Mason Appleton
C · 30.7 years old · NCAA 16-17
Drafted 2015 · round 6, 168 overall, WPG
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.
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: NHL, 65 GP, 0.21 NHL-equivalent at 29.7, after 0.31 the year before. Also matched on draft slot, height, playing against adults and centre or wing. Then their NHL careers.
| Player | Drafted | Ht | At his age | GP | P | NHLe | NHL GP | NHL P | P/GP | Best NHL season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis McKenzie LW | #159, 2009 | 6'2" | 20-21 AHL | 26 | 13 | 0.22 | 99 | 23 | 0.23 | 16 P in 53 GP, 16-17 |
| Daniel Pribyl C | #168, 2011 | 6'3" | 22-23 Czechia | 25 | 11 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | – | never played in the NHL |
| Rodrigo Abols C | #184, 2016 | 6'4" | 25-26 NHL | 42 | 10 | 0.24 | 64 | 15 | 0.23 | 10 P in 42 GP, 25-26 |
| Alan Quine C | #166, 2013 | 5'11" | 22-23 AHL | 64 | 27 | 0.19 | 106 | 28 | 0.26 | 18 P in 61 GP, 16-17 |
| Andreas Thuresson F | #144, 2007 | 6'1" | 17-18 KHL + Swiss NL | 51 | 17 | 0.20 | 25 | 3 | 0.12 | 3 P in 22 GP, 09-10 |
0 of 5 played 200 or more NHL games; 1 never played in the NHL. How players like this turned out, not a forecast for him.
| Season | League | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-17 | NCAA | 35 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0.89 | 37 |
| 15-16 | NCAA | 37 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0.59 | 32 |
| 14-15 | USHL | 54 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 0.74 | 84 |
No games recorded since we started tracking him. The log is built by comparing his season totals from one morning to the next, so it begins the first time they move.