A descendant of Cree First Nations in Canada, Jaydon Dureau was a fifth round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning at the 2020 Draft. Playing for the Portland Winterhawks (now with a more tasteful logo), Dureau was an alternate captain and finished fifth in team scoring with 66 points in 49 games, which was also good for second in points per game.
After two seasons in the Bolts system, the Lightning liked what they saw in him enough that they gave him an ELC after his age 20/21 year. He’ll now to go to the Syracuse Crunch where he’ll have three years to prove he can be a top player there and a useful player to the Lightning.