GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #663 overall

Evan Nicholson

Left wing, 17.5 years old, Kitchener Rangers (OHL), 5′10″ 173 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

16%

Long shot

Scouting report

Evan Nicholson is a 17-year-old left wing with Kitchener Rangers in the OHL. He has 0 goals and 0 assists in 5 games, 0.00 a game, which works out to about 0 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.9 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. Scoring without much help counts for more, so the model nudges him up. Listed at 5-foot-10 and 173 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 16% chance of becoming an NHL regular and 2% of turning into one of the league's best. 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.

  1. Elite2%
  2. First-liner2%
  3. Middle-sixer6%
  4. Fourth-liner16%
  5. Tweener31%
  6. AHLer43%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.00 P/GP

    0 G, 0 A in 5 games, OHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    0 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    +14%

    Credit for a weak offence or thin help

  4. 4Age

    17.5

    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

    38 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonKitchener RangersOHL50000.00
Last seasonKitchener RangersOHL80110.13