GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #371 overall

Oiva Keskinen

Centre, 22.6 years old, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 6′0″ 180 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

20%

Long shot

Scouting report

Oiva Keskinen is a 22-year-old centre with Cleveland Monsters in the AHL, a Columbus Blue Jackets seventh-round pick, 194 overall in 2023. He has 1 goal and 3 assists in 6 games, 0.67 a game, which works out to about 21 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 4.0 a game, one of the better offences around. Some of those points come from the company he keeps, and the model discounts them. Listed at 6-foot-0 and 180 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 20% chance of becoming an NHL regular and 11% of a first-line career. 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-liner11%
  3. Middle-sixer12%
  4. Fourth-liner20%
  5. Tweener42%
  6. AHLer50%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.67 P/GP

    1 G, 3 A in 6 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    21 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −13%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    22.6

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    #194

    2023, read alongside 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 seasonCleveland MonstersAHL61340.67
Last seasonTapparaLIIGA492017370.76