BSH 2020 Community Draft Board, No. 21: Hendrix Lapierre

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesComing in at #21 on the Broad Street Hockey community draft board is Hendrix Lapierre, a name you have likely heard of since he has been on draft-minded analyst’s radars for a while now. I did a write up on him in July, and since then, my view on him hasn’t changed very much. Lapierre is a 6’0”, 180 lbs center who plays a similar style of game to current Flyers’ prospect Morgan Frost. Lapierre is a smooth playmaking center with excellent skill and flashes the potential to be the main quarterback on an NHL power play. However, unlike Frost and draft classmate Mavrik Bourque, Lapierre is a risky pick due to his injury history, and some scouts don’t like that there isn’t really a physical element to Lapierre’s game.

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