GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #1928 overall

Sam Charko

Centre, 19.6 years old, Vancouver Giants (WHL)

Odds he's an NHL regular

3%

Long shot

Scouting report

Sam Charko is a 19-year-old centre with Vancouver Giants in the WHL, undrafted. He has 0 goals and 7 assists in 10 games, 0.70 a game, which works out to about 8 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. That is up from 0.40 a game last season.

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-liner<1%
  3. Middle-sixer<1%
  4. Fourth-liner3%
  5. Tweener3%
  6. AHLer11%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.70 P/GP

    0 G, 7 A in 10 games, WHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    8 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −2%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    19.6

    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

    36 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonVancouver GiantsWHL100770.70
Last seasonVancouver GiantsWHL2537100.40