Prospect board, #1984 overall
Braeden Van Gelder
Defence, 19.3 years old, Guelph Storm (OHL), 6′2″ 203 lb, shoots right
Odds he's an NHL regular
3%
Scouting report
Braeden Van Gelder is a 19-year-old defenceman with Guelph Storm in the OHL, undrafted. He has 0 goals and 1 assist in 8 games, 0.12 a game, which works out to about 2 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 4.4 a game, one of the better offences around. And the five best scorers around him average 1.53 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 203 pounds.
The model's median outcome for him is a long shot, on a small sample. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 3% chance of becoming an NHL regular. This is a points model, so it can't see what he does without the puck. Few players with numbers like these made it, though some did.
Written by the model from his numbers, on a small 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.
- Elite<1%
- Top-pair<1%
- Second-pair<1%
- Third-pair3%
- Tweener4%
- AHLer8%
How he got there
1His line
0.13 P/GP
0 G, 1 A in 8 games, OHL
2League exchange rate
2 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
−22%
Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster
4Age
19.3
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
None
Passed over, read as a pick after the last one
6If he makes it
23 pts
Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars
Season lines
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | Guelph Storm | OHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Last season | Guelph Storm | OHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 |
| Last season | Cape Breton Eagles | QMJHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |