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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 532 | Brek Liske | D | WHL | 18.6 | PHI* | 26′ #53 | 0.46 | 11.4 | 47% | 4y @22.6 | 01644 | 16.9 |
| 945 | Carter Sotheran | D | WHL | 21.1 | PHI* | 23′ #135 | 1.05 | 25.8 | 28% | 2.7y @23.8 | 0036 | 10.2 |
| 1093 | Matthew Gard | F | WHL | 19.4 | PHI* | 25′ #57 | 0.55 | 13.6 | 25% | 4.8y @24.2 | 0034 | 8.4 |
| 1902 | Luke Vlooswyk | D | WHL | 19.6 | PHI* | 25′ #157 | 0.18 | 4.4 | 10% | 6.5y @26.1 | 000 | 2.1 |
Who each prospect looks like
532. Brek Liske47% NHL · 4y
| Mark Friedman 14′#86 | never stuck | 93 GP |
| Will Butcher 13′#123 | 45 pk | 275 GP |
| Brian Cooper 12′#127 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Brady Skjei 12′#28 | 48 pk | 773 GP |
| Matt Grzelcyk 12′#85 | 44 pk | 596 GP |
945. Carter Sotheran28% NHL · 2.7y
| Jake Walman 14′#82 | 52 pk | 320 GP |
| Sebastian Aho 17′#139 | 27 pk | 190 GP |
| Joseph Masonius 16′#181 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Tyler Tucker 18′#200 | 20 pk | 159 GP |
| Mitchell Vande Sompel 15′#82 | never stuck | 0 GP |
1093. Matthew Gard25% NHL · 4.8y
| Tyrell Goulbourne 13′#72 | never stuck | 11 GP |
| Alexander Volkov 17′#48 | never stuck | 46 GP |
| Mike Winther 12′#54 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Fabian Zetterlund 17′#63 | 46 pk | 329 GP |
| Jack Badini 17′#91 | never stuck | 0 GP |
1902. Luke Vlooswyk10% NHL · 6.5y
| Dmitriy Zaitsev 16′#207 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Casey Staum 16′#124 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Michael Karow 17′#126 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Terrance Amorosa 13′#132 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Sergei Boikov 15′#161 | never stuck | 0 GP |