Prospect Rankings
Ranked by expected peak NHL production — not by junior points. Each prospect is matched to the players drafted 2012–2018 whose draft-stage profiles his most resembles, and carries what actually became of them: how many made it, when they arrived, and how good they got.
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How this is built. Each prospect's draft-stage profile — league-adjusted scoring (NHLe), his age that season, goal share, pedigree — is matched against every player drafted 2012–2018, including the ones who never made it. What you see is what happened to his 40 closest matches: P(NHL) is the share who reached 100+ NHL games, ETA the median age they became regulars, and the band their 25th–90th percentile peak scoring pace. The rank itself is the mean peak pace across all matches, busts counted as zero — so a flashy profile whose comps washed out ranks below a steadier one whose comps stuck.
Two stages, matched separately: a junior is compared to other juniors; an AHL/pro prospect (the PRO tag) to players who were at the same stage — so a 22-year-old producing in the AHL isn't judged against 18-year-olds. Pool: 1324 drafted players (734 with a pro-stage season), 32% made the NHL — the base rate any prospect is measured against. Skaters only: there is no NHLe for a goalie.
| # | Player | Pos | League | Age | Org | Draft | P/GP | NHLe | P(NHL) | ETA | Upside band | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Nikita Klepov★ | F | OHL | 18.1 | ANA | 26′ #15 | 1.45 | 35.6 | 93% | 2.1y @20.2 | 435794 | 59 |
| 781 | Eric Frossard | D | OHL | 18.6 | ANA* | 26′ #146 | 0.27 | 6.8 | 35% | 4.4y @23 | 0029 | 12.4 |
| 953 | Ethan Procyszyn | F | OHL | 20.1 | ANA* | 24′ #68 | 0.91 | 22.3 | 23% | 3.5y @23.6 | 0034 | 10.2 |
| 1138 | Noah Read | F | OHL | 19.6 | ANA* | 25′ #72 | 0.34 | 8.4 | 23% | 5.4y @25 | 0031 | 7.7 |
| 1296 | Darels Uljanskis | D | OHL | 20 | ANA* | 24′ #214 | 0.62 | 15.2 | 12% | 4.1y @24.1 | 0025 | 6.5 |
Who each prospect looks like
6. Nikita Klepov93% NHL · 2.1y
| Clayton Keller 16′#7 | 91 pk | 683 GP |
| Alex Nylander 16′#8 | 53 pk | 126 GP |
| Mikhail Grigorenko 12′#12 | 31 pk | 249 GP |
| Joel Farabee 18′#14 | 57 pk | 497 GP |
| Curtis Lazar 13′#17 | 29 pk | 617 GP |
781. Eric Frossard35% NHL · 4.4y
| Connor Clifton 13′#133 | 24 pk | 434 GP |
| Brian Cooper 12′#127 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Gage Ausmus 13′#151 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Will Butcher 13′#123 | 45 pk | 275 GP |
| Michael Brodzinski 13′#141 | never stuck | 0 GP |
953. Ethan Procyszyn23% NHL · 3.5y
| Ben Johnson 12′#90 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Jordan Martinook 12′#58 | 37 pk | 797 GP |
| Steven Hodges 12′#84 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| John Piccinich 14′#103 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Dylan Sadowy 14′#81 | never stuck | 0 GP |
1138. Noah Read23% NHL · 5.4y
| Tyrell Goulbourne 13′#72 | never stuck | 11 GP |
| Lane Zablocki 17′#79 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Joey Dudek 14′#152 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Linus Lindstrom 16′#96 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Mackenzie MacEachern 12′#67 | 16 pk | 131 GP |
1296. Darels Uljanskis12% NHL · 4.1y
| Sami Niku 15′#198 | never stuck | 67 GP |
| Colin Miller 12′#151 | 41 pk | 590 GP |
| Kyle Burroughs 13′#196 | 10 pk | 201 GP |
| Jeremy Davies 16′#192 | never stuck | 23 GP |
| Benton Maass 17′#182 | never stuck | 0 GP |