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Montreal Canadiens move up in the draft to take Rafael Harvey-Pinard

206 was meant to be the final draw for the Montreal Canadiens but it looks as if they had one more player they wanted to add making a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers giving up a 2020 seventh-rounder in the process. It would be odd if the Habs went a whole draft without diving into the QMJHL at least once, and they did that taking Rafael Harvey-Pinard 201st overall.

Harvey-Pinard is an overage player who finished his third full major junior season as captain of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Habs likely got a glimpse or two of him while tracking Samuel Harvey and Joël Teasdale in the playoffs.