The Ottawa Senators have found their seventh round draft pick in 2014 to be an absolute steal.
Snagging Francis Perron 190th overall two years ago, they’ve seen the 20-year-old flourish in an increased role with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the QMJHL ever since draft day.
After two average seasons for a player of his calibre and age, Perron opened many scouts’ eyes when he recorded 76 (29, 47) points in 64 games during a breakout year in 2015. A first-round exit in the playoffs would put a damper on an otherwise successful campaign, but he would smash his personal bests in the next.