Name: Hendrix Lapierre
Team: Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
Position: Center
Stats: 19 games played, 2 goals, 15 assists, 17 points, 10 PIMs, +4 plus/minus rating
NHL Central Scouting ranking: 13th (North American skaters)
Comparable NHL players: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins / David Krejci
By the middle of August 2019, it looked like Hendrix Lapierre was primed and ready for an enormous 2019-20 season.
Back then, the playmaking center was coming off of an incredible performance at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he formed a deadly duo with fellow 2020 prospect Cole Perfetti and helped Canada to a silver medal with a whopping 11 points in five games.