The Boston Bruins used the twenty fifth total choose within the 2024 NHL Draft to pick out incoming BC Eagle Dean Letourneau.
The 6-foot-7 prospect opted to attend prep faculty at St. Andrews Faculty in Aurora, Ontario, as an alternative of the Owen Sound Assault of the OHL. He dominated at St. Andrews with 127 factors (61 objectives, 66 video games) in 56 video games final season, together with a league-best 25 factors (14 objectives, 11 assists) in 14 video games within the Prep Hockey Convention.
“He’s a hell of a hockey participant, and he’s actually creating numerous buzz,” St. Andrews abilities coach Leland De Langley mentioned in March, per The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler. “I name him like a Tage Thompson 2.0. His skating, his shot, and the way in which he can management a puck in tight for a man that’s 6-foot-7 or 6-foot-8, it’s loopy.”
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Daniel Gee of Elite Prospects describes Letourneau as a “coordinated, toolsy, and sensible attacker, he’s a unicorn who crushed his competitors this season in nearly each method attainable.”
The middle place was one of many areas the Bruins want to enhance upon. Letourneau has a really promising upside, and taking part in at Boston Faculty within the fall will assist him develop as he competes within the Hockey East convention towards powerhouse applications like Boston College and Northeastern.