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Prospect board, #62 overall

Easton Walos

Centre, 17.7 years old, Sarnia Sting (OHL), 5′11″ 192 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

58%

Fourth-liner

Scouting report

Easton Walos is a 17-year-old centre with Sarnia Sting in the OHL. He has 10 goals and 6 assists in 12 games, 1.33 a game, which works out to about 16 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. Most of it is goals. That is up from 0.71 a game last season. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 192 pounds.

His most likely outcome is a fourth-liner, with plenty of games behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 58% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 20% of a first-line career and 18% of turning into one of the league's best. If he makes it, figure about 51 points a season at his best. A fourth-line job tends to come from penalty killing and faceoffs more than from scoring.

Written by the model from his numbers, on a full 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. Elite18%
  2. First-liner20%
  3. Middle-sixer37%
  4. Fourth-liner (most likely)58%
  5. Tweener75%
  6. AHLer87%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    1.33 P/GP

    10 G, 6 A in 12 games, OHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    16 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    +2%

    Credit for a weak offence or thin help

  4. 4Age

    17.7

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    None

    Not yet eligible, judged on his numbers

  6. 6If he makes it

    51 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonSarnia StingOHL12106161.33
Last seasonSarnia StingOHL682523480.71