Get to know Gabriel Fortier from his draft combine interview

Habs Eyes on the Prize keeps good track of young French-speaking players, and have written a thorough draft profile on Tampa Bay Lightning’s first pick of the draft, 59th-overall center Gabriel Fortier. Scott Matla of HEOTP was at the draft combine and took video of Fortier answering journalists’ questions. At the very least, it gives us our first look at Fortier as a player.

Journalist from Columbus Post-Dispatch: How’s your brother [Maxime Fortier of the Cleveland Monsters, signed by CBJ to an ELC in 2017]?

Fortier: He’s good, he’s training. His season is done for like a month, yeah, so he’s training.

Columbus Journalist: [Unintelligible] What kind of advice does your brother give you?

Fortier…