After two difficult years for the draft of the National Hockey League (NHL), Quebec will be much better represented during the 2025 auction.
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Aged 17, Caleb Desnoyers is the best hope from the beautiful province and the seventh skater in North America on the list of the NHL recruitment center. He should logically hear his name among the first 10 selected players.
“It is sure that I am talked about by having a big season, but I try to focus on my game,” said the main interested party during an interview on the show JiC On TVA Sports.
He can also count on his brother Elliot, a hope of the Philadelphia flyers, to help him navigate through the stress of a year of draft.
“I am lucky to have a very good entourage, including my brother who has already passed through it,” said the Wildcats center player in Moncton. I am also lucky to have two very good parents who come from hockey families and my agents who do a very good job with that. ”
-If Desnoyers occupies a special place on most lists of experts as the draft approaches, it is largely thanks to its dazzling progression. After 37 games in 2024-2025, he already surpassed his statistics from the last campaign. His 60 points also give him the second row in the ranking of the best markers of the Junior Maritimes Quebec Hockey League (LHJMQ).
“Until now, it’s still going very well on a personal level. Aside from all this, it is the team that performed very well, I am lucky to evolve in the team which is the first in the league and to have very good trio companions, so you have to also that I give merit to my teammates. ”
The fact remains that its progress is worthy of mention. Last season, he had done very well at 16 with 56 points in 60 games. A year later, he already established himself among the most dangerous attackers on the circuit.
Is an invitation by Canadian training for the next World Junior World Cup?
“There is still work before going there, but it is certain that it would be an honor and a great pride to participate next year,” concluded Desnoyers.
