GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #896 overall

Petr Sikora

Centre, 20.7 years old, Hershey Bears (AHL), 5′11″ 172 lb, shoots left

Odds he's an NHL regular

10%

Long shot

Scouting report

Petr Sikora is a 20-year-old centre with Hershey Bears in the AHL, a Washington Capitals sixth-round pick, 178 overall in 2024. He has 1 goal and 0 assists in 6 games, 0.17 a game, which works out to about 5 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate.

At 20.7 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 172 pounds. His most likely outcome is a long shot, on a small sample. 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 small 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-liner1%
  3. Middle-sixer4%
  4. Fourth-liner10%
  5. Tweener19%
  6. AHLer48%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.17 P/GP

    1 G, 0 A in 6 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    5 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    No change

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    20.7

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

  5. 5Draft slot

    #178

    2024, read alongside his numbers

  6. 6If he makes it

    36 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonHershey BearsAHL61010.17
Last seasonHC Ocelari TrinecCZECHIA243690.38