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It took Noah Juulsen a few days to come down out of the clouds and realize that yes, indeed, he was a member of the Canadiens organization.

The jersey he pulled on at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., on June 26, after he was selected 26th overall by the Habs in the first round of the National Hockey League entry draft, is bound for a frame back home in British Columbia. You only get one first jersey when an NHL team calls your name, and that CH-crested beauty is headed for a very special place.

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The 18-year-old defenceman probably didn’t need an airplane to fly in last week for the Canadiens’ development camp, which began its six-day run with Saturday medicals and fitness tests at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.

But Tuesday at noon, standing beneath his dressing-room nameplate, Juulsen’s feet were back firmly on the ground.

“I just think the organization is great,” he said. “They’ve welcomed me really, really well. The ice sessions and the testing have been good, and I just think everything here is really professional.

“I was in shock for the first day or two there,” Juulsen added of the reality of being drafted. “Then as it kind of settled in, I was thinking, ‘Did this actually happen?’ It was an amazing feeling, for sure.”