Dumais skated in his rookie season in the AHL with the Cleveland Monsters in 2024-2025, hoping to get back to playing consistent hockey. Dumais was a force in the QMJHL where point totals are often arcade level. His age 18 season points per game rate of 2.19 was higher than that of 18 year old Alexis Lafreniere’s 2.15, Connor Garland’s 2.06 or Joshua Roy’s age 18 and 19 1.80. In fact, his points per game rate is the second highest of any age player since 2009 behind only Jonathan Drouin’s age 18 2.35.

Despite QMJHL numbers always skewing high, his 54 goals and 86 assists in 64 games in 2022-2023 stands out. Since then, however, several injuries and an impaired driving charge have kept him off the ice.

His 21 games this prior season saw him score four goals and add seven assists, and seeing some powerplay time. Five of his seven assists were primary, which shows- in a small sample size- a knack for playmaking. He also shot 17.4%, which is unlikely to remain as high over a long period, let alone at the NHL level.

The incredible junior pedigree, the injuries and off-season problem interrupting his development, and the small sample size in his AHL debut leaves predicting his future value a difficult task. It would be fair to say his perceived value in fantasy circles has hit a low, and he could be acquired cheaply. You would need to have room to stash him on your farm team and hope that he can get back to his previous level of performance and earn his way to Columbus as a middle-six playmaker.

He would be worth holding onto if you already roster him to see how this season progresses, or buying low and watching as well, but limit your investment as there is not much certainty here at present.