GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #389 overall

Bryce McConnell-Barker

Centre, 22.3 years old, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), 6′1″ 192 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

23%

AHLer

Scouting report

Bryce McConnell-Barker is a 22-year-old centre with Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL, a New York Rangers third-round pick, 97 overall in 2022. He has 1 goal and 0 assists in 5 games, 0.20 a game, which works out to about 6 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.1 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. And the five best scorers around him average only 0.69 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 192 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is an AHLer, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 23% chance of becoming an NHL regular. 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 and draft slot like his. The highest tier where he's at even odds or better is his likeliest outcome.

  1. Elite<1%
  2. First-liner2%
  3. Middle-sixer7%
  4. Fourth-liner23%
  5. Tweener44%
  6. AHLer (most likely)94%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.20 P/GP

    1 G, 0 A in 5 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    6 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    +32%

    Credit for a weak offence or thin help

  4. 4Age

    22.3

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    #97

    2022, read alongside his numbers

  6. 6If he makes it

    33 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonHartford Wolf PackAHL51010.20
Last seasonHartford Wolf PackAHL691411250.36