Gabe Smith, a 2024 fourth-round draft pick of Utah’s and a teammate of Desnoyers’ with the Moncton Wildcats, had nothing but praise for his now double teammate. “It’s a great addition on the ice — but then, as well, everybody is focused here, in this organization, on being great people,” Smith said. “I think we got one.”

The Utah Mammoth selected Caleb Desnoyers fourth overall at the 2025 NHL Draft. Here is why they thought he was the right pick.

While Caleb Desnoyers has played both wing and center during his time with the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL, he projects as a center at the professional level for myriad reasons. The most important of which is that he's an incredibly intelligent and detail-oriented forward who plays a solid, reliable 200-foot game.