UPDATE – Canadiens 2009 first round draft choice Louis Leblanc underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his damaged shoulder today (Tuesday) in Pensacola Florida. There was no good news. It was determined that Leblanc will be facing four to six months rehabilitation.

Three Canadiens draft choices are part of the thirty-nine member group invited to the Team Canada Selection camp December 12th to 15th in Toronto.

First round draft pick Louis Leblanc of the Montreal Juniors will be joining Vancouver Giants centre Brendan Gallagher and the recently acquired Michael Bournival of the Shawinigan Cataractes.

It had been rumoured for much of the summer that Louis Leblanc would be giving up his college hockey career at Harvard for a professional hockey contract. Today Leblanc signed a three year contract with the Canadiens that will likely see him continue his career in junior hockey with the Montreal Juniors, who acquired his rights in a trade in March. As usual, terms of the contract weren’t announced by the Canadiens.

The Montreal Juniors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League have acquired the rights to Canadiens 2009 first round draft pick Louis Leblanc. At the Canadiens development camp this week, there has been speculation that Leblanc will leave Harvard University and that one of his options is to play in the QMJHL. His rights had been held by Chicoutimi until today’s trade.

Jimmy Murphy works out of Boston for, among other things, espn.com and nesn.com. Last Friday he twittered this.

Source told me today that Habs prospect Louis Leblanc, now represented by Pat Brisson, will leave Harvard and play in Hamilton (AHL) 2010-11 3:09 PM May 28th via web