GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #2094 overall

Brennan Brown

Centre, 19.6 years old, Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

Odds he's an NHL regular

1%

Long shot

Scouting report

Brennan Brown is a 19-year-old centre with Calgary Hitmen in the WHL, undrafted. He has 4 goals and 0 assists in 9 games, 0.44 a game, which works out to about 5 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. That is up from 0.16 a game last season. His team scores 4.1 a game, one of the better offences around. And the five best scorers around him average 1.28 points a game, well above the norm. Linemates like that pad a stat line, so the model takes some of his points back.

The model's median outcome for him is a long shot, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 1% chance of becoming an NHL regular. Few players with numbers like these made it, though some did.

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-liner<1%
  3. Middle-sixer<1%
  4. Fourth-liner1%
  5. Tweener1%
  6. AHLer15%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.44 P/GP

    4 G, 0 A in 9 games, WHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    5 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −17%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    19.6

    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

    36 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonCalgary HitmenWHL94040.44
Last seasonSwift Current BroncosWHL6137100.16