In just five weeks, NHL officials will travel to the Sphere in Las Vegas to conduct the league’s annual draft.

Unless something changes by then, the Montreal Canadiens will have two players to choose from in the first round, i.e Sean Monahanwhich is in 26th place overall.

When we know that players like Ivan Demidov, Cayden Lindstrom Or Tij Iginla If taken into account in CH’s first pick, the following pick could be used to move up to the top-15 and try to grab another player valued by the team’s recruiters.

Rumour has it that the young striker Beckett Sennecke would be one of the players that the CH management particularly values.

In addition, the journalist reports as part of his coverage of the annual auction Anthony Martineau from VAT Sports met with two NHL scouts who agreed to anonymously give their opinion on the prolific forward, who has experienced a major growth spurt in the past year. Here is the result.

His offensive talent is really, really high. Of course this guy will take time. Gain five inches in a few months Imbalance a body! He had to lengthen his sticks and really get his limbs back. And he’s still doing everything we’re seeing this season. That’s extremely impressive. If I could criticize him for now, it might be his overall commitment. But I think he has the character to turn that around, much like Will Cuylle did during his junior NHL transition.

I’ll tell you something. When he inhabits his body, it’s going to be a top-six offensive player tab@/?$ that’s going to produce a lot of things. Right now, he’s not at the level of Lindstrom, Iginla or Catton. But we’re plotting what players are going to give us in five or six years, and we think Sennecke is clearly going to fall into the same category as those three guys.

– Recruiter #1

He penetrates defensive triangles so easily. He is great for situations where the game is tight because he has excellent hands. He is still physically weak, but he has golden hands. He creates opportunities out of nothing. Sometimes you think the game is dead and it will unlock for you in no time. He can face three opponents alone and still find a way out.

I have no problem telling you today that he could become a kind of Tarasenko. He will play on the first two lines and on the first power play. For me he is a 35 goal scorer.

– Recruiter #2

So we better understand why the Canadiens’ recruiters value him so highly and why it wouldn’t be that surprising to see him Kent Hughes Try to trade to advance to the draft with his second first-round pick.

• 18 years old, Beckett Sennecke is a 6’2″/175lbs right winger. This season he recorded a record 27 goals and 41 assists for 68 points in 63 games in the OHL.

This is a name to definitely keep an eye on on June 28th.