Lamoureux height, weight make him unique prospect for 2022 NHL Draft

The 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal. The first round will be July 7 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS) and rounds 2-7 are July 8 (11 a.m. ET; NHLN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS). NHL.com is counting down to the draft with in-depth profiles on top prospects, podcasts and other features.
Today, a look at defenseman Maveric Lamoureux of Drummondville of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. NHL.com's full draft coverage can be found here.

Maveric Lamoureux
could be the most unique player in the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft.
He's a 6-foot-7, right-shooting defenseman for Drummondville of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League who skates with the quickness and agility of a player far smaller.
But at 199 pounds, he also weighs as much as a player far smaller.
To reach the NHL, Lamoureux knows he must find a way to add the weight and strength he needs while maintaining the skating skill that makes him a top prospect.
"I can't put 20 pounds on in just a summer like that because I'm going to be so slow after that, I'm not going to have any mobility," Lamoureux said. "I'm just going to be a tall guy who can't move or can't skate. I will say there's a process."
Helping Lamoureux are trainer Stephane Dube and nutritionist Carl Bombardier.
Dube, a former conditioning coach for the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins, has worked with Lamoureux for three years. It's allowed Dube to develop a long-term plan with short-term goals that Lamoureux already has begun to achieve.
"Maveric is a very, very smart kid, very aware of what he needs to do and how he wants to do it," Dube said. "He jumped in the plan from Day One and that's how we keep on improving year after year. It's going to be a long-term process, but with that kind of athlete we have the luxury to do some long-term objectives because I do believe he's got very, very good potential.
"He won't gain 10, 12 pounds in a year. The objective is to try to get four or five pounds of quality muscle every year for the next four or five years. So ultimately, that's going to bring him around age] 21, 22 and he'll be around 220 [pounds]."
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Lamoureux's workouts on and off the ice will be powered by the meal plan Bombardier has put together. He's worked with Lamoureux since 2020 and crafts a daily plan during the offseason that will allow Lamoureux to have the energy needed to burn through his on- and off-ice workouts at Dube's gym, Centre Performe Plus in Boisbriand, Quebec.
A normal day will start with a breakfast high in carbohydrates, usually four scrambled eggs, a bowl of cinnamon oatmeal with fruit, orange juice and a cup of diced watermelon. A post-workout smoothie includes 20-30 grams of protein powder and orange juice, frozen mango and frozen pineapple to provide hydration and more carbohydrates to refuel his glycogen levels.
Lunch generally is a rice bowl with fish, beef or chicken, and an olive oil dressing. The goal is for him to consume about 1,000 calories, with carbs from the rice, protein from the meat and some fat from the dressing.
Dinner would be a chicken wrap with a Caesar salad.
Lamoureux is also encouraged to have smart snacks during the day, either energy bites or fruit, and at night those snacks can be yogurt, beef jerky, more fruit or protein bars.
"I just put in a plan where I made sure that he got the right nutrition at the right time throughout his day," Bombardier said. "If he was training at 10, making sure he has breakfast around 7, 7:30. Having carbs to make sure he gets enough to go through his practices and his lifts, make sure after his workout he gets enough protein, etc. From the time I got his target goal in calories, I just kind of built a plan around that and just break it down throughout the day and make sure he gets all the stuff he needs."
Lamoureux already feels the work he's doing is paying off. He said he felt stronger on his skates this season without losing any of his mobility. He had 24 points (four goals, 20 assists) in 54 games and is No. 20 on
NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters
.
"His skating is real good in all aspects," Jean-Francois Damphousse of Central Scouting said. "Speed-wise, but also agility, mobility. His backward stride is smooth, he pivots well, agility, edge work. Every aspect of the skating that a scout could look at, I think Maveric has it covered as far as the size and strength ratio. It's up there with anybody.
"He's an intriguing player because he's not that stay-at-home defenseman, off the glass, hard rim. … He'll hit the stretch pass. He'll try to hit the center support. Is he always accurate? No, but I think he's got the right mindset, a good IQ, he reads the play well. I think it's just a matter of getting more reps, more experience and the execution will come along."
Lamoureux said he tries to pattern his game after Colton Parayko of the St. Louis Blues and Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"They're both two big defensemen