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Canadiens Sign Defenceman Bryce Pickford to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
Bryce Pickford leads the Western Hockey League with 25 goals and was signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Montreal Canadiens starting 2026-27.
- On Dec. 24, 2025, the Montreal Canadiens announced they signed defenceman Bryce Pickford to a three-year, entry-level contract starting in the 2026-27 season, Sportsnet's Eric Engels reported Tuesday.
- Pickford, who leads the WHL in goals, has 25 goals and 19 assists in 31 games while captaining the Medicine Hat Tigers and is three points from his career-high 47.
- A veteran of WHL title runs, Bryce Pickford is a 6-foot-1, 186-pound right-shot defenceman from Chauvin, Alberta with 44 points, fourth in the league.
- He attended Canadiens development camp on Wednesday July 2, 2025, and local coverage called Pickford one of the club's top Canadian junior prospects, though he did not receive an invite to Team Canada.
- Selected 81st overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, Bryce Pickford was drafted as an overager after going undrafted in his first year of eligibility.
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In the third round in 2025, the right-wing defender, captain of the Medicine Hat Tigers, scored 25 goals in the WHL this season.
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Canadiens sign defenceman Bryce Pickford to three-year entry-level contract
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Canadiens sign Bryce Pickford to entry-level contract
It has been a busy couple of weeks for the management team of the Montreal Canadiens. While the holiday freeze may be keeping them from any big splash trades, they still haven’t stopped working ahead of the break, as they have inked defenceman Bryce Pickford to his three-year entry-level contract. The deal kicks in for the 2026-27 season, so they aren’t planning on having him in the… Source
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