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.

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
39	Jakub Vanecek	D	WHL	18.5	DAL*	26′ #59	0.59	14.6	50%	3.3y @21.8	01655	21.6
79	George Fegaras	D	NCAAPRO	22.3	DAL*	22′ #83	0.62	20.8	38%	1.8y @24.1	01352	17.3
129	Tristan Bertucci	D	AHLPRO	21.1	DAL*	23′ #61	0.38	13.7	45%	1.7y @22.8	01329	14
198	Christian Kyrou	D	AHLPRO	22.9	DAL*	22′ #50	0.54	19.5	23%	1.2y @24.1	0027	11.3
254	Aram Minnetian	D	NCAAPRO	21.4	DAL*	23′ #125	0.31	10.3	30%	2.5y @23.9	0426	10.2
420	Artem Grushnikov	D	AHLPRO	23.4	DAL*	21′ #48	0.04	1.3	15%	1.9y @25.3	0027	6
574	Gavin White	D	AHLPRO	23.8	DAL*	22′ #115	0.23	8.3	10%	2.3y @26.1	0010	2.7

Who each prospect looks like

39. Jakub Vanecek50% NHL · 3.3y

Mark Friedman 14′#86	never stuck	93 GP
Michael Brodzinski 13′#141	never stuck	0 GP
Connor Clifton 13′#133	24 pk	434 GP
Will Butcher 13′#123	45 pk	275 GP
Brady Skjei 12′#28	48 pk	773 GP

79. George Fegaras38% NHL · 1.8y

Tarmo Reunanen 16′#98	never stuck	4 GP
Lucas Carlsson 16′#110	never stuck	73 GP
Reilly Walsh 17′#81	never stuck	1 GP
Andrei Mironov 15′#101	never stuck	10 GP
Josh Brook 17′#56	never stuck	0 GP

129. Tristan Bertucci45% NHL · 1.7y

Guillaume Brisebois 15′#66	never stuck	30 GP
Kale Clague 16′#51	never stuck	94 GP
Travis Dermott 15′#34	29 pk	348 GP
Cale Fleury 17′#87	11 pk	100 GP
Trevor Carrick 12′#115	never stuck	7 GP

198. Christian Kyrou23% NHL · 1.2y

Sean Durzi 18′#52	44 pk	302 GP
Cam Dineen 16′#68	never stuck	38 GP
Madison Bowey 13′#53	26 pk	158 GP
Ty Emberson 18′#73	27 pk	178 GP
Reilly Walsh 17′#81	never stuck	1 GP

254. Aram Minnetian30% NHL · 2.5y

Brandon Crawley 17′#123	never stuck	0 GP
Caleb Jones 15′#117	24 pk	255 GP
Tim Berni 18′#159	never stuck	59 GP
Colton White 15′#97	14 pk	107 GP
Anton Cederholm 13′#145	never stuck	0 GP

420. Artem Grushnikov15% NHL · 1.9y

Brandon Hickey 14′#64	never stuck	0 GP
Seth Barton 18′#81	never stuck	0 GP
Filip Westerlund 17′#44	never stuck	0 GP
Carl Dahlstrom 13′#51	never stuck	67 GP
Ryan Collins 14′#47	never stuck	0 GP

574. Gavin White10% NHL · 2.3y

Wyatte Wylie 18′#127	never stuck	0 GP
Dysin Mayo 14′#133	never stuck	85 GP
Connor Clifton 13′#133	24 pk	434 GP
Brian Cooper 12′#127	never stuck	0 GP
Parker Wotherspoon 15′#112	31 pk	188 GP