canadiens Prospect Retrospective

The top 10 last season spoke to Montreal’s impressive depth of talent at every position, with 2024 fifth-overall pick Ivan Demidov leading the charge. Given how well Lane Hutson played in his rookie season, a dominant campaign that led to a well-deserved Calder Trophy, you could argue that we may have gotten a little too intoxicated on the freshly drafted Demidov hype-cohol, and that Hutson deserved the top spot, but that’s looking for a nit to pick.

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Regardless of the final rankings, for the first time in a very long time, Canadiens fans could rest easy knowing they had two fantastic prospects with game-changing potential in the mix, not to mention a goaltender with starting potential in Jacob Fowler

Given that Joshua Roy had just completed a very encouraging rookie campaign, he managed to surpass David Reinbacher, Michael Hage, and Owen Beck, an outcome that’s unlikely to be repeated when we release the 2025 rankings.

The 2025 list will also see guaranteed movement in the bottom half of the top 10, with several defencemen no longer qualifying for the vote, including Logan Mailloux, Arber Xhekaj, Justin Barron, and Jayden Struble.

2024 Prospect Rankings As Voted By Canadiens Fans

1 – Ivan Demidov
2 – Lane Hutson
3 – Jacob Fowler
4 – Joshua Roy
5 – David Reinbacher
6 – Michael Hage
7 – Owen Beck
8 – Logan Mailloux*
9 – Arber Xhekaj*
10 – Justin Barron*
11 – Adam Engstrom
12 – Jayden Struble*
13 – Filip Mesar
14 – Oliver Kapanen
15 – Vinzenz Rohrer
16 – Bogdan Konyshushkov
17 – Sean Farrell
18 – Emil Heineman*
19 – Florian Xhekaj
20 – Logan Sawyer
21 – Tyler Thorpe
22 – Luke Tuch
23 – Aatos Koivu
24 – Dmitri Kostenko
25 – Luke Mittelstadt
26 – Owen Protz
27 – Jakub Dobes
28 – Yevgeni Volohkin
29 – Filip Eriksson
30 – Jared Davidson
31 – Sam Harris
32 – William Trudeau
33 – Riley Kidney
34 – Ben Merrill
35 – Rhett Pitlick*

* Denotes a player who is no longer eligible.

Which Montreal Canadiens prospect do you expect to make the biggest jump this season? Are there any young players set to slide? Let us know what you think by adding a reply below and joining a fantastic community of Habs fans.Â