Oilers prospect Raphael Lavoie has Chicoutimi looking like a Memorial Cup threat Globe_Sports
Raphael Lavoie poses after being selected 38th overall by the Edmonton Oilers during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver.Forward Raphael Lavoie had a hunch his days with the Halifax Mooseheads were coming to an end even before he left to represent Canada at the world junior hockey championship in December.
Halifax wasn’t done after the Lavoie trade, sending fellow Canadian junior national team member Jared McIsaac to the Wildcats on the same day for four more draft picks. Lavoie, McIsaac and Groulx combined to get the Mooseheads 11 draft picks in all, including two first rounders. While the Mooseheads went into seller mode months after falling to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Memorial Cup final as tournament hosts, Chicoutimi became a buyer this season and is pushing for its first major junior national championship appearance since 1997.
Lavoie has been playing on a line with Mercer and Justin Ducharme in Chicoutimi, with the trio finding instant chemistry. The right-winger, who plays as a power forward with a strong right-handed shot, had 32 goals and 73 points in 62 regular-season games in 2018-19 with the Mooseheads before getting hot in the post-season with 20 goals in 23 playoff games. He added two more goals in the Memorial Cup tournament but slipped in the draft rankings from No. 13 to No. 20 before the Oilers selected him 38th overall.
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