Florent Houle

October 2025 – Top-nine right wing for Sherbrooke with early PP2 looks and a hot start to the schedule. Houle’s toolkit is built on pace through hands, quick scans before first touch, and a sequence of cutbacks that move play from the wall to the interior. He protects with a low base, goes heel-to-heel to slip pressure, and finds quick give-and-go outlets rather than overhandling. Off puck he times arrivals into soft ice and supports as the third man high, creating second-touch offense. He can get stuck along the boards when heavy sticks trap him, and under contact his first pass can rush, so continued strength gains and quicker shoulder checks will help. For fantasy, production comes from even-strength goals off inside cuts plus secondary PP touches, with peripheral help from a physical style. If the shot holds from the dots and the retrieval-to-first-pass window tightens, a bottom-six NHL role with 40–50 point peak outcomes is realistic. Andrew Epps