Cole Hutson

D · 20.3 years old · NCAA 25-26

Drafted 2024 · round 2, 43 overall, WSH

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 NCAA season we do not model would look like analysis and be a guess.

This season · 26-27

NHL

League

1.00

P/GP

1.00

NHL-equiv. P/GP

20.2

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: NCAA + NHL, 49 GP, 0.47 NHL-equivalent at 19.2, after 0.51 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
Roman Josi D	#38, 2008	6'1"	09-10 Swiss NL	26	21	0.44	1031	780	0.76	96 P in 80 GP, 21-22
Michael Del Zotto D	#20, 2008	6'0"	09-10 NHL	80	37	0.46	736	262	0.36	41 P in 77 GP, 11-12
Tony DeAngelo D	#19, 2014	5'10"	14-15 OHL	55	89	0.45	483	264	0.55	53 P in 68 GP, 19-20
Adam Fox D	#66, 2016	5'10"	17-18 NCAA	29	28	0.40	488	424	0.87	74 P in 78 GP, 21-22
Kris Letang D	#62, 2005	6'0"	06-07 NHL + QMJHL	47	54	0.35	1236	807	0.65	68 P in 78 GP, 21-22

5 of 5 played 200 or more NHL games. 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	NCAA	35	10	22	32	0.91	26
24-25	NCAA	39	14	34	48	1.23	64
23-24	USHL	19	3	9	12	0.63	14
22-23	USHL	32	4	21	25	0.78	52

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.