Prospect board, #105 overall
Lucas Pettersson
Centre, 20.4 years old, San Diego Gulls (AHL), 5′11″ 191 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
51%
Scouting report
Lucas Pettersson is a 20-year-old centre with San Diego Gulls in the AHL, a Anaheim Ducks second-round pick, 35 overall in 2024. He has 0 goals and 3 assists in 6 games, 0.50 a game, which works out to about 16 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate.
At 20.4 he is among the youngest regulars in the league, and age matters more than any single stat in these projections. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds. His most likely outcome is a fourth-liner, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 51% chance of becoming an NHL regular, 12% of a first-line career and 11% of turning into one of the league's best. If he makes it, figure about 42 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.
- Elite11%
- First-liner12%
- Middle-sixer20%
- Fourth-liner (most likely)51%
- Tweener74%
- AHLer89%
How he got there
1His line
0.50 P/GP
0 G, 3 A in 6 games, AHL
2League exchange rate
16 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+9%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
20.4
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
#35
2024, read alongside his numbers
6If he makes it
42 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 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 |
| Last season | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Last season | Brynäs IF | SHL | 41 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.49 |