Returning regular · 2025-26

Anton Johansson

Detroit Red Wings · LD · — shot · age 22 at the dated snapshot.

Team: DET
Lane: LD
Age: 22

Production and deployment

Official split unavailable

The live official report did not return a matching player row. The dated roster identity and lane screen remain available; production stays unknown.

Organizational context

3 LD regulars in DET

The all-team median is 4. DET’s farm system ranks #6 in the maintained two-board consensus.

Thin lane

Questions a GM still has to answer

How much of the scoring comes at five-on-five, on special teams, or into an empty net?
Is the player creating the play, finishing it, or receiving a secondary point?
Does deployment reveal trust, scarcity, underuse, or a role the roster cannot offer?
What contract, acquisition cost, development alternative and Cup-window effect complete the argument?

Comparables at the same age

Who looked like this at 18 to 21

Careers are compared as league-adjusted points per game by age, over the same ages. The comparables below are the closest lines, and what matters is the spread of what they did next, not any single name.

Comparables found8

Went on to two or more NHL seasons7 of 8

Their later peak (adjusted pts/game)0.35median across the comparables; this player's own line is below

This player so far: age 15 U16 Div.1 1.09 → age 16 J18 Region 0.46 → age 17 J20 Nationell 0.46 → age 18 SHL 0.05 → age 19 SHL 0.17 → age 20 SHL 0.22 → age 21 SHL 0.41

All 3 columns shown

Player	Distance (lower is closer)	What he did afterwards
Ben DanfordD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.02	age 22 NCAA 0.14 → age 23 NCAA 0.16 → age 24 NCAA 0.25 → age 25 France 0.16 → age 26 HockeyEttan 0.03
Arber XhekajD · matched at ages 18, 19, 21	0.02	age 22 NHL 0.26 → age 23 NHL 0.23 → age 24 NHL 0.09 → age 25 NHL 0.06
Tyler KlevenD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.02	age 22 AHL 0.18 → age 23 NHL 0.13 → age 24 NHL 0.26
Artem ZubD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.03	age 22 KHL 0.11 → age 23 KHL 0.14 → age 24 KHL 0.30 → age 25 NHL 0.30 → age 26 NHL 0.27
Marcus PetterssonD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.03	age 22 NHL 0.22 → age 23 NHL 0.32 → age 24 NHL 0.19 → age 25 NHL 0.26 → age 26 NHL 0.35
Zach WhitecloudD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.03	age 22 AHL 0.17 → age 23 NHL 0.06 → age 24 NHL 0.23 → age 25 NHL 0.32 → age 26 NHL 0.20
Matt RoyD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.03	age 22 NCAA 0.24 → age 23 AHL 0.16 → age 24 NHL 0.24 → age 25 NHL 0.26 → age 26 NHL 0.23
Sam MalinskiD · matched at ages 18, 19, 20, 21	0.03	age 23 NCAA 0.28 → age 24 NCAA 0.29 → age 25 NHL 0.43 → age 26 NHL 0.20 → age 27 NHL 0.49

Reading it

If most comparables became NHL regulars and their later peak sits well above this player's current line, the numbers say there is room to grow. If most did not, the numbers say the odds are against it. Either way it is what the data shows, not a name chosen to flatter.

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