The Montreal Canadiens have several options at their disposal as they have known since Tuesday evening that they will be drafted fifth overall in the next National Hockey League (NHL) draft.

Jean-Charles Lajoie also made an interesting suggestion during the “Colisée” segment with Tony Marinaro on “JiC” on TVA Sports on Wednesday.

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“Anaheim might be tempted to do a double whammy. If the Ducks call you and you’re Kent Hughes and say, “Listen, I’m going to pick third overall and then I’m going to give you Trevor Zegras with the fifth pick,” what do you do? “ he asked his colleague.

The latter seemed to doubt the idea of ​​the Habs giving up the fifth overall pick for the American forward.

“I say no,” Marinaro replied. I’m not even convinced of my answer, listening to my logic. Anaheim may have the best top 3 prospects in the NHL in my opinion. […] If you swap your fifth choice, they pick one [Tij] Iginla in addition to [Ivan] Demidov [au troisième rang], for example, how will you be able to beat this team one day? They already have the best young players.

“Zegras has a very good agreement for another two years,” added Jean-Charles Lajoie. That fits well. I tell you, it works. We really like him in Montreal and he’s a good friend of Cole Caufield.”

This season, the 23-year-old forward scored six goals and nine assists for 15 points in 31 games.

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