Brendan Smith

D · 37.7 years old · AHL 25-26

Drafted 2007 · round 1, 27 overall, DET

He does not play in the NHL yet, so this page carries what he has actually done rather than what we project. No forecast, no category value and no draft ranking: we model NHL seasons, and putting a number on a AHL season we do not model would look like analysis and be a guess.

This season · 25-26

AHL + NHL

League

0.12

P/GP

0.09

NHL-equiv. P/GP

36.6

Age

Trajectory · NHL-equivalent points per game

Each season's points per game times its league's translation factor (for example SHL 0.59, Liiga 0.54, AHL 0.44, Allsvenskan 0.38, CHL 0.28, J20 0.18): what a league's scoring has historically been worth in the NHL. A scoring translation, not a rating. A short current season is drawn lighter.

Players with a similar profile

Drafted players from 2005 to 2019 (3,192 of them, including the ones who never made it) whose season at his age looked most like his 25-26: AHL + NHL, 26 GP, 0.09 NHL-equivalent at 36.6, after 0.19 the year before. Also matched on draft slot, height, playing against adults. Then their NHL careers.

Player	Drafted	Ht	At his age	GP	P	NHLe	NHL GP	NHL P	P/GP	Best NHL season
Marc Staal D	#12, 2005	6'4"	23-24 NHL	35	5	0.14	1136	234	0.21	29 P in 77 GP, 10-11
Vladimir Mihalik D	#30, 2005	6'8"	23-24 Slovakia	27	5	0.07	15	3	0.20	3 P in 11 GP, 08-09
Daniel Rahimi D	#82, 2006	6'3"	23-24 Allsvenskan	50	8	0.06	0	0	–	never played in the NHL
Juraj Mikus D	#134, 2007	6'4"	25-26 Slovakia	42	11	0.09	0	0	–	never played in the NHL
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	#35, 2005	6'1"	23-24 NHL	57	12	0.21	1323	379	0.29	39 P in 67 GP, 15-16

2 of 5 played 200 or more NHL games; 2 never played in the NHL. How players like this turned out, not a forecast for him.

Season by season

Season	League	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM
25-26	AHL	11	0	1	1	0.09	8

AHL game log

Date		Opp	A	P	PIM	SOG	+/-
2025-11-22	vs	HER	0	0	0	0	-2
2025-11-20	vs	HER	0	0	2	2	0
2025-11-16	@	CHI	1	1	0	0	0
2025-11-15	@	CHI	0	0	2	4	0
2025-11-08	vs	PRO	0	0	2	0	0
2025-11-07	vs	PRO	0	0	0	2	-1
2025-11-01	@	MIL	0	0	0	1	+1
2025-10-31	@	MIL	0	0	0	2	0
2025-10-25	vs	ROC	0	0	2	0	0
2025-10-18	vs	LV	0	0	0	4	0
2025-10-17	vs	LV	0	0	0	0	-3