Prospect board, #52 overall
Owen Kraft
Left wing, 16.1 years old, Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Odds he's an NHL regular
54%
Scouting report
Owen Kraft is a 16-year-old left wing with Tri-City Americans in the WHL. He has 1 goal and 5 assists in 8 games, 0.75 a game, which works out to about 9 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.7 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. And the five best scorers around him average only 0.71 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it.
At 16.1 he is among the youngest regulars in the league, and age matters more than any single stat in these projections. His most likely outcome is a fourth-liner, on a small sample. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 54% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 31% of a first-line career and 16% of turning into one of the league's best. If he makes it, figure about 60 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 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.
- Elite16%
- First-liner31%
- Middle-sixer48%
- Fourth-liner (most likely)54%
- Tweener62%
- AHLer80%
How he got there
1His line
0.75 P/GP
1 G, 5 A in 8 games, WHL
2League exchange rate
9 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+18%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
16.1
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
60 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 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.75 |