With the Montreal Canadiens surplus of forwards and the fact that the draft was not the strongest this year, the chances that Juraj Slafkovsky will start his professional career in Laval are very real. One thing is certain, the first pick in the last draft will give it his all and hope to force Martin St-Louis and Kent Hughes to keep him with the team, and in our opinion, he will start the season in Montreal. However, if he were to start his career with the Rocket, he would become the first forward selected first overall not to start in the NHL from the beginning since Mats Sundin in 1989. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/168878.jpeg' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> Since then, only two forwards selected first overall did not start in the NHL in the same year, Eric Lindros and Alex Ovechkin, but both could not help it due to conflicts.