On the eve of the 2018 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Montreal Canadiens are poised to be one of the more interesting teams to follow given that they possess ten draft picks. The last time the Canadiens had over ten picks in a single draft year was in 2003, fifteen years ago, when they picked 11 times.
Before the draft the Canadiens were very active, shuffling some picks and gaining others:
- The Canadiens traded Eric Chouinard to the Philadelphia Flyers for a second round pick (61st overall).
- The Canadiens traded Oleg Petrov to the Nashville Predators for their fourth round pick (109th overall), which they then traded to the Washington Capitals for their fourth round pick (123rd overall) and their seventh round pick (217th overall).