GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #1583 overall

Rafaël Cloutier

Left wing, 19.1 years old, Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL), 6′4″ 193 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

3%

Long shot

Scouting report

Rafaël Cloutier is a 19-year-old left wing with Rimouski Océanic in the QMJHL, undrafted. He has 3 goals and 6 assists in 11 games, 0.82 a game, which works out to about 8 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. That is up from 0.44 a game last season. His team scores 5.2 a game, one of the better offences around. Linemates like that pad a stat line, so the model takes some of his points back. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 193 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is a long shot, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 3% chance of becoming an NHL regular. 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. Elite<1%
  2. First-liner1%
  3. Middle-sixer3%
  4. Fourth-liner3%
  5. Tweener3%
  6. AHLer25%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.82 P/GP

    3 G, 6 A in 11 games, QMJHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    8 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −21%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    19.1

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    None

    Passed over, read as a pick after the last one

  6. 6If he makes it

    52 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonRimouski OcéanicQMJHL113690.82
Last seasonRimouski OcéanicQMJHL621017270.44