Prospect Info: 25th Pick in the 2024 NHL Draft - Dean Letourneau C | St. Andrew's College 6'7" 214

[KillerMillerTime]

I didn't realize it until now but he was teammates with Pelosi and Hendrickson for those two USHL games. He played against Groenewold in one of them -- so at least he'll see some familiar faces at dev camp (assuming they're all there).

I already posted before the draft that in those two games he hit the crossbar in the first game and the post in the second. So he wasn't invisible. He gave me some Wheeler vibes in those two games.

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I need our centers to be at least 7'2"

Yeah just like Porzingis.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

I think he wanted Beaudoin but got out-GM's by Utah.
After Beaudoin pick, seems like Dean was the best choice. Worth the risk. Especially if you can find/build a 1and2C for at least 4 years.

I wouldn't say he got outgmd just because Utah had a bunch of assets.

Maybe he would have chosen Beaudoin, we have no evidence to believe this. They couldn't be more polar opposites as players. I do think Beaudoin will be a solid bottom 6 payer, most likely a winger

 

[CDJ]

They could have gotten Celebrini at 25 and someone here would have called it a reach and said Sweeney was trying to be the smartest guy in the room.

Great just another college kid with ties to the area smdh

 

[pemulis]

I think he wanted Beaudoin but got out-GM's by Utah.
After Beaudoin pick, seems like Dean was the best choice. Worth the risk. Especially if you can find/build a 1and2C for at least 4 years.

Maybe. But Letourneau seems like such a Sweeney choice, even more so than Beaudoin (going the NCAA route, bigger, good skater, smart). The argument could also be made that they would have made the same choice if both kids were available.

 

[22Brad Park]

So his fav team was Shittsburgh and fav player Crosby

 

[The don godfather]

He pops 30 and we have a winner and I feel with all his talent and wingspan its quite possible. You all know how lucky we are with pick 25 .

 

[PB37]

Imagine what he'll be when he's 25, grown another inch and 20 more pounds of muscle and natural mass, and he's figured out how to play and survive the pro game. He's got a great starting base of skills and natural attributes - it'll be interesting to watch this kid develop.

 

[goldenblack]

He pops 30 and we have a winner and I feel with all his talent and wingspan its quite possible. You all know how lucky we are with pick 25 .

Dude I'll fist pump if he's a 20g man with size from #25. Once we get above that it's drool worthy.

I'll be interested to see if he figures out how much quicker his path to the NHL might be if he figures out his physical game and both ends of the ice. That probably makes him 500% more likely to make the NHL.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Maybe. But Letourneau seems like such a Sweeney choice, even more so than Beaudoin (going the NCAA route, bigger, good skater, smart). The argument could also be made that they would have made the same choice if both kids were available.

Looking at who went 23-26 I would have been okay with whoever even though Dean was what I hoped for.

 

[vjcsmoke]

Exactly 10 years ago the Bruins took a kid named David Pastrnak as the 25th overall NHL draft pick.

Good luck living up to those expectations, Dean.

 

[bruinsfan1968]

Exactly 10 years ago the Bruins took a kid named David Pastrnak as the 25th overall NHL draft pick.
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Good luck living up to those expectations, Dean.

Nothing like putting undo pressure on the kid! Just let him develop, be the player he wants to be, not somebody else!

 

[vjcsmoke]

Nothing like putting undo pressure on the kid! Just let him develop, be the player he wants to be, not somebody else!

Dean sounds pretty based, listening to his interviews. He's also been compared directly to Tage Thompson who is one of the best players in the NHL right now. Doesn't seem to phase him at all.

 

[whatsbruin]

Tage Thompson is a pretty good big Center is he not.

Mario wasn't too bad, going back further, Pete Mahovlich

 

[Dr Hook]

Mario wasn't too bad, going back further, Pete Mahovlich

Eric Lindros, Keith Primeau- there are enough examples of big guys making terrific centermen,

 

[CDJ]

Eric Lindros, Keith Primeau- there are enough examples of big guys making terrific centermen,

Jumbo Joe

 

[Dr Hook]

Jumbo Joe

Ooof- as a Bruins fan how could I have left him out?

 

[CDJ]

Ooof- as a Bruins fan how could I have left him out?

We all try to erase him from our memory due to the return we got for him lol