"I think he'll come back next year and really evolve on the skating side, but I don't think it's really a concern to me. It'll improve in the next couple of years with more training and a more physically mature body, but his mind is A-1."
Among QMJHL defensemen, Luneau was tied for 11th with 12 goals and was 15th with 43 points in 63 games. He also had 20 power-play points (three goals, 17 assists) and two shorthanded points (one goal, one assist).
"I like to think of myself as a two-way defenseman and my biggest strength is really my hockey IQ," he said. "I generate offense with it and am creative in the offensive zone; I generate a lot of my offense through rushes and transitions, making it easy for the forwards and players.
"I'm working on my physicality; it's something I want to bring more into my game in becoming harder to play against."
Luneau said he was grateful to share the ice with Chabot, but said he watches a lot of video of Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy and New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba.
"I think they're two defensemen I like watching because I think I have the potential to play like them," Luneau said. "They're both good two-way defensemen, really hard to play against, have good size and they know how to use it. They can generate a lot of offense in the offensive end and they're really creative."
Luneau credits his mother, Nadia, who is a figure-skating coach, for his mobility on his skates.
"My mother was my first skating coach and my dad was my first hockey coach," he said. "I grew up in an environment where hockey was really dominant and my three brothers all played hockey growing up, but two of them decided to do some something else. Our lives are all about hockey, playing in the backyard, on our outside rink. There's a lot of fun memories."
