Prospect board, #912 overall
Maxim Schafer
Left wing, 19.3 years old, Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL), 6′3″ 182 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
10%
Scouting report
Maxim Schafer is a 19-year-old left wing with Cape Breton Eagles in the QMJHL, a Washington Capitals third-round pick, 96 overall in 2025. He has 4 goals and 3 assists in 6 games, 1.17 a game, which works out to about 11 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 3.1 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 182 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 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 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-liner2%
- Middle-sixer6%
- Fourth-liner10%
- Tweener14%
- AHLer47%
How he got there
1His line
1.17 P/GP
4 G, 3 A in 6 games, QMJHL
2League exchange rate
11 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+17%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
19.3
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
#96
2025, read alongside his numbers
6If he makes it
41 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 | Cape Breton Eagles | QMJHL | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.17 |
| Last season | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 53 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 0.92 |