Prospect board, #1876 overall
Zeb Lindgren
Defence, 19.4 years old, Red Deer Rebels (WHL), 6′1″ 196 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
3%
Scouting report
Zeb Lindgren is a 19-year-old defenceman with Red Deer Rebels in the WHL, a New York Rangers fifth-round pick, 139 overall in 2025. He has 0 goals and 3 assists in 11 games, 0.27 a game, which works out to about 3 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 4.0 a game, one of the better offences around. And the five best scorers around him average 1.28 points a game, well above the norm. Some of those points come from the company he keeps, and the model discounts them. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 196 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 3% chance of becoming an NHL regular. This is a points model, so it can't see what he does without the puck. 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.
- Elite<1%
- Top-pair<1%
- Second-pair<1%
- Third-pair3%
- Tweener4%
- AHLer10%
How he got there
1His line
0.27 P/GP
0 G, 3 A in 11 games, WHL
2League exchange rate
3 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
−20%
Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster
4Age
19.4
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
#139
2025, read alongside his numbers
6If he makes it
23 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 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.27 |
| Last season | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |