This year’s Flyers draft class has been met with plenty of praise. In an offseason where routines were interrupted and traditional ways of gathering information on prospects were postponed, the team had to think a little outside the box. That’s exactly what they did with fifth-round prospect Elliot Desnoyers.
The team actually moved up to acquire his services, trading away a pair of seventh-round picks to Nashville. There was clearly a vote of confidence that this was the right move, but where did it come from?
At 5’11, 172 lbs, the left-winger started his 2020 season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey league with Halifax after a trade.