Prospect board, #1298 overall
Ben Merrill
Centre, 20.9 years old, Boston Univ. (NCAA), 6′3″ 190 lb, shoots right
Odds he's an NHL regular
7%
Scouting report
Ben Merrill is a 20-year-old centre with Boston Univ. in the NCAA, a Montreal Canadiens sixth-round pick, 166 overall in 2024. He has 0 goals and 0 assists in 4 games, 0.00 a game, which works out to about 0 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 190 pounds.
His most likely outcome is a long shot, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 7% 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.
- Elite<1%
- First-liner<1%
- Middle-sixer3%
- Fourth-liner7%
- Tweener11%
- AHLer26%
How he got there
1His line
0.00 P/GP
0 G, 0 A in 4 games, NCAA
2League exchange rate
0 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
−10%
Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster
4Age
20.9
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
#166
2024, read alongside his numbers
6If he makes it
37 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 | Boston Univ. | NCAA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Last season | Boston Univ. | NCAA | 33 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.42 |