Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
Desnoyers is competitive and has great habits. He’s committed to playing defense, supporting pucks, staying in good positions and not cheating for offense. He gets glowing reviews as a winner that people gravitate around. He’s opportunistic and gets open really well. He excels in the faceoff circle. He involves himself in play, he can carry and hold pucks or play off his linemates in give-and-gos, he has a real feel for the game offensively, and he’s consistently impactful. While he’s not a dynamic skater or individual creator, I see plenty of skill and have seen him make plenty of high-skill plays (including a Michigan goal and a ton of high-IQ, quick-hands plays in tight/in traffic) and he’s a better skater than his older brother Elliot was at the same age. If he can add a little more pace and muscle, he’s going to have a long career as an important center who contributes to winning on good teams. He has had a very comparable QMJHL career and impact to Nico Hischier and Pierre-Luc Dubois, who were both also top-five picks. He’s more Hischier than PLD, too.
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