Hunter Haight

Centre, 22.4 years old, Iowa Wild (AHL), 5′10″ 173 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

57%

Fourth-liner

Scouting report

Hunter Haight is a 22-year-old centre with Iowa Wild in the AHL, a Minnesota Wild second-round pick, 47 overall in 2022. He has 3 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, 0.83 a game, which works out to about 27 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.3 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. And the five best scorers around him average only 0.60 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 5-foot-10 and 173 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is a fourth-liner, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 57% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 14% of a first-line career and 6% of turning into one of the league's best. If he makes it, figure about 43 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 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 and draft slot like his. The highest tier where he's at even odds or better is his likeliest outcome.

Elite6%
First-liner14%
Middle-sixer31%
Fourth-liner (most likely)57%
Tweener88%
AHLer95%+

How he got there

1His line
0.83 P/GP
3 G, 2 A in 6 games, AHL
2League exchange rate
27 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+40%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
22.4
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
#47
2022, read alongside his numbers
6If he makes it
43 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	Iowa Wild	AHL	6	3	2	5	0.83
Last season	Iowa Wild	AHL	54	18	14	32	0.59