The NHL Central Scouting has just released its second rankings of the season, listing the top prospects to watch ahead of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
The list features a total of 41 QMJHL players that have garnered the attention of NHL scouting experts so far this year. From the lot, three forwards have been identified as potential first-round selections; Moncton’s Caleb Desnoyers, Blainville-Boisbriand’s Justin Carbonneau and Rouyn-Noranda’s Bill Zonnon.
Additionally, four other QMJHLers have been projected as second-round picks; Saint John’s Zachary Morin, Blainville-Boisbriand’s Mateo Nobert, Québec’s Nathan Quinn and Chicoutimi’s Émile Guité.
The Q is also very well represented in terms of goaltenders, with six appearing in the North American mid-term rankings, including two netminders ranked in the Top 5 and four in the Top 10.
The second list also includes five prospects taken at the CHL Import Draft that are suiting up in the QMJHL: Germany’s Carlos Handel (Halifax) and Julius Sumpf (Moncton), Latvia’s Linus Feldbergs (Sherbrooke), Slovakia’s Andreas Straka (Québec) and Russia’s Eduard Bondar (Val-d’Or).
With five players ranked by NHL Central Scouting each, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Québec Remparts are the QMJHL franchises with the most prospects listed so far.
Here are the QMJHL players ranked on the NHL CSS’ second list:
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7 | DESNOYERS, Caleb – MONCTON – C
13 | CARBONNEAU, Justin – BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND – RW
29 | ZONNON, Bill – ROUYN-NORANDA – RW
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47 | MORIN, Zachary – SAINT JOHN – LW
53 | NOBERT, Mateo – BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND – C
56 | QUINN, Nathan – QUÉBEC – C
61 | GUITÉ, Émile – CHICOUTIMI – LW
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66 | HANDEL, Carlos – HALIFAX – D
78 | REYNOLDS, Will – ACADIE-BATHURST – D
82 | STRAKA, Andreas – QUÉBEC – RW
90 | HUANG, Alex – CHICOUTIMI – D
93 | MATHIEU, Alexis – BAIE-COMEAU – D
94 | CONRAD, Owen – CHARLOTTETOWN – D
96 | KILFOIL, Liam – HALIFAX – C
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102 | ALLISON, Drew – BAIE-COMEAU – D
108 | SUMPF, Julius – MONCTON – C
110 | BONDAR, Eduard – VAL-D’OR – D
112 | LABRE, Maddox – VICTORIAVILLE – D
124 | GOSSELIN, Alonso – CHICOUTIMI – D
126 | LABERGE, Noah – ACADIE-BATHURST – D
128 | CARBONNEAU, Alexandre – BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND – D
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137 | GROULX, Olivier – SAINT JOHN – C
140 | CLOUTIER, Rafael – BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND – LW
145 | SEYMOUR, Jabez – CHARLOTTETOWN – C
153 | VERMETTE, Emmanuel – CHICOUTIMI – LW
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162 | HYNES, Carter – QUÉBEC – D
167 | MURPHY, Will – CAPE BRETON – D
171 | DUBÉ, Elliot – SAINT JOHN – C
172 | VEILLEUX, Philippe – VAL-D’OR – LW
182 | LEBEL, Xavier – QUÉBEC – RW
184 | LAMPRON, Olivier – SHERBROOKE – RW
189 | DESJARDINS, Vincent – BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND – C
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194 | CARRIER, Shawn – HALIFAX – LW
204 | LECOMPTE, Nathan – CHICOUTIMI – C
210 | LAVIGNE, Mael – RIMOUSKI – C
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GOALTENDERS
3 | BECKMAN, Lucas – BAIE-COMEAU – G*
4 | MELOCHE, Samuel – ROUYN-NORANDA – G*
7 | DENAULT, Louis-Antoine – QUÉBEC – G*
8 | D’AIGLE, Gabriel – VICTORIAVILLE – G*
20 | FELDBERGS, Linards – SHERBROOKE – G*
32 | LANGEVIN, Mathis – RIMOUSKI – G*
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