Inside BU’s Rising Star Tynan Lawrence, the Tense Malhotra-Desnoyers Rivalry, and Secret Olympic Prospects for 2026
Desnoyers had a greater pedigree coming into his draft year, though. He was the first pick in the Q, he’d played and won gold at U18 worlds as an underager with Canada that spring and was coming off a 56-in-60 season at 16 and was on the QMJHL’s All-Rookie Team. Malhotra wasn’t viewed as a top-10 pick coming into his draft year, and Desnoyers was in that conversation in his.
Desnoyers was also a little more productive in his draft year (he finished with 114 points in 75 combined regular-season and playoff games) and won QMJHL Playoffs MVP, and Malhotra is currently playing at a 102-point 75-game pace. There’s a very real possibility that Brantford wins the OHL title and Malhotra is playing in the Memorial Cup a year after Desnoyers did, and if Malhotra continues to play like he has this year, I think there’s a scenario where he goes as high as Desnoyers did in the draft.
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