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.
#PlayerPosLeagueAgeOrgDraftP/GPNHLeP(NHL)ETAUpside bandScore
19Carter BearFWHL19.8DET25′ #131.4535.775%1.5y @21.3
304181
44.8
1371Cooper MooreFWHL20.4DET*19′ #1280.5914.512%2.6y @23
0022
5.8
19. Carter Bear75% NHL · 1.5y
Jakub Vrana 14#1362 pk406 GP
Luke Kunin 16#1541 pk496 GP
Kerby Rychel 13#19never stuck43 GP
Timo Meier 15#981 pk698 GP
Nick Suzuki 17#13101 pk537 GP
1371. Cooper Moore12% NHL · 2.6y
Aapeli Rasanen 16#153never stuck0 GP
Jonathan Davidsson 17#170never stuck6 GP
Max Willman 14#121never stuck68 GP
Gavin Hain 18#174never stuck0 GP
Alan Quine 13#16624 pk106 GP