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Prospect board, #260 overall

Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll

Centre, 17.8 years old, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Odds he's an NHL regular

28%

AHLer

Scouting report

Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll is a 17-year-old centre with Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL. He has 0 goals and 1 assist in 8 games, 0.12 a game, which works out to about 1 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate.

That is down from 0.90 a game last season, and the projection drops with it. His most likely outcome is an AHLer, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 28% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 7% of a first-line career and 4% of turning into one of the league's best. If he makes it, figure about 49 points a season at his best. A big step next season would change these odds more than anything else.

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. Elite4%
  2. First-liner7%
  3. Middle-sixer23%
  4. Fourth-liner28%
  5. Tweener32%
  6. AHLer (most likely)69%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.13 P/GP

    0 G, 1 A in 8 games, WHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    1 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −9%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    17.8

    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

    49 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonMedicine Hat TigersWHL80110.13
Last seasonMedicine Hat TigersWHL411225370.90