Behind the scenes of the draft: We didn’t see much of Serge Boisvert and Donald Audette
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Fans had a chance to see many of the club’s prospects, and they were also able to hear the discussions that took place before the draft.
But in the video, there’s also one thing that stands out quite easily.
We don’t see much of Quebec’s two amateur scouts (Serge Boisvert and Donald Audette), and it suggests that they don’t take up much room at the table when it comes to a particular prospect.
Maybe that explains why the Habs didn’t draft a player from the QMJHL.
Mikus Vecvanags was supposed to play in the Québécois circuit for the 2024-2025 season… But let’s remember that he decided to head for the BCHL instead, where he’ll wear the Brooks Bandits’ colors for the next campaign.
It doesn’t show everything that happened in the days and hours leading up to the draft presentation, but it’s still an easy statement to make.
It’s not as if we’re seeing Audette or Boisvert pushing for a particular guy in the video, after all. Likewise, we can see that the discussions about Demidov and Hage were quite clear… And it’s the same scouts who are pushing in the same direction when talking about the two youngsters.
Donald Audette explained it well in an interview in 2023: the scout fights for the guys from Quebec, but it’s Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton who have the final say in the end.
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