Twenty-eight prospects will be in attendance for medicals, interviews, and fitness evaluations at the Habs' practice facility, including 13 players from the QMJHL. The event is not open to the public.
None of the players on-site in Brossard were invited to participate in the 2018 NHL Scouting Combine last week in Buffalo.
Some of the players attending may not be drafted at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. In such cases, the Canadiens will have collected data that will aid in the future decision-making process of potentially signing these players as unrestricted free agents, whether it be to AHL or NHL contracts.
On Friday, Trevor Timmins and his staff will travel to Stockholm, Sweden where they'll be staging another combine featuring 16 European prospects. The overseas event will be a first for the Canadiens.
In both cases, the goal is to gather more information about potential hopefuls that the Habs' brass didn't have the opportunity to interview or collect medical and fitness testing data with in Western New York.
The Canadiens currently have 10 draft picks at their disposal later on this month in Dallas, including the third-overall selection and four selections in the second round.
