Mavrik Bourque doesn’t want to be good enough to play in the NHL. He wants to be good enough to play in the NHL for at least 10 years.
The Dallas Stars chose the highly skilled playmaking center from the Shawinigan Cataractes as their first-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. And Stars fans should find it affirming that he’s already planning out a path to a top-six role.
Chalk it up to the work ethic Bourque picked up on his family’s small dairy farm in Plessisville, Québec.