NHL Draft | Filip Mesar joins the Canadian in 26th place

With his second selection of the first round, at 26^e rank, the Canadian opted for Filip Mesar.

Simon Olivier Lorange
The Press

The Slovak thus joins his compatriot Juraj Slafovsky in Montreal, drafted in first place by the Habs at the start of the evening.

Mesar, a right winger, was ranked 20^e ranking of international skaters by NHL Central Scouting. The various connoisseurs saw him roughly at the rank at which the Canadian pronounced his name. Bob MacKenzie, of TSN, for example, foresaw the 30^e rank, and the specialized site Dobber, more optimistic, on 20^e rank.

The 5-foot-10, 174-pound forward has just played two full seasons in the Slovak senior championship. He had 14 and 16 points in 36 and 37 games, respectively.