GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #1053 overall

Brandon Svoboda

Centre, 21.6 years old, Boston Univ. (NCAA), 6′3″ 205 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

10%

Long shot

Scouting report

Brandon Svoboda is a 21-year-old centre with Boston Univ. in the NCAA, a Ottawa Senators third-round pick, 71 overall in 2023. He has 0 goals and 1 assist in 4 games, 0.25 a game, which works out to about 4 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. There are 6 other NHL draft picks on his roster. Linemates like that pad a stat line, so the model takes some of his points back. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds.

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 10% 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 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-liner<1%
  3. Middle-sixer3%
  4. Fourth-liner10%
  5. Tweener14%
  6. AHLer38%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.25 P/GP

    0 G, 1 A in 4 games, NCAA

  2. 2League exchange rate

    4 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −10%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    21.6

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    #71

    2023, read alongside his numbers

  6. 6If he makes it

    34 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonBoston Univ.NCAA40110.25
Last seasonBoston Univ.NCAA3569150.43