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
346	Giorgos Pantelas	F	WHL	18.3	LAK*	26′ #153	0.54	13.4	42%	4y @22.3	0056	21.6
444	Vojtech Cihar	F	WHL	19.4	LAK*	25′ #59	1	24.6	40%	3.5y @22.9	0351	19.1

Who each prospect looks like

346. Giorgos Pantelas42% NHL · 4y

Tyler Moy 15′#175	never stuck	0 GP
Hudson Fasching 13′#118	32 pk	175 GP
Matthew Deblouw 12′#186	never stuck	0 GP
Ivan Morozov 18′#61	never stuck	0 GP
Shane Eiserman 14′#100	never stuck	0 GP

444. Vojtech Cihar40% NHL · 3.5y

William Lockwood 16′#64	never stuck	54 GP
Janne Kuokkanen 16′#43	41 pk	119 GP
Jack Studnicka 17′#53	14 pk	126 GP
Allan McShane 18′#97	never stuck	0 GP
Blake Speers 15′#67	never stuck	5 GP