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Mets’ Francisco Alvarez leaves yard for second straight game down in Triple-A

Francisco Alvarez appears to be finding his groove down in Triple-A. 

The Mets' young backstop lifted a 434-foot three-run shot on Saturday night, and he followed that up with another strong showing on Sunday. 

After failing to reach in each of his first two plate appearances, Alvarez stepped to the plate with Syracuse trailing by a run in the fifth, and he ripped a double over center fielder Robert Hassell III’s head. 

It left the bat at an impressive 109.6 mph and one-hopped the fence. 

He would score the game-tying run just three pitches later, as the red hot Pablo Reyes tripled down the left-field line as part of a three-hot effort. 

Alvarez was called out on strikes with a man in scoring position in the seventh, but he was able to do more damage two innings later, as he crushed a go-ahead two-run homer to deep left-center. 

This one left the bat at 107.2 mph and traveled 412 feet. 

The 23-year-old has now gone deep on back-to-back days after going hitless in each of his first three games following his demotion from the big-league level. 

Luisangel Acuña reached base for the sixth time in seven games since he was sent back down -- lining a one out single in the top of the seventh, and he picked up his third stolen base of the season at the level. 

On the pitching side of things Syracuse’s bullpen was pretty impressive -- youngster Dom Hamel tossed two scoreless innings, Rico Garcia put up a zero of his own, Austin Warren struck out the side in the eighth, and Justin Garza locked down the save.

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With Gibson Off The Board, Oilers’ Goalie Hunt Gets Harder

The Detroit Red Wings made a big dent in the goaltender market Saturday with the announcement they’d acquired veteran netminder John Gibson from the Anaheim Ducks. Gibson was probably on the radar of at least a few teams, including the Edmonton Oilers. And now that Gibson is off the market, what will the Oilers do if they decide, as many think they have to, that their goalie tandem of Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard needs to change?

To be sure, the goaltender market in this off-season is about as thin as it gets. As we covered in this THN.com article about available UFA goalies, only veterans Jake Allen of the New Jersey Devils, Ilya Samsonov of the Vegas Golden Knights and Alex Lyon of the Red Wings stand out as goaltenders who can provide at least an average performance. And even then, you can poke holes in the games of all three of those goalies. 

So, does Edmonton want to probably overpay in a seller’s free-agent market for a goalie? Clearly, they’re not going to get a Vezina Trophy candidate via free agency. And other teams will be bidding on Allen, Samsonov and Lyon, so the cost could put all of them out of the Oilers’ reach. And that brings us to the next possibility for Edmonton: a trade for a goalie of consequence.

That said, no team will be charitable in providing Edmonton with help in net. Oilers GM Stan Bowman would easily be able to take a chance on a reclamation project like Pittsburgh Penguins veteran Tristan Jarry, but Oilers fans would probably run Bowman out of town – firstly, for making a trade for a player any team in the league could’ve had when the Penguins waived Jarry last season before sending him to the American league, and secondly, for acquiring a goalie whose save percentage has dropped every year from 2021-22 through 2024-25, from .919 in 2021-22 to .909 in 2022-23 to .903 in 2023-24 to .893 in 2024-25.

Jarry has a salary cap hit of $5.375 million for the next three years, but even if the Oilers are patient and Pittsburgh buys out Jarry’s contract this summer, Edmonton would still be looking at signing a goalie who couldn’t stop enough pucks to keep himself at the NHL level last season. 

Elsewhere, the Columbus Blue Jackets also have a reclamation project in veteran Elvis Merzlikins, but like Jarry, Merzlikins’ performance has been well below average, as he put up a SP of .892 last season, and he hasn’t had a SP above .897 in the past three years. Merzlikins has a cap hit of $5.4 million for the next two years, and while Columbus might be amenable to retaining some of Merzlikins’ cap hit, he’s still a goalie who could continue to be a major disappointment.

Otherwise, teams are almost assuredly going to be hanging on to the goalies they have, and that will leave Edmonton in a sticky situation. Is running it back with Skinner and Pickard truly an option for this organization? 

The Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final for the second-straight year, not primarily because of their goaltending, but the undeniable fact is that Skinner had a .889 SP in the playoffs, and in the Cup final, Skinner had an SP better than .881 just once in five appearances. Meanwhile, Pickard wasn’t better, with a .886 SP in the post-season, and a SP of .875 or worse in two of three appearances he made in the Cup final.

Stuart Skinner (Walter Tychnowicz-Imagn Images)

Thus, you can see why Bowman will have his work cut out for him when trying to find a different look between the pipes. And remember, when Bowman won three straight Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks, his primary goalies were Corey Crawford, Antti Niemi and Scott Darling – hardly a row of future Hockey Hall of Famers. That experience might mean Bowman settles on a less-proven netminder while he tries to improve Edmonton’s defense in front of a B-grade goalie. And that philosophy could sink the Oilers’ Cup aspirations yet again.

In any case, Edmonton almost assuredly will be making a change in net. Going with the status quo could prove to be disastrous, and if the Oilers once again fail to win a Cup next season in part due to their choice to keep the same netminding, Edmonton fans will be rightfully livid. 

The Oilers have tried repeatedly to win it all with, at best, average goaltending, and it hasn’t worked. Bowman has to do his utmost to come up with a solution for his goalie tandem, and he needs to do it before other teams step in and scoop up any and every goalie who might be available via trade. 

The Panthers have won back-to-back Cups partly because they had a Grade-A goalie in Sergei Bobrovsky. Edmonton has no comparable netminder. And Bowman’s most important job this summer will be to shake the trees of the rest of the NHL and try to come away with a goalie who can keep the Oilers in crucial games long enough for their high-octane offense to carry the load and deliver them to championship glory. 

Because if he fails to do so, Edmonton could yet again be on the losing side of the ledger in the next post-season. And no one should feign surprise if that’s how things unfold.

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Carlos Mendoza, Mets ready to reset after Pirates sweep: 'We’re better than that'

Following a tough 13-game stretch that saw the Mets get swept at home by the Tampa Bay Rays and then win just three out of 10 straight games against NL East opponents, the team came into Pittsburgh this weekend with a chance to right the ship against one of the worst teams, record-wise, in the National League.

But hopes of turning things around quickly dissipated, and what could have been a bounce-back weekend became another nightmarish series for the Mets, as the Pirates swept the three-game set in dominant fashion, outscoring New York 30-4.

“It’s frustrating, and we are all frustrated, obviously. Not gonna lie, we’re better than that, and they know that,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after Sunday’s 12-1 defeat. “It’s a tough stretch, but we’ve got to be better.  It starts with me. We believe in those guys. Off day tomorrow, and then we’ve got another good team coming into town in the Brewers. They’re playing well, so we’ve got to bring our best game.

“[We’ll] continue to support the guys, but obviously we’re not happy about it.”

The Mets found themselves in an early hole on Sunday that proved to be too much for the club to dig out of, as starter Frankie Montas allowed five two-out runs in the first inning, including back-to-back home runs from Oneil Cruz and Tommy Pham.

Montas stuck around for 4.0 innings, allowing six earned runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking one, but his poor first inning was too much for the Mets to overcome.

“To be honest, just in that first inning I felt like I was missing my spots a little bit,” Montas said. “I thought I threw some pretty good pitches after that.

“I feel like I wasn’t really commanding my fastball the way I wanted to, and that’s the thing. If you’re not hitting your spots, they’re going to hit you pretty good.”

The Mets, who are now just 19-25 on the road this season and currently sit 1.5 games behind Philadelphia in the NL East standings, have an off day on Monday before welcoming the Milwaukee Brewers (winners of eight of their last 10) to Citi Field, starting on Tuesday night.

The Mets know they were outplayed by the Pirates in every facet during this weekend’s set, but Francisco Lindor explained that the hope is the off day allows them to reset before facing a hot Brewers club.

"It's a tough stretch for sure. Hopefully getting the day off, the mental day off, and getting away from the field, we can come back and get back on the horse,” Lindor said.

“There’s a big league team on the other side,” he added later about the three-game sweep. “We’ve got to tip our cap to them, they outplayed us. They pitched better than us, they hit better than us, they got on base better than us, they played better defense. It’s a big league team on the other side. With that being said, there’s a sense of, yeah, we’re frustrated that we’re not winning, but at the end of the day it’s just part of the adversity that we’re dealing with right now.

“We’ve got to stick together and play as hard as we can to come out of it. Hopefully once we’re out of it, we don’t go back to something like this.”

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Aaron Judge reaches three times, lifts two of Yankees' four homers in 12-5 win over Athletics

The Yankees closed their weekend set with a 12-5 win over the Athletics on Sunday afternoon.

Here are some takeaways...

- Jazz Chisholm Jr. got the scoring started with a solo shot in the bottom of the second off Luis Severino. Jazz was smooth again just one inning later, as he ripped a three-run triple into the right-center gap, blowing the game wide open at 4-0.

Chisholm was on base three times on the day with the pair of extra-base knocks and a walk.

- The Yanks would add on again against their former teammate in the bottom of the fourth, as Aaron Judge crushed a two-run shot deep into left field seats. Judge struck again later in the contest, launching another two-run shot in the seventh, this time off of right-hander Tyler Ferguson.

Judge now has five straight seasons with 30+ homers and he's the second player to reach that mark this year.

- Cody Bellinger got in on the fun as well, cracking a three-run shot to right-center in the fifth as part of a three-hit afternoon. The sweet-swinging lefty now has knocks in nine of his last 10 games and he has two homers and six RBI over that span.
- It was a rough go for Severino against his former team, as he allowed six earned runs (seven total) on five hits, three strikeouts and three walks over just 3.2 innings of work. The veteran right-hander now has a 5.18 ERA during his first season with the A's.

- Marcus Stroman was hit by a line drive off Max Muncy’s bat in the top of the second, but he was able to stay in the game after talking to the training staff. Making his first start since April 11 (knee inflammation), the right-hander held the A's offense to just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings.

- JT Brubaker struggled in just his fourth outing of the season, as he was unable to work through the sixth inning and allowed the A's to creep their way back in. He recorded just one out before being pulled -- allowing four runs on two hits and three walks.

- The rest of the Yankees' bullpen was able to get the job done behind him -- Jonathan Loaisiga, Tim Hill, Ian Hamilton, and Luke Weaver combined to allow just one baserunner to reach via walk while striking out four over the final 3.2 innings of work.

- New York pushed their lead over the Rays in the AL East back up to 1.5 games.

Game MVP: Aaron Judge

The captain reached base three times, including his 29th and 30th homers of the season.

Highlights

What's next

The Yanks go to Toronto to start a four-game set with the Blue Jays on Monday night.

Carlos Rodon (9-5, 2.92 ERA) takes the ball for New York with a 7:07 p.m. first pitch.

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Sources: Knicks exercising Ariel Hukporti's team option, planning to decline PJ Tucker's

The Knicks are exercising the team option on center Ariel Hukporti and they are planning to decline the team option on veteran PJ Tucker, league sources told SNY.

Declining Tucker’s team option decreases the Knicks’ payroll by $3.5 million.

The Knicks currently are above the first apron in total team salary and have access to the $5.6M taxpayer exception (they have roughly $196 million in team salary). Contracts signed with this exception can be no longer than two years and contain five percent raises -- you can split the exception to sign multiple players.

By declining Tucker’s option, the Knicks also have the flexibility to sign-and-trade their free agents to bring back a player under contract who makes up to the $5.6 million exception.

If you use the exception to sign a free agent, you are hard-capped at the second apron -- this means you can’t spend more than $207.8 million in team salary.

The Knicks can also use the veteran’s minimum exception to sign free agents.

New York has decisions to make on its own veteran free agents in Delon Wright, Precious Achiuwa, Landry Shamet and Cam Payne.

The team will monitor the backup guard market.

The Knicks are among the teams who will have interest in Shamet once free agency opens at 6 PM on Sunday, per SNY sources. Contending teams in both conferences are expected to have interest in Shamet, league sources say.

The 28-year-old returned from a dislocated shoulder during the 2024-25 season and shot 40 percent from beyond the arc across 50 games in the regular season. He was out of the rotation for much of the postseason but was reinserted to the rotation in Game 3 of Knicks-Pacers.

Shamet delivered, hitting 7-of -13 threes during the series and defending well. The Knicks were plus-21 when he was on the court against Indiana (52 minutes).

The Knicks also on Sunday extended qualifying offer to Kevin McCullar Jr., league sources confirm, as first reported by the New York Post.

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Mets’ Jesse Winker reaches base three times in first rehab appearance with Brooklyn

Mets outfielder/DH Jesse Winker took a big step in his recovery on Sunday afternoon. 

After completing his ramp up from an oblique injury, the slugger was finally able to get back into game action with the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones, and he showed no signs of rust. 

Winker drew a six-pitch walk during his first at-bat -- he then went first-to-third on a Eli Serrano III double into the right-center gap, but was caught trying to score on a wild pitch. 

An inning later he stepped to the plate with a man on second and two outs, and he missed an opposite-field homer by a matter of inches, but instead settled for an RBI double high off the left-field fence.

He was hit-by-pitch in his third at-bat of the day, then was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the sixth.

Overall, Winker finished the day a perfect 1-for-1 with an RBI double, walk, and hit-by-pitch.

While Sunday's strong outing was certainly an encouraging start, he is expected to require a lengthy rehab assignment since he has been sidelined since the first week of May due to an oblique strain.

Monday is a scheduled day off for the minor leagues, but he is expected to be right back in the Cyclones' lineup as the designated hitter for Tuesday's contest with the Hudson Valley Renegades.

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James extends Lakers stay for record 23rd NBA season

LeBron James celebrating during a play-off game against Minnesota Timberwolves in April.
LeBron James' NBA career began with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 [Getty Images]

LeBron James is set to play in a record 23rd NBA season after his agent said the 40-year-old has exercised an option to extend his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Rich Paul said James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, was targeting a fifth Championship after activating a $53m (£41m) player option for the 2025-26 season.

"He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all," he told ESPN.

"We understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future. We do want to evaluate what's best for LeBron at this stage in his life and career. He wants to make every season he has left count, and the Lakers understand that, are supportive and want what's best for him."

James currently shares the NBA season record with eight-time All-Star Vince Carter. His tally of 1,562 regular-season appearances is just 50 short of breaking former Boston Celtics star Robert Parish's NBA record.

In 2023 he broke Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's long-standing points record of 38,387 to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer. His current tally stands at 42,184.

James' NBA career began in 2003 when he was drafted first overall by hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The forward joined the Miami Heat in 2010, winning two titles, before returning to lead Cleveland to their only NBA title with a 2016 success.

He has been with the Lakers since 2018 and helped them win the 2020 title, which was also the fourth time James was named NBA finals MVP.

His 20-year-old son Bronny was drafted by the Lakers in the summer of 2024 and they became the first father-son duo to share the court in an NBA game in October.

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Report: Utah trading Collin Sexton, second-round pick to Charlotte for Jusuf Nurkic

The Charlotte Hornets have LaMelo Ball under contract and just drafted Kon Knueppel. Now they are adding another ball handler to the backcourt.

The Utah Jazz are trading Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic, a deal first reported by Shams Charania of ESPN and subsequently confirmed by other reports.

Sexton will make $19.2 million next season and is eligible for a veteran extension off his own contract, if Charlotte wants to lock him up long-term.

Charlotte has been looking for backup guard depth. They likely will start with Ball and Knueppel as the guards and Brandon Miller at the three (Miles Bridges is the four). Sexton comes in off the bench as a rock-solid combo guard who can play the one or the two behind the starters and fill in should injuries strike. It's a quality pickup, and it's not exactly clear why the Jazz needed to throw in a second-round pick to make this trade happen.

The Jazz are a rebuilding team that had a glut in the backcourt and just drafted Ace Bailey (a wing who can play the two guard) and Walter Clayton Jr. This trade clears out some minutes for those guys.

The Jazz are now deep at center (and in the frontcourt in general). Walker Kessler is the center of the future and the player who should start and get a lot of run at the five next season as the Jazz look for him to develop his game. He has Nurkic and Kyle Filipowski behind him, plus Collins can play some small-ball five if needed. Nurkic is on an expiring $19.4 million contract and could well be traded again before February's deadline (if not much sooner).

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Frankie Montas roughed up early as Mets get swept by Pirates

The Mets' nightmarish series in Pittsburgh concluded with a 12-1 loss on Sunday to the Pirates, who completed the three-game sweep.

Here are the key takeaways...

-Frankie Montas nearly escaped a first-inning jam thanks to a tremendous catch by Brett Baty on a line drive to third, but he couldn’t finagle out it, and it snowballed into a big inning. After Ke’Bryan Hayes served one off the end of the bat into center for a two-run single, Oneil Cruz and Tommy Pham hit back-to-back home runs to right field, and just like that, the Pirates had a 5-0 lead, with all the runs scoring with two outs.

On a day when the Mets needed length from Montas, he threw 38 pitches and allowed five runs in the first inning. He was able to settle in a bit and battle through 4.0 innings, but it was a rough go for the veteran, who allowed six earned runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking one. He threw 86 pitches, 60 of which were strikes.

-The Mets' bats were stymied by starter Mike Burrows through the first four innings, but Luis Torrens put New York on the board with a solo home run to right field, cutting the lead to five.

Torrens' second homer of the season chased Burrows, who allowed just one earned run on four hits with five strikeouts and one walk over 4.1 innings. Torrens, meanwhile, finished the day with a pair of hits, giving the Mets some desperately needed production from the catcher position.

-Richard Lovelady, back with the Mets on a new major league deal, took over in the fifth and immediately allowed a solo home run to Bryan Reynolds. The Mets needed Lovelady to give them some outs, and he ended up going 2.0 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with one strikeout.

Dedniel Núñez was also hit hard upon coming into the game in the seventh, as Cruz demolished another two-run homer, putting the Pirates into double-digits in the run column.

-With the game out of hand and the Mets' bullpen taxed, it was Travis Jankowski who came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning. Throwing about 45 MPH, Jankowski quickly loaded the bases but ended up allowing just two runs, as the Mets turned a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning.

-The Mets' "Big Four" hitters -- Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Juan Soto, and Pete Alonso -- combined to go 2-for-15 with four strikeouts. Lindor went just 1-or-12 in the series, walking once.

Game MVP

Cruz, who homered twice and drove in four runs.

Highlights

Upcoming schedule

The Mets have an off day on Monday before starting a six-game homestand at Citi Field, which begins against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at 7:15 p.m. on SNY.

Clay Holmes is scheduled to face fellow righty Freddy Peralta.

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New York Islanders Re-Sign Julien Gauthier And Liam Foudy

The New York Islanders announced they have re-signed forwards Liam Foudy and Julien Gauthier to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2025-26 season. 

Foudy recorded 20 goals and 45 points in 70 games with the Bridgeport Islanders last season and went pointless in two NHL games with the New York Islanders. 

The 25-year-old has 96 points in 139 career AHL games and 22 points in 104 career NHL games. 

Originally a first round selection of the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2018, Foudy is one of the best skaters around and will enter his second season in the organization.

Gauthier went pointless in one NHL game with the Islanders and had eight points in nine games with Bridgeport before suffering an injury in November that forced him to miss the remainder of the season. 

A first round selection of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2016, Gauthier has 123 points in 214 career AHL games and 41 points in 181 career NHL games. 

The 27-year-old won the 2019 Calder Cup with the Charlotte Checkers. 

After a historically bad 2024-25 season the Islanders hired Rocky Thompson as the team's new head coach and seem poised to improve their AHL team in 2025-26. Both Foudy and Gauthier will have to clear waivers when the season begins but seem likely to serve as the offensive drivers for Bridgeport while providing depth for New York. 

Check out The Hockey News' New York Islanders team site for more updates. 

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There's Pressure On The Rangers To Finalize A Contract Extension With Will Cuylle Before The Unthinkable Happens

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There’s one upcoming restricted free agent on the New York Rangers that’s flying under the radar, but still needs to be signed. 

That is none other than Will Cuylle. 

Cuylle is set to become a restricted free agent on July 1 and he still hasn’t been signed despite being one of the Rangers’ most talented young players. 

What is the hold-up in these contract negotiations, and is there actually a chance that we can see Cuylle leave New York?

According to The Athletic’s Peter Baugh, the Rangers have already been in talks with Cuylle about a potential contract extension. 

However, it’s unclear how far these talks have gone thus far and what is exactly holding the two sides up from agreeing on a deal.

If Cuylle and the Rangers do not come to terms on a contract extension by July 1 and he hits the restricted free agency market, Larry Brooks of The New York Post is reporting that the 23-year-old forward will be the most attractive impending offer-sheet targets around the league, alongside Matty Knies.

This doesn't necessarily mean Cuylle will depart from the Rangers if he’s offer-sheeted as the Blueshirts will have an opportunity to match any contract he’s offered. 

Michael Peca Opens Up About The Rangers' Dyfunctional Environment Michael Peca Opens Up About The Rangers' Dyfunctional Environment One by one, insiders close to the Rangers are opening up with revelations about the dissension-riddled team's dismal 2024-25 season. To say the least, the negative comments are disheartening.

There is a sense of urgency to get a contract finalized before it does get to that point though, especially with the concept of offer sheets becoming more and more common in the NHL.

The pressure now shifts to Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury to ensure Cuylle is in The Big Apple long into the future.

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Canadiens: Alexis Cournoyer’s Childhood Dream Comes True

After being drafted in the fifth round by the team he grew up cheering for on Saturday, Alexis Cournoyer spoke to the media from his childhood bedroom, lit by a Montreal Canadiens’ scoreboard and featuring a Canadiens’ goalie poster in the background. The 19-year-old netminder looked like a kid on Christmas morning, fielding questions from the press.

He had spent the day watching the draft with his whole family at his father’s house with his girlfriend’s family as well, and by the time the Sainte-Flanelle finally called his name, he was just about to get in his car to go to the airport. Thinking he might not get drafted, he had accepted an invitation to the Nashville Predators’ development camp, and he was beaming when he said that in the end, he had to cancel his plane tickets and that his trip to development camp would be much shorter than expected, and by car rather than plane.

For those who are always asking for the Canadiens to draft “un p’tit gars de chez nous”, Cournoyer is the ultimate pick. An underdog who was discarded in the QMJHL, he only joined the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles after the Christmas break, and he was proud to explain the twists and turns of his path to the NHL. Mentioning that even though it’s a cliché, hard work and perseverance do pay off.

In the days leading up to the draft, Cournoyer’s father had posted on social media that if his son were drafted, he’d run in the street wearing only his underwear, when asked if he thought his father would do through with it, he took a quick look outside through the window and said, “Well, it’s raining right now so I hope he won’t. He’s a die-hard fan and sometimes he’s heavy, but I’m not mad at him for that kind of stuff, my friends like to laugh about it.”

The youngster repeated many times how happy he was to be drafted by the Canadiens, adding that he had the logo tattooed on his heart, that no one was happier than he, and that it was an honor.

He describes himself as a big goalie who used his frame well. He’s got poise and confidence, putting his teammates’ minds at ease and inspiring confidence. Of course, being drafted by the Tricolore doesn’t guarantee that he will play for the Habs one day, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. Considering how genuine, expressive, and friendly the kid looked, he’ll have everyone in Quebec rooting for him.

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