Trade Activity and Selections
During the second day of the draft, Montreal traded picks 61 and 125 to the Carolina Hurricanes to acquire the 57th pick, choosing defenseman Timofei Runtso from the Victoria Royals, who recorded 44 points in 68 games.
With the 93rd pick, the Canadiens selected 20-year-old American defenseman Cooper Cleaves from Dartmouth College, a 6-foot-3 right-handed player who posted 10 points in 30 games last season.
Montreal then traded the 103rd pick to the Los Angeles Kings for picks 113 and 190, subsequently flipping pick 113 to Vegas for picks 117 and 223.
At number 117, Montreal selected defenseman Brayden Klimpke from the Saskatoon Blades, a Calgary native who amassed 46 points in 68 games and is committed to the University of North Dakota.
With consecutive selections at 189 and 190, Montreal drafted forwards Parker Trottier—grandson of seven-time Stanley Cup champion Bryan Trottier—and Wesley Royston from the Owen Sound Attack.
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The Canadiens used their 221st selection on defenseman Jean-Samuel Daigneault from the Muskegon Lumberjacks, before concluding the draft by picking forward Tyler Deakos 224th overall from the Waterloo Black Hawks.
