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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Braeden Cootes★ | F | WHL | 19.5 | VAN* | 25′ #15 | 1.39 | 34.1 | 70% | 1.5y @21 | 294285 | 45.8 |
| 954 | Yaroslav Bryzgalov | F | WHL | 19.4 | VAN* | 26′ #97 | 0.86 | 21.1 | 28% | 3.7y @23.1 | 0037 | 10.2 |
| 1370 | Parker Alcos | F | WHL | 20.1 | VAN* | 24′ #189 | 0.47 | 11.5 | 15% | 4.4y @24.5 | 0027 | 5.8 |
Who each prospect looks like
15. Braeden Cootes70% NHL · 1.5y
| Jakub Vrana 14′#13 | 62 pk | 406 GP |
| Sonny Milano 14′#16 | 42 pk | 344 GP |
| Jared McCann 14′#24 | 73 pk | 720 GP |
| Bo Horvat 13′#9 | 90 pk | 881 GP |
| Mathew Barzal 15′#16 | 85 pk | 611 GP |
954. Yaroslav Bryzgalov28% NHL · 3.7y
| Riley Stotts 18′#83 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Graham Black 12′#135 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Frederik Tiffels 15′#167 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Allan McShane 18′#97 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Mikhail Vorobyev 15′#104 | never stuck | 35 GP |
1370. Parker Alcos15% NHL · 4.4y
| Jack Gorniak 18′#123 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Parker Foo 17′#144 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Gavin Hain 18′#174 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Aapeli Rasanen 16′#153 | never stuck | 0 GP |
| Anton Karlsson 14′#87 | never stuck | 0 GP |