The Montreal Canadiens invited Joel Teasdale to their development camp in 2018 and were quite impressed by his performance. They signed the Quebec native to an entry-level contract last September before he headed back to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Teasdale had gone undrafted in the 2017 and 2018 NHL Drafts, but caught the eye of the Canadiens management team during a strong 2017-18 campaign with the Armada. The big left winger had 32 goals and 65 points in 65 games that season.
It was not enough to get him drafted as an overager, but it was enough to earn an invite to the Canadiens training camp.