{"id":189201,"date":"2026-08-31T05:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/189201\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:32:24","slug":"a-stunning-michael-hage-turnaround-is-taking-shape-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/189201\/","title":{"rendered":"A stunning Michael Hage turnaround is taking shape in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n
\n
\n
\nA stunning Michael Hage turnaround is taking shape in Montreal
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Montreal Hockey Fanatics has no direct affiliation to the Montreal Canadiens, NHL or NHLPA<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t \"Michigan <\/p>\n

Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Corey Pronman is at it again with the Montreal Canadiens’ prospects.<\/p>\n

This time, Michael Hage<\/a> is the one getting a rather surprising ranking.<\/p>\n

In his \u201cre-draft\u201d of the 2024 class, The Athletic analyst has Hage ranked 24th, even though the Canadiens moved up to select him 21st overall.<\/p>\n

That’s a drop of only three spots, which doesn’t look like much on paper. But given the context, it’s certainly surprising.<\/p>\n

You can see the full ranking here:<\/p>\n

Almost every observer agrees that Hage has exceeded the expectations tied to his draft position since 2024.<\/p>\n

He notably finished fourth in scoring across all of college hockey last season in the NCAA, and he continues to impress a number of experts.<\/p>\n

Michael Hage ranking adds to Corey Pronman’s history of skepticism toward Canadiens prospects<\/p>\n

Seeing him slide rather than climb in this re-ranking remains difficult to explain, even for the most critical observers.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Pronman has been tough on Montreal Canadiens prospects.<\/p>\n

He had doubts about Lane Hutson<\/a> for a long time, even after Hutson won the Calder Trophy.<\/p>\n

Still, the debate surrounding Michael Hage is far from over, especially if he continues to dominate in the NCAA this season.<\/p>\n

We’re also very eager to see him with the Montreal Canadiens, most likely in March or April.<\/p>\n

Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A stunning Michael Hage turnaround is taking shape in Montreal …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[29698,59703,37882,16757,50,269,2729],"class_list":["post-189201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-canadiens-prospect","tag-corey-pronman","tag-draft-pick","tag-michael-hage","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-ncaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}