The Montreal Canadiens have the No. 5 and No. 26 picks in the 2024 NHL Draft and will add to their list of notable first round selections, which include the first player ever drafted into the NHL.

In the first NHL Draft in 1963, the Canadiens picked Garry Monahan as their first-ever first round pick and took him No. 1. He was 16 at the time and from Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He played just 14 games for Montreal. 

Throughout their history, the Canadiens have had the No. 1 pick six times, most in NHL history. The most successful of those No. 1 picks was Guy Lafleur in 1971. One of the greatest players in league history, Lafleur has a statue outside the Bell Centre in Montreal. He won five Stanley Cups for the Canadiens.  

Most recently the team used a No. 1 pick to draft Juraj Slafkovský in 2022, who is expected to become a key player for the franchise.

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In the 2023 NHL Draft, Montreal selected David Reinbacher, a promising defenseman projected to make a significant impact. 

The Canadiens have a rich history of drafting key players who contribute to the team’s success, and Reinbacher is anticipated to follow in their footsteps. This year, FloHockey's Chris Peters has Ivan Demidov slated at No. 5 and Dean Letourneau at No. 26.

Here are all the Montreal first round picks in the NHL Draft.

Montreal Canadiens All-Time First Round Draft Picks

• 1963: Garry Monahan (1st overall)
• 1964: Claude Chagnon (6th overall)
• 1965: Pierre Bouchard (5th overall)
• 1966: Phil Myre (5th overall)
• 1967: Elgin McCann (8th overall)
• 1968: Michel Plasse (1st overall)
• 1969: Rejean Houle (1st overall)
• 1969: Marc Tardif (2nd overall)
• 1970: Ray Martyniuk (5th overall)
• 1970: Chuck Lefley (6th overall)
• 1971: Guy Lafleur (1st overall)
• 1971: Chuck Arnason (7th overall)
• 1971: Murray Wilson (11th)
• 1972: Steve Shutt (4th overall)
• 1972: Michel Larocque (6th overall)
• 1972: Dave Gardner (8th overall)               
• 1972: John Van Boxmeer (14th overall)
• 1973: Bob Gainey (8th overall)
• 1974: Cam Connor (5th overall)
• 1974: Doug Risebrough (7th overall)
• 1974: Rick Chartraw (10th overall)
• 1974: Mario Tremblay (12th overall)
• 1974: Gord McTavish (15th overall)
• 1975: Robin Sadler (9th overall)
• 1975: Pierre Mondou (15th overall)
• 1976: Peter Lee (12th overall)
• 1976: Rod Schutt (13th overall)
• 1976: Bruce Baker (18th overall)
• 1977: Mark Napier (10th overall)
• 1977: Norm Dupont (18th overall)
• 1978: Danny Geoffrion (8th overall)
• 1978: Dave Hunter (17th overall)
• 1980: Doug Wickenheiser (1st overall)
• 1981: Mark Hunter (7th overall)
• 1981: Gilbert Delorme (18th overall)
• 1981: Jan Ingman (19th overall)
• 1982: Alain Héroux (19th overall)
• 1983: Alfie Turcotte (17th overall)
• 1984: Petr Svoboda (5th overall)
• 1984: Shayne Corson (8th overall)
• 1985: José Charbonneau (12th overall)
• 1985: Tom Chorske (16th overall)
• 1986: Mark Pederson (15th overall)
• 1987: Andrew Cassels (17th overall)
• 1988: Éric Charron (20th overall)
• 1989: Lindsay Vallis (13th overall)
• 1990: Turner Stevenson (12th overall)
• 1991: Brent Bilodeau (17th overall)
• 1992: David Wilkie (20th overall)
• 1993: Saku Koivu (21st overall)
• 1994: Brad Brown (18th overall)
• 1995: Terry Ryan (8th overall)
• 1996: Matt Higgins (18th overall)
• 1997: Jason Ward (11th overall)
• 1998: Éric Chouinard (16th overall)
• 2000: Ron Hainsey (13th overall)
• 2000: Marcel Hossa (16th overall)
• 2001: Mike Komisarek (7th overall)
• 2001: Alexander Perezhogin (25th overall)
• 2002: Chris Higgins (14th overall)
• 2003: Andrei Kostitsyn (10th overall)
• 2004: Kyle Chipchura (18th overall)
• 2005: Carey Price (5th overall)
• 2006: David Fischer (20th overall)
• 2007: Ryan McDonagh (12th overall)
• 2007: Max Pacioretty (22nd overall)
• 2009: Louis Leblanc (18th overall)
• 2010: Jarred Tinordi (22nd overall)
• 2011: Nathan Beaulieu (17th overall)
• 2012: Alex Galchenyuk (3rd overall)
• 2013: Michael McCarron (25th overall)
• 2014: Nikita Scherbak (26th overall)
• 2015: Noah Juulsen (26th overall)
• 2016: Mikhail Sergachev (9th overall)
• 2017: Ryan Poehling (25th overall)
• 2018: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3rd overall)
• 2019: Cole Caufield (15th overall)
• 2020: Kaiden Guhle (16th overall)
• 2021: Logan Mailloux (31st overall)
• 2022: Juraj Slafkovský (1st overall), Filip Mešár (26th overall)
• 2023: David Reinbacher (5th overall)

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