Appearing earlier today on the La Dose podcast, journalist Renaud Lavoie set the table for the traditional rookie tournament, a competition that obviously includes, among others, Montreal Canadiens rookies, including young first overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky.
The TVA Sports tipster recounted that after seeing him play just one game in the rookie tournament (in 2018), Ottawa Sens general manager Pierre Dorion himself decided to kick Brady Tkachuk out of the competition.
Tkachuk clearly has similarities to Slafkovsky at the same age, so it'll be interesting to see if Kent Hughes might be tempted to do the same, if the young Slovakian is ever dominant.
By way of comparison, Renaud reminds us that Jesperi Kotkaniemi, the CH's first choice that year, did not have a big tournament.
