With a number of high-quality graduates from the Canadian Hockey League ranks, including Nikita Scherbak, Michael McCarron, Jeremy Gregoire and Zach Fucale, combined with a dearth of draft picks for the organization in the past two years, the Montreal Canadiens feature a notably lighter group or junior and collegiate prospects this year than we became used to following the bounties of the 2012 and 2013 draft classes.
The CHL is the umbrella organization overseeing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Western Hockey League (WHL).