The Montreal Canadiens announced Monday the signing of forward prospects Mathieu Aubin, Matt D'Agostini and Mikhail Grabovski.

Aubin and D'Agostini signed three-year deals, while Grabovski signed a two-year contract. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Aubin, 19, completed the 2005-06 season with 103 points (47 goals, 56 assists) and 63 penalty minutes in 70 games with the Lewiston MAINEiacs, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

In three-plus seasons in the QMJHL, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound center has recorded 190 points, including 85 goals, and 121 penalty minutes in 188 games. Aubin has also played in 21 career playoff games, collecting seven goals and 11 assists as well as 12 penalty minutes. Aubin was the Canadiens' fourth pick (fifth round), 130th overall, in 2005.

D'Agostini, 19, completed the 2005-06 season with 79 points (25 goals, 54 assists) and 81 penalty minutes in 66 games with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. In two complete seasons in the OHL, he scored 125 points, including 49 goals, and 110 penalty minutes in 125 games.

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Grabovski, 22, completed the 2005-06 season with 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists) and 28 penalty minutes in 48 games with Moscow Dynamo of the Russian Elite League. The previous season, he collected 36 points, including 16 goals, in 60 games with the Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik of the Russian League. A native of Potsdam, East Germany, Grabovski was the Canadiens' fourth pick (fifth round), 150th overall, in 2004.

 

sounds promising