The Habs had not selected first overall in over 40 years prior to the 2022 NHL draft. Kent Hughes and his team made Juraj Slafkovsky the first pick, but his use was criticized in his first NHL season. As a result, his performance was disappointing and his progression almost non-existent. The team continued to believe that it was better for his development to keep him in Montreal, but many doubt it. Only time will tell. According to Dany Dubé, there is a factor that would be at the origin of the lack of production of the young man and it is his explosion. That said, his weight would be a big factor. <q>A forward, it must be 210 lbs maximum in the NHL. - Dany Dubé</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/985Sports/status/1643046921454354434?t=dBtNNqqtMSeU5v_gg-Kiaw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> As Olivier Paiement of Danslescoulisses.com mentions, we have reason to believe that Dubé could be wrong, despite his expertise in the matter. Indeed, we only have to look at Alexander Ovechkin, Auston Matthews or Josh Anderson to realize that their respective weights of 236 lbs, 220 lbs and 227 lbs do not prevent them at all from keeping pace in today's NHL.