Braeden Cootes

C · 19.6 years old · AHL 26-27

Drafted 2025 · round 1, 15 overall, VAN

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 · 26-27

AHL

League

0.50

P/GP

0.22

NHL-equiv. P/GP

19.6

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: WHL + NHL, 20 GP, 0.32 NHL-equivalent at 18.6, after 0.29 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	#33, 2009	6'0"	09-10 NHL	81	26	0.32	1234	898	0.73	77 P in 82 GP, 18-19
Phillip Danault LW	#26, 2011	6'0"	11-12 QMJHL + AHL	69	73	0.30	787	411	0.52	54 P in 82 GP, 22-23
Ryan O'Marra C	#15, 2005	6'2"	05-06 OHL + AHL	69	82	0.34	33	7	0.21	5 P in 21 GP, 10-11
Zach Boychuk C	#14, 2008	5'10"	08-09 NHL + WHL + AHL	47	58	0.35	127	30	0.24	9 P in 31 GP, 09-10
Morgan Klimchuk LW	#28, 2013	5'11"	13-14 WHL + AHL	61	74	0.34	1	0	0.00	0 P in 1 GP, 17-18

2 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
26-27	AHL	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
25-26	WHL	17	10	13	23	1.35	2
24-25	WHL	60	26	37	63	1.05	18
23-24	WHL	64	14	21	35	0.55	16

AHL / WHL game log

Date	League		Opp	G	A	P	PIM	SOG	+/-
2026-10-03	AHL	@	CGY	1	0	1	0	5	-1
2026-10-02	AHL	@	CGY	0	0	0	0	4	-2
2026-03-20	WHL	vs	SAS	1	1	2	2	8	+1
2026-03-17	WHL	vs	REG	1	2	3	0	3	+2
2026-03-14	WHL	@	REG	0	1	1	0	4	0
2026-03-13	WHL	vs	MJ	1	3	4	0	4	+3
2026-03-03	WHL	vs	RD	0	2	2	0	1	+2
2026-02-28	WHL	vs	PG	0	0	0	0	3	0
2026-02-27	WHL	vs	PEN	1	0	1	0	5	0
2026-02-21	WHL	vs	SC	0	0	0	0	3	0
2026-02-20	WHL	@	MJ	1	1	2	0	9	+1
2026-02-16	WHL	vs	MJ	0	1	1	0	0	+1
2026-02-14	WHL	vs	SAS	0	0	0	0	3	+1
2026-02-13	WHL	@	BDN	0	0	0	0	1	-1
2026-02-10	WHL	vs	REG	1	1	2	0	3	+1
2026-02-07	WHL	vs	BDN	1	2	3	0	6	+2
2026-02-06	WHL	vs	LET	1	2	3	2	4	+2
2026-02-04	WHL	vs	CGY	1	0	1	0	3	-1
2026-02-01	WHL	@	SAS	1	0	1	0	5	+1
2026-01-31	WHL	vs	SAS	0	0	0	0	4	-1
2026-01-27	WHL	@	MJ	0	2	2	0	4	+1
2026-01-24	WHL	vs	MH	0	2	2	0	2	+1
2026-01-23	WHL	@	SC	1	2	3	10	3	+3
2026-01-22	WHL	@	MJ	1	0	1	0	6	0
2026-01-20	WHL	vs	VIC	0	0	0	0	2	0
2026-01-17	WHL	@	MH	1	1	2	0	4	+3
2026-01-16	WHL	@	LET	0	0	0	0	2	+1
2026-01-13	WHL	vs	BDN	0	2	2	0	3	+1
2026-01-10	WHL	vs	EDM	1	1	2	0	4	0
2026-01-09	WHL	vs	SC	0	0	0	2	5	0
2025-12-07	WHL	vs	SPO	1	0	1	0	3	-1
2025-12-06	WHL	@	POR	0	0	0	0	6	-2
2025-12-05	WHL	vs	KEL	0	1	1	0	7	-1
2025-11-30	WHL	@	VIC	2	0	2	0	6	+1
2025-11-26	WHL	vs	SC	0	2	2	0	4	+2
2025-11-22	WHL	vs	REG	1	0	1	0	3	+2
2025-11-21	WHL	vs	VIC	1	0	1	0	6	+1
2025-11-14	WHL	vs	PA	0	0	0	0	4	-2
2025-11-11	WHL	vs	WEN	0	1	1	0	3	+1
2025-11-08	WHL	vs	VAN	2	4	6	0	5	+2
2025-11-07	WHL	@	PEN	0	1	1	0	2	0
2025-11-01	WHL	vs	PG	0	1	1	0	2	+1
2025-10-31	WHL	vs	SAS	1	0	1	0	4	+1
2025-10-25	WHL	@	PG	2	1	3	0	3	+1
2025-10-24	WHL	@	PG	0	0	0	0	4	-3
2025-10-18	WHL	vs	WEN	0	2	2	2	7	+2
2025-10-17	WHL	vs	PG	0	0	0	0	5	-2