How things can change in one season...
Desharnais and Pacioretty were destroying the AHL at the start of last season.
They were both called up at the same time and haven't disappointing since.
Since the call up:
Pacioretty: 79 games, 29 goals, 56 pts
Desharnais: 88 games, 15 goals, 53 pts
Right now, Desharnais is the 12th best center in the NHL with 24 assists.
I mean how many people have actually heard of Desharnais prior to this season?
He has
54 pts in 94 games... at the same age St. Louis had
60 pts in 147 games.
Both players went undrafted due to their size. Not saying he will become anything close to St. Louis but at 850k for 2 more years, he has a good chance of being our top scorer at the end of the year.
+ he's French Canadian.