Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Desjardins an tsara shi ne na 38 a cikin 1987 NHL Entry Draft
da Montreal Canadiens daga Granby Bisons na Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Bayan ya buga wasa daya a Granby, sai ya koma kungiyar Sherbrooke Canadiens ta American Hockey League (AHL) a lokacin da ya fara buga wasan farko a cikin bazara na 1988, yana buga wasanni uku na yau da kullun da wasanni hudu na wasan kwaikwayo. Ya fara aikinsa na NHL a 1988-89 tare da kwallaye biyu da taimakawa goma sha biyu a wasanni 36. Ya kuma taka leda a wasanni 14 na wasan kwaikwayo a kan hanyar Montreal zuwa 1989 Stanley Cup Finals, rashin nasara a kan Calgary Flames.