The Montreal Canadiens spent the 2019 NHL Draft focusing on defencemen while the 2018 was centre focused. That saw the likes of Jayden Struble, Mattias Norlinder, and Gianni Fairbrother, to name a few, join the organization. However, they did manage to take a goaltender drafting Frederik Dichow in the fifth round 138th overall.
Dichow spent his draft year playing in Denmark, seeing games for the U18 teams for the World Junior 18 D1A. This past season saw Dichow join Malmö Redhawks J20 of the SuperElit league, where he played in 24 games posting a .