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
145Daniil ProkhorovFVHLPRO19.3NYI*25′ #420.7217.755%3.1y @22.4
02568
28.1
281Viktor FedorovFVHLPRO18.5SEA*26′ #990.256.150%3.7y @22.2
01661
22.6
457Alexander PerevalovFVHLPRO22.3CAR*22′ #710.5914.438%1.1y @23.4
01042
16.4
630Andrey KrutovFVHLPRO20.3CAR*24′ #2200.266.425%2.8y @23.1
0037
11.9
986Stanislav YarovoiFVHLPRO23CAR*23′ #1260.4310.610%2.9y @25.9
0020
5.1
145. Daniil Prokhorov55% NHL · 3.1y
Adrian Kempe 14#2980 pk711 GP
Vladislav Kamenev 14#42never stuck66 GP
Joel Eriksson Ek 15#2068 pk614 GP
Brock McGinn 12#4731 pk534 GP
Joe Veleno 18#3029 pk367 GP
281. Viktor Fedorov50% NHL · 3.7y
Matia Marcantuoni 12#92never stuck0 GP
Dominic Turgeon 14#63never stuck9 GP
Beck Malenstyn 16#14521 pk262 GP
Taylor Leier 12#117never stuck55 GP
Givani Smith 16#4612 pk168 GP
457. Alexander Perevalov38% NHL · 1.1y
Ryan Kujawinski 13#73never stuck0 GP
Jake Leschyshyn 17#62never stuck77 GP
Keegan Kolesar 15#6930 pk439 GP
Jordan Martinook 12#5837 pk797 GP
Akil Thomas 18#51never stuck32 GP
630. Andrey Krutov25% NHL · 2.8y
Drake Rymsha 17#138never stuck1 GP
Beck Malenstyn 16#14521 pk262 GP
Matia Marcantuoni 12#92never stuck0 GP
Nick Caamano 16#146never stuck36 GP
Jesse Gabrielle 15#105never stuck0 GP
986. Stanislav Yarovoi10% NHL · 2.9y
Igor Shvyrev 17#125never stuck0 GP
Conner Bleackley 16#144never stuck0 GP
Brad Morrison 15#113never stuck0 GP
Michael Pezzetta 16#16020 pk209 GP
Nick Henry 17#94never stuck0 GP