GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #539 overall

Frédéric Bergeron

Centre, 17.4 years old, Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL), 6′1″ 180 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

21%

Long shot

Scouting report

Frédéric Bergeron is a 17-year-old centre with Shawinigan Cataractes in the QMJHL. He has 3 goals and 6 assists in 8 games, 1.12 a game, which works out to about 10 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. That is up from 0.31 a game last season. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds.

His most likely outcome is a long shot, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 21% chance of becoming an NHL regular and 6% of a first-line career. 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. Elite1%
  2. First-liner6%
  3. Middle-sixer10%
  4. Fourth-liner21%
  5. Tweener28%
  6. AHLer47%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    1.13 P/GP

    3 G, 6 A in 8 games, QMJHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    10 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    +7%

    Credit for a weak offence or thin help

  4. 4Age

    17.4

    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

    40 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonShawinigan CataractesQMJHL83691.13
Last seasonShawinigan CataractesQMJHL4276130.31