GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #526 overall

Max Brien

Centre, 16.7 years old, Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL), 6′2″ 195 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

15%

Long shot

Scouting report

Max Brien is a 16-year-old centre with Rimouski Océanic in the QMJHL. He has 2 goals and 6 assists in 11 games, 0.73 a game, which works out to about 7 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. Most of it is setting up other people. His team scores 5.2 a game, one of the better offences around. Some of those points come from the company he keeps, and the model discounts them.

At 16.7 he is among the youngest regulars in the league, and age matters more than any single stat in these projections. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 195 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 15% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 7% of a first-line career and 3% 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. Elite3%
  2. First-liner7%
  3. Middle-sixer11%
  4. Fourth-liner15%
  5. Tweener27%
  6. AHLer48%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.73 P/GP

    2 G, 6 A in 11 games, QMJHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    7 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −21%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    16.7

    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

    52 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonRimouski OcéanicQMJHL112680.73