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“Caleb Desnoyers will be better than Pierre-Luc Dubois and Alexis Lafrenière”
Michaël Petit
“Caleb Desnoyers will be better than Pierre-Luc Dubois and Alexis Lafrenière”
Credit: The 2025 NHL amateur draft is the talk of the town, as there’s no real consensus. Even the very first pick (despite the fact that Matthew Schaefer seems to be the logical choice) has not been established, as the New York Islanders are in dire need of some punch up front. Picking a Michael Misa, […]

The 2025 NHL amateur draft is the talk of the town, as there’s no real consensus.

Even the very first pick (despite the fact that Matthew Schaefer seems to be the logical choice) has not been established, as the New York Islanders are in dire need of some punch up front. Picking a Michael Misa, or even a James Hagens could (and should) be an option the Islanders consider to fill this need.

For the rare time, a Québécois has stood out since the start of the season with impressive statistics, and is quietly climbing the draft ladder.

Caleb Desnoyers could indeed break into the top-5 this year.

The last Québécois to be drafted in the top-5 are Alexis Lafrenière (#1 in 2020) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (#3 in 2016).

Mathias Brunet has his own opinion on Desnoyers’ potential.

He thinks he’ll be better than PLD and Lafrenière.

Even if PLD and Lafrenière never played to their full potential, they still have respectable careers, despite their ups and downs.

Lafrenière has 193 points in 380 games, while Dubois has 408 points in 598 games.

And it’s pretty hard to determine just how much better a prospect playing in the QMJHL can become than this or that player, since he’s only played against players 20 and under. Not to mention the fact that the QMJHL isn’t the best development league at junior level.

But Brunet seems to be confident.

After all, since the start of the season, Desnoyers has done nothing but improve and impress scouts and fans alike. During the season, he totalled 84 points in 56 games, while in the QMJHL playoffs, he amassed no less than 30 points in 19 short games.

And let’s not forget that the product of the Gaulois de Saint-Hyacinthe brings a lot more to the table than just his offensive touch, as he’s quite responsible defensively, as well as being a physical player.

On the other hand, after two Memorial Cup games, the Saint-Hyacinthe native seems to be struggling a bit, as he still hasn’t blackened the score sheet and doesn’t appear as intense as usual.

It’s only two games away, though, and a prospect of Desnoyers’ calibre could very well bounce back next game with three or four points.


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