Zachary Bolduc could be the Canadian Sam Bennett

A few days before the opening of the autonomous players market, Sam Bennett signed an eight -year/$ 64 million contract with the Panthers.

He deserved his money, he who had just earned the Stanley Cup and the Smythe Conn. All the teams want a player like Bennett: a guy who collects points, responsible on 200 feet and who has a very annoying style of play for the opponent.

In any case, CH may have found its Sam Bennett this summer: Zachary Bolduc. This is what Pierre McGuire said to Sick Podcast – The eye test.

An auditor raised the idea that Bolduc could evolve in a role similar to that of Sam Bennett, a comparison that McGuire has also approved.

He says that the Quebecer has a better throw and that Bennett is a center, but, apart from that, the two have a very comparable style of play.

The best season of the Panthers center in the NHL is 51 points. Let’s say that I would take around fifty points per season for Bolduc year after year, especially if he plays on the last two trios.

Even if the newcomer of CH is a winger, we know that he can play in the center. THE kid is ready to take up the challenge, but, according to the co -firing of the broom, the CH is not in a position to put it in the center. There is already a lot of flexibility within the offensive alignment and you do not want to screw up the development of a good young player who did not play a meeting at the center in the NHL.

Montreal will probably try the experience in preparation matches, but if it does not work, the coaches must not push the young person too strong.

If Bolduc could be a Bennett 2.0, Montreal would win the transaction with the Blues, anyway.

McGuire loves Mailloux, by the way, and he says that, to receive, you have to give.

Burst

– to listen.

Ward: The way Makar plays is stylistically the way we hope Hutson is about to play https://t.co/U0AKatkZOU

— TSN 690 Montreal (@TSN690) July 23, 2025

– Not surprising.

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– Wow.

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– Sportsnet (@sportsnet) July 23, 2025

– Nice story.

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