The Canadian has won nothing or lost anything during the annual lottery for the draft of the National Hockey League (NHL) held on Monday evening. Montreal will therefore speak twice in a row in the first round, to 16e et 17e ranks … at least in principle.
In fact, if Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes enlist two consecutive hopes in the first round, I will be a word without a word. The Canadian established interesting performance standards in the 2024-2025. CH has leap forward in its progression curve, in the execution of its large reconstruction plan.
And, although the team has been against any skilled expectations for the playoffs, I remind you that there is no kind of guarantee that Martin St-Louis’ training will not miss the series by five points in April 2026.
However, Gormon and Hughes have the power to further control the destiny of the team.
The upcoming draft is not strictly said very eloquent. It has some very good hopes, but no generational player. We are quite far from the evidence this year, which will not prevent some directors general from wanting to fill up on high choices anyway.
There are a number of poorly taken clubs around the circuit that will not have the choice of banking young hopes and trying to develop them beyond their current potential.
This is the case of the winners of Monday’s lottery, the New York Islanders, who all have their choices in 2025, but nothing more. Islanders have major problems in the pipeline And they must make drastic decisions through their next managing director.
Which brings me back to ch. Desnoyers is a large -format left -handed center that plays the game As she likes to be played.
Beyond its very respectable statistics, Desnoyers is a kid Brilliant from a very good family, a composure boy who includes the stakes and entered the moments to herself. The Montreal pot would be an asset rather than an obstacle to the development of a natural talent like him.
-Alas, he will probably not be available when the Canadian speaks in 16th row.
Desnoyers will be claimed from among the first 10 in June. CH should therefore use its choices 16 and 17 in order to monetize them against a single more hasty choice. Rangs 5, 6 and 7 are targets of choice to obtain Desnoyers.
Boredom is that Nashville speaks at 5e Rank with the first of three first -round choices this year. Will they want to enlist a fourth and leave a top-5 choice on the table? Not convinced at all.
Follow Philadelphia and Boston to ranks 6 and 7. Daniel Brière is very sensitive to Quebec product and Bruins dream of finding the ideal successor to Patrice Bergeron.
Seattle in rank 8 is probably playable, but it would take an agreement concluded on the prosecution while Desnoyers is still available once the selections of Nashville, Philly and Boston.
Nothing very clear, and probably another missed opportunity for the Canadian with a real leading Quebec hope.
No Desnoyers, no salvation in the first round in my opinion. CH will then have to fall back on a transaction allowing it to acquire a veteran center with its letters of nobility and ideally two or three years of contract before it.
Question of ensuring the transition at the heart of the second trio before the arrival of Michael Hage in a year.
