Kidney was acquired by Ottawa from Montreal on Friday in exchange for Hunter Shepard and Jake Chiasson.

EDGE Analysis

Kidney has 11 goals and 33 points in 46 outings with ECHL Trois-Rivieres in 2025-26. He also has an assist in six appearances with AHL Laval this season. Spending most of the campaign in the ECHL doesn't bode well for the 22-year-old's chances of eventually playing in the NHL, but he was originally taken relatively high (No. 63 overall) by Montreal in the 2021 NHL Draft. Perhaps getting a fresh start in Ottawa's minor-league system will benefit Kidney.

Kidney has 21 goals and 48 assists through 41 games for Gatineau of the QMJHL.

EDGE Analysis

Kidney, who opened the season with Acadie-Bathurst before joining the Olympiques, is the seventh-ranked scorer in the circuit. A 2021 second-round pick of Montreal, Kidney is known as a playmaker, ranking fourth in assists this season after landing atop the QMJHL in 2021-22 with 70 helpers.

Kidney signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Canadiens on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

Montreal selected Kidney with the 63rd overall pick in the 2021 Entry Draft. The 19-year-old forward spent the 2021-22 campaign with the QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Titan, racking up 30 goals and 100 points through 66 contests. Kidney will presumably make the jump to the AHL in 2022-23.

Kidney was drafted 63rd overall by the Canadiens at the 2021 NHL Draft on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

Your prototypical playmaker, Kidney finished the QMJHL season exceptionally strong. He posted 17 points (15 assists) in just nine playoff games after managing 13 goals and 38 points in 33 regular season games for Acadie-Bathurst. Kidney's work ethic is strong and his reads in the offensive zone are excellent. The biggest issue in his game is a lack of physicality, but that should be rectified after a few more years in the weight room. There's middle-six NHL upside here. This was a solid selection by Montreal at this point in the draft.