Jordan Dumais has been a victim of the treatment of small players who want to play in the big league. Even if he collected 109 points (!!!) in 68 games in the QMJHL at 17, the year of his draft, the main prospect at the last NHL auction was only chosen in the third round.

He eventually slipped to 96th overall in the draft and it was the Blue Jackets who decided to pick him. But why did he come out so late?

Perhaps because the boy had confided that the recruiters responsible for preparing the bills for the draft were not “real recruiters,” suggesting he had a recruitment problem…

But that’s mostly because the forward was 5’7″ and weighed 165 pounds last July. You know as well as I do how wary NHL teams are about the idea of ​​designing players with physiques like this…

Even if Dumais’ talent should have made it possible to fish him out long ago. The same situation was true for Lane Hutson, who was picked in the second round by the Canadiens last year.

While’an interview with TVA Sports’ Nicolas CloutierDumais admitted he was a little surprised when he was picked by the Jackets, given that Columbus’ lineup had only come his way once a season.

He talked a lot with the Canadian in the year of his draft, he confided to the journalist from TVA Sports:

I really had no idea where I was going, but I had really spoken to Canadians a lot. Much more than Columbus. In the end I didn’t really have any expectations, I knew that anything can happen in the draft. – Jordan Dumais

So the Canadian did his homework by watching him closely.

The Montreal organization also held 92nd overall in the final draft, but Kent Hughes and his henchmen eventually targeted defenseman Adam Engstrom.

Did the Canadian make a mistake by ignoring Dumais? It’s a bit easy to say that several months after the draft took place in Montreal last July.

And Adam Engstrom has been showing very positive signs since the start of the season in Sweden. Let’s wait before saying that the Canadian really made a mistake by ignoring the small forward in the last draft.

But what is sure and certain…

Dumais has worked hard this year to prove to the 31 other teams they were wrong not to pick him. After all, Dumais is dominating the QMJHL this season with 130 points in 61 games.

Only Connor Bedard has outscored him in the Canadian Hockey League this year, which is no small feat.

Especially considering we’re talking about a man drafted in the third round. Bedard, he’s coming out next June in Nashville on the very front row. That’s the nuance.

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– So much better.

– Nice little read.

– The Quebecer is angry, which is completely understandable.

– It’s up to him take out the cashSO.