Prospects

Non-debuted prospects only: drafted or signed players who have not played an NHL game. Ranked by expected peak NHL scoring pace, from a model fitted to what 2012–18 draftees actually became.

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#	Player	Pos	League	Age	Org	Draft	P/GP	Season	NHLe	P(NHL)	ETA	Upside p25 · p50 · p90	Score▼
1	Caleb Malhotra	C	OHL	18.3	VAN	VAN '26 #3	1.25	25-26	30.8	97%	1.4y (19.7)	4568105	76.0
2	Jake O'Brien	C	OHL	19.3	SEA	SEA '25 #8	1.75	25-26	43.2	92%	0.8y (20.1)	467195	69.0
3	Chase Reid	D	OHL	18.8	SEA	SEA '26 #7	1.07	25-26	26.2	85%	1.7y (20.5)	244379	61.3
4	Nikita Klepov	RW	OHL	18.3	ANA	ANA '26 #15	1.45	25-26	35.6	92%	2.3y (20.6)	335391	55.2
5	Egor Surin	C	KHL	20.2	NSH	NSH '24 #22	0.65	25-26	41	79%	2.2y (22.4)	183372	54.6
6	Alexander Zharovsky	RW	KHL	19.6	MTL	MTL '25 #34	0.71	25-26	44.9	69%	1.6y (21.2)	193473	52.9
7	Michael Hage	C	NCAA	20.5	MTL	MTL '24 #21	1.33	25-26	44.8	69%	2.3y (22.8)	43081	51.4
8	Carson Carels	D	WHL	18.3	CGY	CGY '26 #6	1.26	25-26	31	72%	1.7y (20)	164377	51.2
9	Daxon Rudolph	D	WHL	18.6	BUF	BUF '26 #4	1.15	25-26	28.2	82%	1.6y (20.2)	244979	51.1
10	Keaton Verhoeff	D	NCAA	18.3	SJS	SJS '26 #9	0.56	25-26	18.7	68%	1.6y (19.9)	154377	48.2
11	Cole Reschny	C	NCAA	19.5	CGY	CGY '25 #18	0.97	25-26	32.7	81%	1.8y (21.3)	294283	48.0
12	Cullen Potter	C	NCAA	19.7	CGY	CGY '25 #32	1.08	25-26	36.4	66%	2.5y (22.2)	163261	46.3
13	Caleb Desnoyers	C	LHJMQ	19.5	UTA	UTA '25 #4	1.73	25-26	39.8	95%	0.7y (20.2)	4371100	45.1
14	William Horcoff	C	NCAA	19.7	PIT	PIT '25 #24	0.97	25-26	32.8	64%	2.5y (22.2)	03265	44.9
15	Ethan Belchetz	LW	OHL	18.5	UTA	UTA '26 #17	1.04	25-26	25.5	85%	2.7y (21.2)	304587	44.6
16	Cole Eiserman	LW	NCAA	20.1	NYI	NYI '24 #20	0.88	25-26	29.4	68%	2.5y (22.6)	153058	44.1
17	Charlie Cerrato	C	NCAA	21.6	CAR	CAR '25 #49	1.17	25-26	39.5	81%	1.4y (23)	183165	43.9
18	Quentin Musty	F	AHL	21.2	SJS	SJS '23 #26	0.74	25-26	28.4	82%	1.7y (22.9)	183472	43.8
19	Wyatt Cullen	LW	USHL	18.1	NSH	NSH '26 #10	1.07	25-26	21	85%	3y (21.1)	314688	43.2
20	Roger McQueen	C	NCAA	20	ANA	ANA '25 #10	0.75	25-26	25.2	78%	1.9y (21.9)	273573	42.9
21	Benjamin Rautiainen	C	LIIGA	21.3	TBL	TBL '25 #108	1.31	25-26	59.9	74%	1.9y (23.2)	213364	42.2
22	Ethan Wyttenbach	LW	NCAA	19.6	CGY	CGY '25 #144	1.48	25-26	49.6	50%	2.5y (22.1)	02374	41.9
23	Tynan Lawrence	C	NCAA	18.2	STL	STL '26 #11	0.39	25-26	13.1	82%	3y (21.2)	304688	41.8
24	Vaclav Nestrasil	RW	NCAA	19.5	CHI	CHI '25 #25	0.91	25-26	30.7	67%	2.5y (22)	233571	41.5
25	Ryker Lee	RW	NCAA	19.9	NSH	NSH '25 #26	0.86	25-26	28.8	60%	2.4y (22.3)	163264	40.9
26	Ryan Roobroeck	LW	OHL	19	CHI	CHI '26 #35	1.18	25-26	29.1	86%	1.9y (20.9)	274687	40.7
27	Oscar Hemming	LW	NCAA	18.1	CBJ	CBJ '26 #14	0.42	25-26	14.2	79%	3.1y (21.2)	244588	40.7
28	Kashawn Aitcheson	D	OHL	20	NYI	NYI '25 #17	1.25	25-26	30.8	78%	2.3y (22.3)	162965	40.2
29	Jackson Smith	D	NCAA	19.4	CBJ	CBJ '25 #14	0.74	25-26	25	82%	1.7y (21.1)	153676	39.9
30	Jack Nesbitt	C	OHL	19.7	PHI	PHI '25 #12	1.05	25-26	25.9	74%	1.9y (21.6)	274073	38.7
31	Charlie Stramel	C	NCAA	22	MIN	MIN '23 #21	1.19	25-26	40	76%	1y (23)	42965	38.6
32	Matvei Korotky	C	KHL	20.8	STL	STL '24 #211	0.63	25-26	39.6	60%	2.3y (23.1)	02455	38.4
33	Tij Iginla	C	WHL	20.2	UTA	UTA '24 #6	1.88	25-26	46.1	95%	1.3y (21.5)	344897	38.1
34	Ilia Morozov	C	NCAA	18.2	BUF	BUF '26 #20	0.56	25-26	18.7	77%	3.4y (21.6)	194483	37.8
35	Liam Greentree	LW	OHL	20.8	NYR	LAK '24 #26	1.42	25-26	35	62%	2y (22.8)	02583	37.8
36	Liam Ruck	RW	WHL	18.6	PIT	PIT '26 #22	1.53	25-26	37.6	92%	2.5y (21.1)	315291	37.2
37	Filip Bystedt	F	AHL	22.7	SJS	SJS '22 #27	0.92	25-26	35.6	61%	0.9y (23.6)	02443	36.9
38	Yegor Borikov	RW	KHL	21.1	UTA	UTA '25 #110	0.51	25-26	32.1	64%	1.8y (22.9)	02555	36.6
39	Max Plante	LW	NCAA	20.6	DET	DET '24 #47	1.30	25-26	43.7	65%	2.2y (22.8)	03083	36.4
40	Andrew Cristall	LW	AHL	21.7	WSH	WSH '23 #40	0.83	25-26	32.1	77%	1.3y (23)	63053	36.2
41	Adam Novotny	LW	OHL	18.9	VAN	VAN '26 #24	1.12	25-26	27.6	78%	2.5y (21.4)	194173	36.0
42	Cole Beaudoin	C	OHL	20.4	NYR	UTA '24 #24	1.65	25-26	40.5	58%	2.4y (22.8)	42360	35.9
43	Dean Letourneau	C	NCAA	20.6	BOS	BOS '24 #25	1.08	25-26	36.4	47%	2.3y (22.9)	01236	34.4
44	Ryan Lin	D	WHL	18.5	SJS	SJS '26 #21	1.08	25-26	26.5	68%	1.5y (20)	153366	34.2
45	Carter Bear	LW	WHL	19.9	DET	DET '25 #13	1.45	25-26	35.7	78%	1.4y (21.3)	284285	33.7
46	Felix Nilsson	C	SHL	21.3	NSH	NSH '23 #43	0.77	25-26	49.2	81%	1.7y (23)	183262	33.3
47	Prokhor Poltapov	LW	KHL	23.7	BUF	BUF '21 #33	0.59	25-26	37.1	26%	0.8y (24.5)	0042	33.1
48	Jagger Firkus	F	AHL	22.4	SEA	SEA '22 #35	0.89	25-26	34.3	70%	1.2y (23.6)	02946	33.0
49	Elton Hermansson	RW	ALLSVENSKAN	18.7	LAK	LAK '26 #19	0.55	25-26	17.2	72%	2.9y (21.6)	03983	32.6
50	Maddox Dagenais	C	LHJMQ	18.5	STL	STL '26 #16	1.00	25-26	23	88%	2.7y (21.2)	314687	32.6

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P(NHL) is the share of a prospect's comparables who played 100+ NHL games; ETA the median arrival; the band their 25th–90th percentile peak scoring pace. The rank is a separate model fitted on those careers (production re-priced by league on real outcomes, change from last season, years since the draft): tested on the 2016–18 classes it ordered prospects at 0.498 rank correlation with their real NHL peak, against0.409 for ranking by the comparables alone. Rates are last season's until a player has 15 games this season. 126 ranked prospects have already played in the NHL and are off this board (top: Gavin McKenna 2 GP, Ivar Stenberg 1 GP, Porter Martone 11 GP, James Hagens 4 GP, Anton Frondell 14 GP, Konsta Helenius 10 GP, Trevor Connelly 2 GP, Viggo Björck 1 GP).