Prospect board, #723 overall
Cameron Minella
Defence, 17.1 years old, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL), 6′0″ 167 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
15%
Scouting report
Cameron Minella is a 17-year-old defenceman with Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL. He has 0 goals and 2 assists in 10 games, 0.20 a game, which works out to about 2 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate.
At 17.1 he is among the youngest regulars in the league, and age matters more than any single stat in these projections. Listed at 6-foot-0 and 167 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 15% chance of becoming an NHL regular and 5% of a top-pair career. 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 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.
- Elite2%
- Top-pair5%
- Second-pair5%
- Third-pair15%
- Tweener19%
- AHLer44%
How he got there
1His line
0.20 P/GP
0 G, 2 A in 10 games, QMJHL
2League exchange rate
2 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
No change
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
17.1
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
None
Not yet eligible, judged on his numbers
6If he makes it
29 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 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 |
| Last season | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 64 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.14 |