Prospect board, #1522 overall
Caden Taylor
Right wing, 19.5 years old, Oshawa Generals (OHL), 6′3″ 189 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
5%
Scouting report
Caden Taylor is a 19-year-old right wing with Oshawa Generals in the OHL, undrafted. He has 2 goals and 5 assists in 11 games, 0.64 a game, which works out to about 8 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.5 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. And the five best scorers around him average only 0.59 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 189 pounds.
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 5% 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.
- Elite<1%
- First-liner<1%
- Middle-sixer2%
- Fourth-liner5%
- Tweener8%
- AHLer16%
How he got there
1His line
0.64 P/GP
2 G, 5 A in 11 games, OHL
2League exchange rate
8 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+39%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
19.5
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
36 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 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.64 |
| Last season | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.61 |