QMJHL 2025-26 Season Preview: 2026 emerging as Xavier Villeneuve and Blainville-Boisbriand's year

The Junior hockey landscape is ever-shifting — more prospects than ever are looking to Canadian markets for their next opportunities. Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of that shift is the QMJHL.

After the Moncton Wildcats cruised their way to a QMJHL Championship and Memorial Cup appearance, half their roster aged out. Their centrepiece, now-captain Caleb Desnoyers, will have a few new key pieces to work with, but the team’s reign at the top of the QMJHL’s power rankings may very well be coming to an end.

The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada seem to be headed for the top of the league, with one of 2026’s top draft-eligibles and two first-rounders from 2025 on their roster, among a plethora of other high-end prospects. Who will contend with that level of talent? How successful will the league’s va