C Caleb Desnoyers - Richelieu Gaulois, QM17E (2025 Draft)
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This guy has the chance to be the next great 2 way C in the NHL one day like a Couturier, O'Reilly type
I watched a lot of Sean Couturier (videos and in person) back during his time with the Voltigeurs. Caleb definitely has a meaner streak and mentality than Couts did. Couts was world class defender but Caleb seem to have that dogg mentality that I think will make him a tremendous player in the league.
Frondell has better tools in my opinion, but I like Desnoyers' hockey IQ more.
Right now I'd have Frondell slightly ahead in a draft ranking, but there's still lots of time for me to change my mind.
Fact of the matter is that I've already changed my mind on this very subject multiples times just this season alone.
Before and very early on in the season I had Frondell ahead of Desnoyers, then around mid-November I switched and had Desnoyers a bit higher, and now from late February-on I've had Frondell higher again.
I have however been consistent in where I see both players if we take the entire draft class into consideration; in the top-6/7 of all players available dating back to pre-season.
As much as I like Desnoyers, I do think his production is a little inflated this year, just because of the schedule.
In the Q, the schedule of Maritime teams is hugely skewed toward intra-division games: they play something like 60% of their games against each other. Which is really nice for a team like Moncton this year, because the rest of their division is pretty weak. Desnoyers has played a lot more games against basement teams than against contenders this season, and there's a pretty large disparity between how he produces against these groups (around 2 PP against the former, slightly under a PPG against the latter).
It's not a big deal; everyone who watches him play knows what he brings to the table regardless. But there is reason to question whether he has 1C upside. It's why I'm really curious how he does in the playoffs, against tougher opposition (and by playoffs, I mean from the semis onward; Moncton will likely sleepwalk through the first 2 rounds). Not that I doubt his ability to shine in high-pressure games (he's always played really well internationally), but I think it could make a big difference in where he's picked.
In the Q, the schedule of Maritime teams is hugely skewed toward intra-division games: they play something like 60% of their games against each other. Which is really nice for a team like Moncton this year, because the rest of their division is pretty weak. Desnoyers has played a lot more games against basement teams than against contenders this season, and there's a pretty large disparity between how he produces against these groups (around 2 PP against the former, slightly under a PPG against the latter).
It's not a big deal; everyone who watches him play knows what he brings to the table regardless. But there is reason to question whether he has 1C upside. It's why I'm really curious how he does in the playoffs, against tougher opposition (and by playoffs, I mean from the semis onward; Moncton will likely sleepwalk through the first 2 rounds). Not that I doubt his ability to shine in high-pressure games (he's always played really well internationally), but I think it could make a big difference in where he's picked.
