Prospect board, #1475 overall
Viking Gustafsson Nyberg
Defence, 23.0 years old, Iowa Wild (AHL), 6′6″ 225 lb, shoots left
Odds he's an NHL regular
8%
Scouting report
Viking Gustafsson Nyberg is a 22-year-old defenceman with Iowa Wild in the AHL, on the Minnesota Wild prospect list. He has 1 goal and 0 assists in 7 games, 0.14 a game, which works out to about 5 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 2.3 a game, below the league, and much less when he is not the one scoring. And the five best scorers around him average only 0.68 points a game. He's producing without much support, and the model bumps him up for it. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 225 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 an 8% 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 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 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-pair8%
- Tweener8%
- AHLer22%
How he got there
1His line
0.14 P/GP
1 G, 0 A in 7 games, AHL
2League exchange rate
5 pts
NHL-equivalent points over 82
3Team around him
+29%
Credit for a weak offence or thin help
4Age
23.0
On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20
5Draft slot
None
Passed over, read as a pick after the last one
6If he makes it
20 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 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| Last season | Iowa Wild | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Last season | Univ. of Connecticut | NCAA | 38 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0.29 |