2025 NHL Entry Draft

[Kobe Armstrong]

Murtagh is getting some love in the top-20 now

I like him with our 2nd pick, good size and plays north-south aggressively, Jimmy Snuggerud style pick

 

[Gustave]

Sandpaper like Bear would inject some much needed edge on this soft team. I guess he’ll be a tweener between our first and CGY’s pick so we’ll need Hugo to pay up, which I’m all for.

And if we get the first, I’ll predict Schaeffer will be impossible to ignore.

These are my two guys. Bear needs to be a Habs, it’s bordering on essential.

 

[SpeedyPotato]

I want Schaefer, I don’t care about anyone else right now

 

[Revansky]

We need a number 1 D. Schaeffer would make our D so much better.

 

[Lockin17]

I was really high on Misa, let's hope he have a better game tonight

 

[Nevins]

According to Stanley 25, the Canadian (Nick Bobrov, Martin Lapointe and Serge Boisvert) went observed the young Caleb Desnoyers several times since the start of the season, especially in Quebec.Stanley25: le CH épie de près un jeune joueur de centre québécois

 

[KevSkillz4]

According to Stanley 25, the Canadian (Nick Bobrov, Martin Lapointe and Serge Boisvert) went observed the young Caleb Desnoyers several times since the start of the season, especially in Quebec.Stanley25: le CH épie de près un jeune joueur de centre québécois

I really like Desnoyers. He is going to be a better player than PLD to me.

After Schaefer, Hagens, Martone and Misa, I would really like grab Desnoyers, if Sennecke go #3 in 2024 draft, Desnoyers can easily go #5-10 in this year draft.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

No shit. That's not the point. My point was that a shit league can be misleading. It is a shit league. Take off the obvious fleur-de-lys glasses and put down the blue and white pompoms for a minute and look up its graduates of the last 10 years. Hockey Quebec as a whole is in a truly dark era and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel with how good the US program is becoming.

I wish it was better, but it's not. I'm far from the only one saying this. It's pretty much a concensus now, and people like you cheerleading it no matter what, doesn't help. If you can't be critical of the things you like, you end-up being simply a fanboy.

Truth hurts , time heals all

I want Schaefer, I don’t care about anyone else right now

I like the two C's , Schaefer looks incredible though

 

[Nevins]

According to QMJHL data Desnoyer is 6'2''. His stats on Face Off =63.4% which is very good. Yesterday, during the CHL vs USA game, he was playing center between Misa and Martone which seems to suggest that he is in his place as a center. The Habs really need top 6 center and only Hage seems qualified as a prospect for the 2nd center position.

 

[Artaud]

According to QMJHL data Desnoyer is 6'2''. His stats on Face Off =63.4% which is very good. Yesterday, during the CHL vs USA game, he was playing center between Misa and Martone which seems to suggest that he is in his place as a center. The Habs really need top 6 center and only Hage seems qualified as a prospect for the 2nd center position.View attachment 936468

Tall, mobile, gritty with a good shot and playmaking, but doesn't have highlight reel stickhandling. He might never be a superstar, but it's easy to project a top 6 center here.

I imagine the Habs are thinking they might improve a bit and not end up in the bottom 3 or 4 teams, at which point Desnoyers is one of the top choices. It makes total sense to scout him in that case, since he's playing in their backyard.

We know, and they know, that there will be outrage until the end of time if they pass on the Quebec kid and he ends up a stud.

 

[Hannibal]

Like i said, he has a chance to be ahead of Misa on my list at the draft. Desnoyers is the real deal. Its a rare thing in quebec that we produce that kind of player.

Pit him in the OHL and he would be right up there with Misa and Martone.

 

[Vachon23]

Desnoyers is not only a great player but a great person that have all the tools to succeed.

I know someone in the Gaulois staff, where he played his U18 AAA and he told me he was the best kid he ever had (without talking about the hockey skills). His work ethic, his competitiveness, his leadership, his dedication are all top notch.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

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Physical so far and has some good speed for his size, but not the best balance/odd skating style.

That's literally one shift though.

 

[Hannibal]

Desnoyers is solid.

He’ll end up in front of misa on my list, me think.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Really impressed with Desnoyers.

Haven’t seen him as much as some, but he always looks dialed-in, ready for anything.

If Habs pick fifth or sixth, he looks like a great take there.

Nice mix of moxy and money.

 

[Jabba11]

Caleb Desnoyers is the next best thing out of Quebec. Much needed successful players from the Q in this league. If we want good Quebecois, we need to draft them. This kid, not only he's Quebecois, he's a gamer and has all the tools to be a top 2C for us. I don't care, his upside is better than Suzuki's hahaha

You guys saw his physical play behind the net when he hit the American kid? And yesterday, he finished his check on Trethewey and then got pushed to the ice and when Trethewey was skating away, Caleb pulled his jersey back and start roughing him up. Love seeing that

 

[Hannibal]

Caleb Desnoyers is the next best thing out of Quebec. Much needed successful players from the Q in this league. If we want good Quebecois, we need to draft them. This kid, not only he's Quebecois, he's a gamer and has all the tools to be a top 2C for us. I don't care, his upside is better than Suzuki's hahaha

You guys saw his physical play behind the net when he hit the American kid? And yesterday, he finished his check on Trethewey and then got pushed to the ice and when Trethewey was skating away, Caleb pulled his jersey back and start roughing him up. Love seeing that

He’s my kind of player. We need him.

 

[Agalloch]

I would prefer a center draft this summer (top 10 pick), Desnoyers SHOULD be a target.

 

[Habitant#1]

I don't know about Desnoyers.

If a player's ceiling is a 2C and they don't quite hit then you have a 3C... That's not particularly enticing.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't know about Desnoyers.

If a player's ceiling is a 2C and they don't quite hit then you have a 3C... That's not particularly enticing.

That's the nature of the draft class. If you're not picking top 4, you're looking at players who are more 2nd liners that you hope pop for more. Not gonna be anyone that's a surefire first liner after that group.

 

[HuGort]

That's the nature of the draft class. If you're not picking top 4, you're looking at players who are more 2nd liners that you hope pop for more. Not gonna be anyone that's a surefire first liner after that group.

From 5 to 10 I don't see much difference. From Spence, McQueen, Frondell, Ryabkin, Eklund to Hensler. It depends more on team needs.

 

[Hannibal]

It’s official, my prospect crush beside Marton is Desnoyers.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

That's the nature of the draft class. If you're not picking top 4, you're looking at players who are more 2nd liners that you hope pop for more. Not gonna be anyone that's a surefire first liner after that group.

Problem is, some are talking of Desnoyers as if he's on par with the top 4.

 

[Vachon23]

Personally, give me the #2 C that is the total package before a top line winger

 

[DrBizz4r3]

I think the only draft i wanted the 1st overall more than this year is Bedard. There is never a certitude with prospects, but Schaefer is damned close to a sure 1D. It would be such a homerun to gain a top D on the league