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Washington Capitals: Top 3 prospects to get excited for in 2020

By Michael Marzzacco

Connor McMichael, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
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Hendrix Lapierre, Washington Capitals (Photo by Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images)
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#2 Hendrix Lapierre

In the NHL Draft this year the Caps traded up from the 24th pick to the 22nd to select Hendrix Lapierre. The Caps also gave up their 80th pick in a deal with the Calgary Flames.

The 18 year old was ranked seventh overall among North American centers and ninth overall among forwards by NHL Central Scouting. A native of Gatineau, Quebec, Lapierre spent the 2019-20 season with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) recording 17 points in 19 games with two goals and 15 assists.

The six foot, 179 pound center recorded 11 points with three goals and eight assists in five games in the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, leading all skaters in the tournament in points and helped Team Canada earn a silver medal.

In the 2018-19 season, Lapierre won the Michel Bergeron as the QMJHL Offensive Rookie of the Year after recording 45 points in 48 games with Chicoutimi with 13 goals and 32 assists.

This year was the second straight draft the Caps selected a center in the first round after taking Connor McMichael with the 25th overall pick in 2019. Lapierre became the 17th center the Caps have selected in the first round in team history and the first player from the QMJHL since Stanislav Galiev and Samuel Carrier in 2010.

Currently, he has three goals and five assists for eight points in four games with Chicoutimi this season.

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