GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #584 overall

Borya Valis

Forward, 22.4 years old, Toronto Marlies (AHL), 6′2″ 204 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

19%

AHLer

Scouting report

Borya Valis is a 22-year-old forward with Toronto Marlies in the AHL. He has 0 goals and 1 assist in 6 games, 0.17 a game, which works out to about 5 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 3.7 a game, one of the better offences around. And the five best scorers around him average 1.39 points a game, well above the norm. Linemates like that pad a stat line, so the model takes some of his points back. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is an AHLer, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 19% chance of becoming an NHL regular. A big step next season would change these odds more than anything else.

Written by the model from his numbers, on a fair sample. prospects-0.3.

His odds

His chance of reaching at least each tier, from 2010 to 2017 draft picks with a line, age like his. The highest tier where he's at even odds or better is his likeliest outcome.

  1. Elite<1%
  2. First-liner1%
  3. Middle-sixer4%
  4. Fourth-liner19%
  5. Tweener28%
  6. AHLer (most likely)87%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.17 P/GP

    0 G, 1 A in 6 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    5 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −21%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    22.4

    On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20

  5. 5Draft slot

    None

    Passed over, read as a pick after the last one

  6. 6If he makes it

    30 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonToronto MarliesAHL60110.17
Last seasonToronto MarliesAHL601510250.42