No one knows how long the Canadiens own the rights to Quentin Miller

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In recent days, Quentin Miller has committed to playing in the NCAA in Denver next year. The Quebec goalie has not been in the QMJHL for a few months now.

He’s finishing his season in the Western Hockey League right now.

Normally, because he was in the QMJHL when he was drafted, he should be eligible for the NHL draft again in 2025 if he doesn’t sign with the Canadiens in the coming months.

He was drafted by the Canadiens in 2023.

But since he is now a member of the NCAA (or at least he will be), he should normally be under the control of the Canadiens for the next four seasons.

That being said, as Kevin Dubé reports, because there are no official rules for players who switch from the CHL to the NCAA, nobody really knows what the regulations are.

Quentin Miller will go to Denver next season. According to his clan, this will mean the Canadiens will hold his rights for four more years.

Is that really the case?

His file exposes the confusion that everyone is trying to navigate right now.https://t.co/TPdiinVMuZ

— Kevin Dubé (@KDubeJDQ) March 3, 2025

What’s crazy is that there are three possibilities.

A QMJHL player has two years of control by their team from the draft. A player who leaves junior major at their second year after the draft has two more years of control from there. And an NCAA player normally has four years of control.

So is it 2025? 2027? 2029? Nobody knows.

Noting that his agent, Jessy Morin, is an employee of Quartexx, Kent Hughes’ old firm, and since the Canadiens have been in contact with the Miller clan to make the decision to go to the NCAA, we can think that if there was a clear answer, Hughes would have said it to Morin. But that’s not the case.

The truth is that nobody knows the truth right now. – Jessy Morin

In any case, Miller will have to develop in the NCAA to hope that the Canadiens will offer him a contract. Currently, he’s not a top prospect for the Habs.

But everything can change quickly.

In rafale

– Stéphane Robidas is 48 years old.

Happy birthday to Canadiens assistant coach Stéphane Robidas, who turns 48 today. #Habs #HabsIO pic.twitter.com/8ExzAlW8B8

— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) March 3, 2025

– What will the Blue Jackets do at the trade deadline? [RG media]

– Speaking of the QMJHL.

Titan’s move: there were no other options, says the QMJHL commissioner https://t.co/71ItkU3bSR

— Radio-Canada Sports (@RC_Sports) March 3, 2025