Montreal Canadiens fans don’t get a lot of breaking news in the month of August, so here at A Winning Habit, we’ll be counting down our picks for the top 31 prospects currently in the Habs organization. Each player was carefully deliberated by our writers and ranked accordingly. Today, we continue with our 20th-ranked prospect, Mattias Norlinder.
Mattias Norlinder was drafted by the Canadiens in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft out of Sweden. Norlinder then spent the following two seasons in Sweden before joining the Laval Rocket and Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22.