8.In 2005, the Draft was reduced from nine rounds to seven. However, it should be noted the Canadiens took advantage of the extra rounds in the previous years by selecting both Jaroslav Halak (271st overall, 2003) and Mark Streit (262nd overall, 2004) in the ninth rounds.
7.The 2005 Draft was unique. Not only did it involve a certain Sidney Crosby, it also came on the heels of the 2004-05 lockout, which meant the Draft positions had to be held via a lottery. The Canadiens did not win the Draft, however, they were assigned the fifth overall pick, which they wisely used to select the player that would go on to be the winningest goaltender in franchise history; Carey Price.
6. In 2007, the Canadiens selected 35-goal scorer Max Pacioretty with the 22nd overall pick. They would eventually trade Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights for leading-scorer Nick Suzuki, Tomas Tatar, and prospect Mattias Norlinder.
5.After a 17-year absence, the Draft returned to Montreal in 2009, marking the first time the Canadiens hosted the event at the Bell Centre.
4. In 2010, the Canadiens took a chance on a forward playing for the Vancouver Giants, by the name of Brendan Gallagher (147th overall). He would go on to be one of the best players in the Draft Class.
3.The Canadiens struggled to produce results from their early selections for many years, but turned the tide significantly in the last few seasons with picks such as Alexander Romanov (38th overall, 2018), Cole Caufield (15th overall, 2019), Kaiden Guhle (16th overall, 2020) and Jan Mysak (48th overall, 2020), along with Rafael Harvey-Pinard (201st overall, 2019) and Joshua Roy (150th overall, 2021) in later rounds.
