GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #137 overall

Gracyn Sawchyn

Centre, 21.6 years old, Charlotte Checkers (AHL), 5′11″ 157 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

41%

Tweener

Scouting report

Gracyn Sawchyn is a 21-year-old centre with Charlotte Checkers in the AHL, a Florida Panthers second-round pick, 63 overall in 2023. He has 0 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, 0.33 a game, which works out to about 11 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. The five best scorers around him average only 0.55 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 157 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is a tweener, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 41% 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 44 points a season at his best. His odds move most with next season's line, so a big jump would matter more than a repeat.

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. Elite4%
  2. First-liner7%
  3. Middle-sixer27%
  4. Fourth-liner41%
  5. Tweener (most likely)62%
  6. AHLer95%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.33 P/GP

    0 G, 2 A in 6 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    11 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    +23%

    Credit for a weak offence or thin help

  4. 4Age

    21.6

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    #63

    2023, read alongside his numbers

  6. 6If he makes it

    44 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonCharlotte CheckersAHL60220.33
Last seasonCharlotte CheckersAHL35617230.66