CapOrCup prospect rankings · 2025–26

Every prospect in the league, ranked from the numbers.

No scouting opinion, no social read: what each prospect has produced in his own league, adjusted for how far that league is from the NHL and for his age, plus real NHL production where it exists. Sort the whole league, one position, one club, or any span of draft years.

Prospects
Ranked
Graduated to the NHL
Unranked (too few games)

What this is, and what it is not yet

A formula, printed below, applied the same way to every prospect already drafted or signed by an NHL club. It is not a scouting list. The league ladder is measured from our own player histories wherever ten or more players were measured (see Leagues); smaller leagues use a stated default, and every row says which. Draft position does not enter the score. It does enter the second column, Score with draft position: for prospects aged 18 to 20 only, the score blended 45/55 with the draft pick, because before 20 draft position has ranked NHL careers better than the formula alone. That column is blank for undrafted players and anyone outside 18 to 20. Players not yet drafted are ranked separately on the draft class page, from the CHL and USHL statistics feeds; the draft page shows what public boards say, clearly labelled as their opinion.

PositionDraft year fromtoClubTrendLeague

ranked · unranked

Whole league

#	Player	NHL club
#1Range not available	Gabe PerreaultRW · #1Range not available at position	New York Rangers
#2Range not available	Matvei GridinRW · #2Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#3Range not available	Michael MisaC · #3Range not available at position	San Jose Sharks
#4Range not available	Calum RitchieC · #4Range not available at position	Colorado Avalanche
#5Range not available	Easton CowanRW · #5Range not available at position	Toronto Maple Leafs
#6Range not available	Noah OstlundC · #6Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#7Range not available	Matthew WoodRW · #7Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#8Range not available	Axel Sandin-PellikkaD · #1Range not available at position	Detroit Red Wings
#9Range not available	Denver BarkeyC · #8Range not available at position	Philadelphia Flyers
#10Range not available	Tom WillanderD · #2Range not available at position	Vancouver Canucks
#11Range not available	Zeev BuiumD · #3Range not available at position	Minnesota Wild
#12Range not available	Oliver MooreC · #9Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#13Range not available	Nick LardisL · #10Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#14Range not available	Igor ChernyshovLW · #11Range not available at position	San Jose Sharks
#15Range not available	Danila YurovRW · #12Range not available at position	Minnesota Wild
#16Range not available	Alexander ZharovskyR · #13Range not available at position	Montréal Canadiens
#17Range not available	Anton FrondellC · #14Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#18Range not available	Jesper WallstedtG · #1Range not available at position	Minnesota Wild
#19Range not available	Sam RinzelD · #4Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#20Range not available	Egor SurinC · #15Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#21Range not available	Dominic JamesC · #16Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#22Range not available	Roman KantserovR · #17Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#23Range not available	Max CrozierD · #5Range not available at position	Tampa Bay Lightning
#24Range not available	Ryan UfkoD · #6Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#25Range not available	Zayne ParekhD · #7Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#26Range not available	Stephen HallidayC · #18Range not available at position	Ottawa Senators
#27Range not available	Noah LabaC · #19Range not available at position	New York Rangers
#28Range not available	Dalibor DvorskyC · #20Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#29Range not available	Joel NystromD · #8Range not available at position	Carolina Hurricanes
#30Range not available	Isak RosenRW · #21Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#31Range not available	Cole HutsonD · #9Range not available at position	Washington Capitals
#32Range not available	Jiri KulichC · #22Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#33Range not available	Mikhail IlyinR · #23Range not available at position	Pittsburgh Penguins
#34Range not available	Matvei KorotkyC · #24Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#35Range not available	Dmitry GamzinG · #2Range not available at position	New York Islanders
#36Range not available	Ivar StenbergLW · #25Range not available at position	San Jose Sharks
#37Range not available	Bode LaylinD · #10Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#38Range not available	Berkly CattonC · #26Range not available at position	Seattle Kraken
#39Range not available	Leo Sahlin WalleniusD · #11Range not available at position	San Jose Sharks
#40Range not available	Daniil OrlovD · #12Range not available at position	New Jersey Devils
#41Range not available	Roberto HenriquezG · #3Range not available at position	Boston Bruins
#42Range not available	Bogdan KonyushkovD · #13Range not available at position	Montréal Canadiens
#43Range not available	Cooper SimpsonLW · #27Range not available at position	Boston Bruins
#44Range not available	Alex BumpL · #28Range not available at position	Philadelphia Flyers
#45Range not available	Porter MartoneRW · #29Range not available at position	Philadelphia Flyers
#46Range not available	Marcus GidlofG · #4Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#47Range not available	Konsta HeleniusC · #30Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#48Range not available	Ryan WintertonC · #31Range not available at position	Seattle Kraken
#49Range not available	Felix NilssonC · #32Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#50Range not available	Lenni HameenahoR · #33Range not available at position	New Jersey Devils
#51Range not available	Melvin NovotnyLW · #34Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#52Range not available	Daniil PylenkovD · #14Range not available at position	Tampa Bay Lightning
#53Range not available	Evan JardineLW · #35Range not available at position	Columbus Blue Jackets
#54Range not available	Isaac HowardLW · #36Range not available at position	Tampa Bay Lightning
#55Range not available	Sam DickinsonD · #15Range not available at position	San Jose Sharks
#56Range not available	Bradly NadeauL · #37Range not available at position	Carolina Hurricanes
#57Range not available	Otto StenbergC · #38Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#58Range not available	Hunter BrzustewiczD · #16Range not available at position	Vancouver Canucks
#59Range not available	Nikita SusuyevRW · #39Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#60Range not available	Kim SaarinenG · #5Range not available at position	Seattle Kraken
#61Range not available	Yan KuznetsovD · #17Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#62Range not available	Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC · #40Range not available at position	Toronto Maple Leafs
#63Range not available	Nikita GrebenkinRW · #41Range not available at position	Toronto Maple Leafs
#64Range not available	Justin GrafLW · #42Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#65Range not available	Eddie GenborgRW · #43Range not available at position	Detroit Red Wings
#66Range not available	Tobias TrejbalG · #6Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#67Range not available	Dmitri BuchelnikovLW · #44Range not available at position	Detroit Red Wings
#68Range not available	Prokhor PoltapovL · #45Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#69Range not available	Arseni KoromyslovD · #18Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#70Range not available	Hawke HuffD · #19Range not available at position	Seattle Kraken
#71Range not available	Benjamin RautiainenC · #46Range not available at position	Tampa Bay Lightning
#72Range not available	Blake ZielinskiC · #47Range not available at position	Los Angeles Kings
#73Range not available	Jonathan LekkerimäkiRW · #48Range not available at position	Vancouver Canucks
#74Range not available	Sandis VilmanisL · #49Range not available at position	Florida Panthers
#75Range not available	Victor EklundRW · #50Range not available at position	New York Islanders
#76Range not available	Nikita YevseyevD · #20Range not available at position	Edmonton Oilers
#77Range not available	Anton JohanssonD · #21Range not available at position	Detroit Red Wings
#78Range not available	Gavin BrindleyC · #51Range not available at position	Columbus Blue Jackets
#79Range not available	Ryan RucinskiC · #52Range not available at position	Buffalo Sabres
#80Range not available	Matvey GuskovC · #53Range not available at position	Minnesota Wild
#81Range not available	Trevor ConnellyLW · #54Range not available at position	Vegas Golden Knights
#82Range not available	Dmitri BuchelnikovL · #55Range not available at position	St. Louis Blues
#83Range not available	Jiri FelcmanC · #56Range not available at position	Chicago Blackhawks
#84Range not available	Ilya ProtasLW · #57Range not available at position	Washington Capitals
#85Range not available	Gavin McKennaLW · #58Range not available at position	Toronto Maple Leafs
#86Range not available	Carter YakemchukD · #22Range not available at position	Ottawa Senators
#87Range not available	Rutger McGroartyRW · #59Range not available at position	Winnipeg Jets
#88Range not available	Semyon ChystyakovD · #23Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#89Range not available	Kasper KulonummiD · #24Range not available at position	Nashville Predators
#90Range not available	Yegor BorikovRW · #60Range not available at position	Utah Mammoth
#91Range not available	Nate DanielsonC · #61Range not available at position	Detroit Red Wings
#92Range not available	Tomas GalvasD · #25Range not available at position	Pittsburgh Penguins
#93Range not available	Petteri RimpinenG · #7Range not available at position	Los Angeles Kings
#94Range not available	Ludvig LaftonD · #26Range not available at position	Utah Mammoth
#95Range not available	Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW · #62Range not available at position	Washington Capitals
#96Range not available	Ivan PatrikhayevD · #27Range not available at position	New York Rangers
#97Range not available	Jackson CrowderC · #63Range not available at position	Washington Capitals
#98Range not available	Ethan WyttenbachLW · #64Range not available at position	Calgary Flames
#99Range not available	Adam EngstromD · #28Range not available at position	Montréal Canadiens
#100Range not available	Lucas PetterssonC · #65Range not available at position	Anaheim Ducks

How the score is built

Trajectory: each season's production adjusted by the league ladder, with age; the trend compares the last two seasons, and a rise at 20 or older is flagged because late developers exist. Score = production percentile within the prospect's own league and position (points per game; goalies save percentage) x league ladder x age factor, plus real NHL production where it exists. Draft position is shown for context and does not enter the score. A second column, Score with draft position, does include it: for prospects aged 18 to 20 only, 45% the percentile of the score and 55% the percentile of the draft pick, each against prospects at the same age in the 2010-2015 draft classes (pre-registered as prospect-pick-blend-v1, tested on the 2016-2018 classes, adopted 2026-09-29); it is blank for undrafted players and for anyone outside 18-20. Prospects with fewer than 10 games (goalies 5) or no league on file have no score and are listed as unranked. A player with 82 NHL games over the last two seasons has graduated and is listed but not ranked.

League ladder: NHL · AHL · KHL · SHL · Liiga · NL · DEL · Czechia · NCAA · ECHL · OHL · WHL · QMJHL · USHL · J20 Nationell · U20 SM-sarja · MHL · BCHL · NTDP . Anything not listed counts 0.20.

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