Trois espoirs du CH se retrouvent parmi les meilleurs de la LNH!

Un nouveau palmarès encourage les partisans du Canadien de Montréal et fait très bonne mine à l’organisation. 

Scott Wheeler de The Athletic a dressé un palmarès des 50 meilleurs espoirs ayant été repêchés par une équipe de la LNH ou ayant signé un contrat d’entrée au cours des dernières années et le Canadien a de quoi être fier. 

Même si aucun des espoirs du Tricolore ne se retrouvent dans le Top 10 du palmarès (celui inclus notamment Jack Hughes , Kaapo Kakko, Quinn Hughes et Alex Turcotte), l’attaquant du Tricolore Nick Suzuki prend fièrement place au 15e rang. 

Pas trop loin derrière se situe les attaquants Cole Caufield en 25e position et Ryan Poehling au 50e rang. Caufield a été sélectionné au 15e rang cet été par le Tricolore alors que Peohling a fait exploser le toit du Centre Bell en avril dernier lors du dernier match de la saison. 

Voyez ci-dessous le résumé de Wheeler, qui a peut-être trop mis de pression sur les épaules de Suzuki… Nous devrons voir si le jeune attaquant pourra livrer la marchandise cette saison… 

15. Nick Suzuki, C/RW, 19 (Montreal Canadiens — 13th overall, 2017)
Nick Suzuki is really good at hockey. Nick Suzuki had a really good year. Nick Suzuki is really fun to watch. You get the point. The only question about Suzuki remains one of position. Is he going to be a second-line center or is he going to be a first-line winger? And which has more value? I suspect the answer is winger to both of those questions, though I do believe he has the talent the skillset needed to stick at center under different circumstances. Either way, he’s going to be/really/fun to watch. Really.

25. Cole Caufield, RW, 18 (Montreal Canadiens — 15th overall, 2019)
Goal Goalfield is more like it.
(I understand if you stopped reading just now. If you didn’t, just know that I had Caufield at No. 10 on my board, the Canadiens stole him at No. 15, and I’m not concerned about his size holding him back because he’s too darn good at getting open.)

50. Ryan Poehling, C, 20 (Montreal Canadiens — 25th overall, 2017)
I was at the Bell Centre for Poehling’s end-of-season hat trick against the Leafs and it was one of the better hockey games I’ve covered live despite the fact that it was utterly meaningless. And Poehling was magic. It’s a night he’ll never forget. I do, however, think it convinced some that he’s going to step right into the Canadiens roster next year and be an impact guy. I’m not as convinced. His offensive game isn’t actually the strength of his skillset. In fact, it probably prevents him from being more than a strong middle-six guy. It’s the other stuff that I love about what Poehling offers — and that ultimately pushed him into this ranking. It’s the defensive-zone play, his willingness to apply back pressure, his knack for lifting pucks, and his likely ability to be a very good checking center at the NHL level. Poehling is probably the only player on this list who I think projects more as a third-line forward than a top-six guy. But some third-line players have more of an impact on a game than a lot of decent second-line guys by virtue of their ability to take on tougher matchups. Poehling has a chance to be that guy.