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
401Anton SilayevDKHLPRO20.4NJD24′ #100.053.157%2.4y @22.8
101942
20
590Daniil OrlovDKHLPRO22.7NJD*22′ #1100.4226.840%1.4y @24.1
01341
15.6
401. Anton Silayev57% NHL · 2.4y
Jakub Zboril 15#13never stuck76 GP
Timothy Liljegren 17#1734 pk311 GP
Urho Vaakanainen 17#1827 pk221 GP
Hampus Lindholm 12#654 pk829 GP
Haydn Fleury 14#726 pk345 GP
590. Daniil Orlov40% NHL · 1.4y
Colin Miller 12#15141 pk590 GP
Veeti Vainio 15#141never stuck0 GP
Devon Toews 14#10871 pk541 GP
Christian Djoos 12#19525 pk155 GP
Brandon Montour 14#5575 pk665 GP