On Day 2, the Canadiens select Mark MacMillan, a forward from the BCHL and Morgan Ellis, a Dman who played for Cape Breton in the Q, in the fourth round (113 and 117 overall).
The fifth round (147 overall) brought an intriguing pick: Brendan Gallagher, a 5’9″ RW who scored 41 goals and had more than 110 PiM for Vancouver in the WHL, and Gallagher, who’s not afraid to drop ‘em, is the son of the team’s strength and conditioning coach.
The team’s final choice, 207th overall in the seventh round, was John Westin, who plays for the Modo Juniors in Sweden.
Those tempted to dismiss these kids as no-chancers might consider Andrei Markov, a sixth-round choice (162nd overall) by the Canadiens; Hal Gill, who was an eighth-round pick (207th overall) by the Bruins; Travis Moen, a fifth rounder (155th) for Calgary, Jaro Spacek, a fifth-round pick (117th) by Florida; Tom Pyatt, fourth round (107) by the Rangers, and Josh Gorges, who wasn’t drafted at all.
Oh, and in 2003 the Canadiens picked a pretty good goaltender in the ninth-round, 271st overall
AUDIO: Pierre Gauthier | Morgan
Ellis | St. Louis Blues president John Davidson talks about getting Jaro | Danny Biega of Pointe Claire (Louis Leblanc’s teammate at Harvard, drafted by Carolina)
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