A Strong Weekend for Underrated Habs Prospect Earns Him Player of The Week
This past weekend, Montreal Canadiens forward prospect Logan Sawyer continued his quietly strong season at Providence College by scoring goals in back-to-back games, including an overtime winning goal on Friday to help the Providence Friars beat the Boston College Eagles 4-3. On Saturday he continued his great weekend and helped Providence win 4-3 once again with another big goal to complete the sweep of the Eagles. Sawyer has been among the best players for the Friars this season but often goes unnoticed by Habs fans because he’s not seen as a top prospect in the organization as opposed to Michael Hage at Michigan or LJ Mooney at the University of Minnesota.
Game-winning goals in both games last weekend net Logan Sawyer Hockey East Player of the Week honors! pic.twitter.com/2yWATuJF2s
— PC Men’s Hockey (@FriarsHockey) January 19, 2026
However, Sawyer should not be slept on, as he’s now scored a goal in 4 of his last 5 games as he continues to develop his game. In 22 NCAA games, he is tied for the team lead in goals with 9, and his 18 points trail only the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, Roger McQueen, among all Providence College players this season. In fact, Sawyer is producing at a better goal and points pace than what Mooney is putting up for Minnesota this year. To be fair, Sawyer is a sophomore while Mooney is a freshman in the NCAA, but the fact that Sawyer is putting up close to a point per game is impressive considering he has scored more points in just a little more than half the games. Last season, Sawyer produced 6 goals and 16 points in 37 games, which was 0.43 points per game, and this season he is posting 0.78 points per game.
Logan Sawyer just won it in OT for Providence over Boston College. Picked off the stretch pass and goes 5-hole. Has 8 goals and 17 pts in 21 games.#goHabsgo pic.twitter.com/LB3zAyRd4B
— Habs Draft Nut (@cvsportsguy) January 17, 2026
This year, he has significantly improved his shooting game, as he has gone from 0.14 goals per game to 0.41 goals per game, nearly tripling his goal output to date. With the way things are going this season, it would be surprising to see him score as many goals as he had points during his rookie season.
At the same time, we shouldn’t expect him to be a big scorer at the pro level, as Sawyer’s style of play seems to embody the type of player that will fit well in a bottom-six role similar to a Jake Evans type of player but most likely to be on the wing. Sawyer is a hard-working forward that has the ability to be a penalty kill specialist while putting up around 10-15 goals in a depth role.
The snipe and celly by Logan Sawyer 10/10
pic.twitter.com/vSeaTEjhju— EVERYTHING COLLEGE HOCKEY (@TeamECH) January 10, 2026
Based on this season, it seems like he has more of a knack for goal scoring than being a playmaker, so those 10-15 goals will likely amount to 25-30 points at the NHL level. Of course, Sawyer will need a few years with the Laval Rocket after his time in college before we can truly say if he can have a future in the NHL, whether it is with the Habs or not. However, it seems with the way his season is going at Providence, he has upped his chances of one day playing in the NHL.
Sawyer fires one through traffic for his sixth of the season after a big screen from McQueen out front! Mustard and McQueen get the assists on the power-play goal.https://t.co/v0Uah2htob x @ESPNPlus https://t.co/MXYTphevXG pic.twitter.com/lxP5cF8y4p
— PC Men’s Hockey (@FriarsHockey) January 3, 2026
Sawyer will likely play at least another season after this one before he leaves college to go pro, as, unlike someone like Michael Hage, he has not shown true dominance to prove that he’s ready for the pro game just yet. Another NCAA season should be exactly what Sawyer needs before he heads to the Rocket and continues to develop at the pro level. He is just 19, and within 3-4 years, we should know exactly if he fits in an NHL role or not.
What are your thoughts about Logan Sawyer as a prospect? Can you see him as a dark horse to make the NHL one day?
