This year’s World Championships was a memorable one if you’re a Canadian. It was certainly a memorable one if you are an Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, or Calgary Flames fan, with strong showings from Connor Garland, Darcy Keumper, Connor Brown, Nick Paul, and tournament MVP Andrew Mangiapane. There didn’t seem to be the same high level of NHL talent that we’ve seen in many years and that is largely due to the whole global pandemic thing that has made the past two seasons a grind for players. Only those looking for an opportunity to stack their resume and of course represent their country were the ones to go and seek Gold for their country.
This also means that youth was well represented at the tournament. We saw 15 of the top 20 scorers in the tournament under the age of 30 and 11 of the top 30 were 25 and under. As fantasy owners this is exciting. Sure, when the likes of John Tavares, Ryan O Reilly, or Nicklas Backstrom show up to the tournament after elimination it can be great, but we already know what those players are…star players. This year we saw 18-year-old Owen Power step up to the plate hoping to pad his resume for the first overall pick (I don’t know if he knew Buffalo would have the pick at the time). The soon-to-be drafted prospect got high praise from Gerard Gallant and it showed with him logging heavy minutes down the stretch for Canada and especially in the Gold medal game.
Gerard Gallant on Owen Power: "He's calm w/ the puck for an 18yo. He made the right decisions 95% of the time; he's a total package. He played big minutes (vs FIN) so when an 18yo kid can come in and do that, you know he's going to be a great player in the NHL for a long time."
— Mike Morreale (@mikemorrealeNHL) June 6, 2021
So, what does this all mean if a prospect shows out in this tournament, how seriously should we be taking their production in a tournament that doesn’t always feature all of the best players in the world? I’m glad you asked, I was thinking the same thing.
Of all the players 22 and under (a prospect), here is how they faired in the tournament:
Liam Kirk (21) 7GP 7G 2A 9P – The only player under 22 to be a point per game and he tied MVP Andrew Mangiapane for the tournament lead in goals which a much less NHL experienced supporting cast. Someone get this guy a contract.
Jason Robertson (21) 10GP 4G 5A 9P – Coming off a Calder nominee season, there isn’t much left to say about JRob that I haven’t already said, this guy is really good.
Anton Lundell (19) 10GP 4G 3A 7P – He was strong captaining Finland at the World Juniors and should be a fantastic number two to Alex Barkov in Florida soon.
Maxime Comtois (22) 10GP 4G 2A 6P – Already cementing a solid spot in Anaheim’s emerging top six, that includes future powerplay time with Jaime Drysdale, Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry, Sam Steel, and the third overall pick this year.
Nico Hischier (22) 8GP 2G 4A 6P – Aside from being named one of the youngest captains in NHL history, this season was one to forget which included two injuries and some time on the Covid list. He doesn’t have the same blazing speed but I’d expect a Nathan MacKinnon lite version of a breakout age 23 season.
There were more players under this criteria such as Dmitry Voronkov, Lucas Reichel, Philipp Kurashev, and Nils Lundqvist. They all had good showings for their age but I still have a lot left to say on the validity of a U22 player’s performance at this tournament translating to NHL success.
Thanks to Quanthockey.com, I was able to see the players who achieved a point-per-game in this tournament at each age from 18 to 22 with a minimum of three games played. I took a sample size of 1980 to modern-day, as this tournament was well served by youth prior to that point and it’s a bit more of a modern sample size. I then tracked each of those player’s NHL games played, point totals, and points per game. Let’s take a look.
Here are the leading scorer’s age 22:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | NHL Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1983) | F | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1983) | F | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | |
| Ryan Getzlaf (2008) | F | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1101 | 982 | 0.8919164396 | |
| Mike Green (2008) | D | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 880 | 501 | 0.5693181818 | |
| Igor Larianov (1983) | F | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2008) | F | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| Rick Nash (2007) | F | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | |
| Theoron Fleury (1991) | F | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | |
| Dany Heatley (2003) | F | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 869 | 791 | 0.9102416571 | |
| Alexander Radulov (2009) | F | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 453 | 346 | 0.7637969095 | |
| Eric Staal (2007) | F | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1293 | 1034 | 0.7996906419 | |
| Linus Omark (2009) | F | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 32 | 0.4050632911 | |
| Jan Hlavac (1999) | F | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 436 | 224 | 0.5137614679 | |
| Igor Liba (1983) | F | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 25 | 0.6756756757 | |
| Dieter Hegen (1985) | F | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Mikhail Grabovski (2006) | F | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 534 | 296 | 0.5543071161 | |
| Leon Draisaitl (2018) | F | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 478 | 506 | 1.058577406 | |
| Rudolfs Balcers (2019) | F | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 34 | 0.3695652174 | |
| Alexei Yashin (1996) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 850 | 781 | 0.9188235294 | |
| Patrik Berglund (2011) | F | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 717 | 326 | 0.4546722455 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1986) | F | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | |
| Dion Phaneuf (2007) | D | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1048 | 494 | 0.4713740458 | |
| Sergei Makarov (1981) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 424 | 384 | 0.9056603774 | |
| Tony Tanti (1986) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 697 | 560 | 0.8034433286 | |
| Jack Eichel (2019) | F | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 375 | 355 | 0.9466666667 | |
| Domonik Kubalik (2018) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 124 | 84 | 0.6774193548 | |
| Matt Cullen (1999) | F | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1516 | 731 | 0.4821899736 | |
| Kari Jalonen (1982) | F | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 0.4054054054 | |
| Rauli Raitanen (1992) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Mikhail Vasiljev (1985) | F | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Doug Weight (1993) | F | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1238 | 1033 | 0.8344103393 | |
| Eric Daze (1998) | F | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 601 | 398 | 0.6622296173 | |
| Dan Doirion (1985) | F | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 |
If we are looking at a .70 points per game as a star-producing forward and .45 as a star-producing defense. We have two star defencemen, those being Mike Green at .56 points per game and Dion Phaneuf at .47. Seven of 33 forwards reaching star producer status (Ovechkin, Draisaitl, Fleury, Eichel, Yashin, Heatley, Makarov, Getzlaf, Weight, Tanti, Staal, Radulov, Nash). So, basically just because a 22-year-old prospect is playing in this tournament and scoring at a point per game level only 21% since 1980 have gone on to star producer level at the NHL.
Let’s look at age 21:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | NHL Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Connor McDavid (2018) | F | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 407 | 574 | 1.41031941 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon (1995) | F | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 573 | 560 | 0.9773123909 | |
| Wayne Gretzky (1982) | F | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1487 | 2857 | 1.92131809 | |
| William Nylander (2017) | F | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 358 | 263 | 0.7346368715 | |
| Dave Christian (1981) | F | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1009 | 773 | 0.7661050545 | |
| Ville Peltonen (1995) | F | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 382 | 148 | 0.387434555 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2018) | F | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | |
| Jeremy Roenick (1991) | F | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1363 | 1216 | 0.8921496698 | |
| Brett Hull (1986) | F | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1269 | 1391 | 1.096138692 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1985) | F | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1985) | F | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | |
| Joe Sakic (1991) | F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1378 | 1641 | 1.190856313 | |
| Filip Hronek (2019) | D | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 167 | 80 | 0.4790419162 | |
| Jiri Lala (1981) | F | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Theoron Fleury (1990) | F | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | |
| Igor Larianov (1982) | F | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | |
| Petr Rosol (1986) | F | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Liam Kirk (2021) | F | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Tony Granato (1986) | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 773 | 492 | 0.6364812419 | |
| Andreas Johansson (1995) | F | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 377 | 169 | 0.4482758621 | |
| Valeri Karpov (1993) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 29 | 0.3815789474 | |
| John Tavares (2012) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Alex Debrincat (2019) | F | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 286 | 229 | 0.8006993007 | |
| Paul Stastny (2007) | F | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1001 | 755 | 0.7542457542 | |
| Mats Sundin (1992) | F | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2012) | F | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | |
| Alexander Wennberg (2016) | F | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 471 | 230 | 0.4883227176 | |
| Kirill Kaprisov (2018) | F | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 51 | 0.9272727273 | |
| Laurent Meunier (2000) | F | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Dustin Brown (2006) | F | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1232 | 684 | 0.5551948052 | |
| Jari Kurri (1982) | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1251 | 1398 | 1.117505995 | |
| Timo Meier (2018) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 317 | 188 | 0.5930599369 | |
| Peter Regin (2017) | F | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 243 | 67 | 0.2757201646 | |
| David Pastrnak (2018) | F | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 438 | 427 | 0.9748858447 | |
| Kevin Fiala (2018) | F | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 337 | 198 | 0.587537092 | |
| Mike Mottau (1999) | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 321 | 58 | 0.1806853583 | |
| James Neal (2009) | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 850 | 555 | 0.6529411765 | |
| Artem Demkov (2011) | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
This one bodes much higher for the translation to NHL star status. 16 of 36 forwards (44%) have gone on to a .75 point per game or higher, with the same number of star producers as above (7) reaching point per game status (Gretzky, McDavid, Sakic, Kurri, Hull, Fleury, Sundin). We also see Filip Hronek reach the mark as a defenceman with a .47 in his short time in the NHL. Also, look who we have on that list ahead of (likely) Calder winner Kirill Kaprizov and Hall of Famer Mats Sundin? The boy himself, Liam Kirk, tied for the sixth-best point total for a 21-year-old at the tournament since 1980 and tied for second in goals in that same period with Brett Hull, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Sakic, William Nylander, Mikko Rantanen, Vladimir Ruzicka, Dave Christian, and Filip Hronek. Pretty good company for defenceman Hronek and unsigned free agent, Kirk.
Let’s move on to age 20:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | NHL Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Sebastian Aho (2018) | F | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | |
| Eric Lindros (1993) | F | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 760 | 865 | 1.138157895 | |
| Rick Nash (2005) | F | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | |
| Patrice Bergeron (2006) | F | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1143 | 917 | 0.8022747157 | |
| Mats Sundin (1991) | F | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | |
| Mitchell Marner (2017) | F | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 355 | 358 | 1.008450704 | |
| Pavel Bure (1991) | F | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 702 | 779 | 1.10968661 | |
| Teemu Selanne (1991) | F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1451 | 1457 | 1.004135079 | |
| Phil Kessel (2008) | F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | |
| Saku Koivu (1995) | F | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1124 | 832 | 0.7402135231 | |
| Jarkko Varvio (1992) | F | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0.5384615385 | |
| Johnny Gaudreau (2014) | F | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 520 | 494 | 0.95 | |
| Dylan Larkin (2017) | F | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 433 | 289 | 0.6674364896 | |
| Elias Petterson (2019) | F | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 165 | 153 | 0.9272727273 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2007) | F | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2017) | F | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | |
| Charlie McAvoy (2018) | D | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 235 | 122 | 0.5191489362 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2006) | F | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| John Tavares (2011) | F | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1981) | F | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | |
| Nico Hischier (2019) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 230 | 146 | 0.6347826087 | |
| Aleksander Barkov (2016) | F | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 529 | 465 | 0.8790170132 | |
| Michael Nylander (1993) | F | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 920 | 649 | 0.7054347826 | |
| Jere Lehtinen (1994) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 875 | 514 | 0.5874285714 | |
| Mikael Renberg (1993) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 661 | 464 | 0.7019667171 | |
| Justin Faulk (2012) | D | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 684 | 299 | 0.4371345029 | |
| Marian Hossa (1999) | F | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1309 | 1134 | 0.8663101604 | |
| Tomas Vanek (2004) | F | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1029 | 789 | 0.7667638484 | |
| Derek Stepan (2011) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 759 | 485 | 0.6389986825 | |
| Nils Lundkvist (2021) | D | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Uwe Krupp (1986) | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 729 | 281 | 0.3854595336 |
I feel that you’re noticing a trend, the younger you are at this tournament, the better it usually bodes for NHL success. We now have 18 of 31 (66%) players reaching star producer status. We saw four defencemen at this age reach point per game, with only Charlie McAvoy reaching star status with .52 and Justin Faulk just missing the mark at .43. We also see Nils Lundqvist barely making the mark at three games played but it’s an encouraging sight for New York Rangers fans to see him on the list.
Let’s get onto the teens starting with the 19-year-olds:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | NHL P/PG | ||
| Paul Kariya (1994) | F | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 989 | 989 | 1 | |
| Saku Koivu (1994) | F | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1124 | 832 | 0.7402135231 | |
| Seth Jones (2014) | D | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 580 | 286 | 0.4931034483 | |
| Steven Stamkos (2009) | F | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 841 | 866 | 1.029726516 | |
| Sebastian Aho (2017) | F | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | |
| Ed Olczyk (1986) | F | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1031 | 874 | 0.8477206596 | |
| Patrick Kane (2008) | F | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1029 | 1088 | 1.057337221 | |
| Mario Lemieux (1985) | F | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 915 | 1723 | 1.883060109 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2006) | F | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | |
| Magnus Paajrvi (2010) | F | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 467 | 124 | 0.2655246253 | |
| Mikael Granlund (2011) | F | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 591 | 379 | 0.641285956 | |
| Sergei Fedorov (1989) | F | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1248 | 1179 | 0.9447115385 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2005) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| Phil Kessel (2007) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | |
| Matt Duchene (2010) | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 827 | 602 | 0.7279322854 | |
| John Tavares (2010) | F | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2010) | F | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | |
| Eeli Tolvanen (2018) | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 0.5106382979 |
Here we see 11 of 17 (64%) or 12 of 17 (70%) reach star status if we count Saku Koivu at .74%. Seth Jones, the only defenceman to reach point per game in the tournament at this age. He also makes the mark of a star producer at the NHL level with .49 points per game.
Finally, our elite class of 18-year-old point per game producers. Sadly, we can’t add Owen Power or Matt Beniers to this list as they were not all that close to point per game. It’s a small class though:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Sidney Crosby (2006) | F | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1039 | 1325 | 1.275 | |
| Patrik Laine (2016) | F | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 351 | 271 | 0.77 | |
| Robert Reichel (1990) | F | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 830 | 630 | 0.75 | |
| Anze Kopitar (2006) | F | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1129 | 1000 | 0.88 | |
| Paul Kariya (1993) | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 989 | 989 | 1 | |
| Kaspars Daugavins (2007) | F | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 15 | 0.16 |
Look at that, all except Kaspars Daugavins and his 91 games in the NHL were able to reach star producer status. Robert Reichel just made the mark and Laine is at risk of losing that title but it’s a six-person class with 83% reaching star producer status.
One of the glaring “problems” I saw with this list is that a lot has changed since 1980 and those before the year 2000 might not be the best examples. I’m only 27 and I barely remember watching Alex Mogilny play, and he was one of the first to defect from Russia. When you consider some of the star Finnish, Russian, and Swedish (among other countries) players prior to the year 2000, it was a different story than it is today in translating their skill and talent to the NHL game. Prospects are also hitting more these days, as player development and scouting have shaped. We value smaller players more than before, have more resources, and have learned from the mistakes of the past (for the most part). For this reason, I decided to separate the players into pre-Backstreet Boys “Millenium” Album and post.
Here is pre-2000:
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | Points | NHL P/PG | Age | |
| Wayne Gretzky (1982) | F | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1487 | 2857 | 1.92131809 | 21 | |
| Mario Lemieux (1985) | F | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 915 | 1723 | 1.883060109 | 19 | |
| Joe Sakic (1991) | F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1378 | 1641 | 1.190856313 | 21 | |
| Eric Lindros (1993) | F | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 760 | 865 | 1.138157895 | 20 | |
| Jari Kurri (1982) | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1251 | 1398 | 1.117505995 | 21 | |
| Pavel Bure (1991) | F | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 702 | 779 | 1.10968661 | 20 | |
| Brett Hull (1986) | F | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1269 | 1391 | 1.096138692 | 21 | |
| Teemu Selanne (1991) | F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1451 | 1457 | 1.004135079 | 20 | |
| Theoron Fleury (1990) | F | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | 21 | |
| Theoron Fleury (1991) | F | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | 22 | |
| Mats Sundin (1991) | F | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | 20 | |
| Mats Sundin (1992) | F | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | 21 | |
| Paul Kariya (1993) | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 989 | 989 | 1 | 18 | |
| Paul Kariya (1994) | F | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 989 | 989 | 1 | 19 | |
| Sergei Fedorov (1989) | F | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1248 | 1179 | 0.9447115385 | 19 | |
| Alexei Yashin (1996) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 850 | 781 | 0.9188235294 | 22 | |
| Sergei Makarov (1981) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 424 | 384 | 0.9056603774 | 22 | |
| Jeremy Roenick (1991) | F | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1363 | 1216 | 0.8921496698 | 21 | |
| Marian Hossa (1999) | F | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1309 | 1134 | 0.8663101604 | 20 | |
| Ed Olczyk (1986) | F | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1031 | 874 | 0.8477206596 | 19 | |
| Doug Weight (1993) | F | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1238 | 1033 | 0.8344103393 | 22 | |
| Tony Tanti (1986) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 697 | 560 | 0.8034433286 | 22 | |
| Dave Christian (1981) | F | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1009 | 773 | 0.7661050545 | 21 | |
| Robert Reichel (1990) | F | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 830 | 630 | 0.75 | 18 | |
| Saku Koivu (1995) | F | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1124 | 832 | 0.7402135231 | 20 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1985) | F | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | 21 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1983) | F | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | 22 | |
| Michael Nylander (1993) | F | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 920 | 649 | 0.7054347826 | 20 | |
| Mikael Renberg (1993) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 661 | 464 | 0.7019667171 | 20 | |
| Igor Larianov (1982) | F | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | 21 | |
| Igor Larianov (1983) | F | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | 22 | |
| Igor Liba (1983) | F | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 25 | 0.6756756757 | 22 | |
| Eric Daze (1998) | F | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 601 | 398 | 0.6622296173 | 22 | |
| Tony Granato (1986) | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 773 | 492 | 0.6364812419 | 21 | |
| Jere Lehtinen (1994) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 875 | 514 | 0.5874285714 | 20 | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1981) | F | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | 20 | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1983) | F | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | 22 | |
| Jarkko Varvio (1992) | F | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0.5384615385 | 20 | |
| Jan Hlavac (1999) | F | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 436 | 224 | 0.5137614679 | 22 | |
| Dan Doirion (1985) | F | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 22 | |
| Matt Cullen (1999) | F | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1516 | 731 | 0.4821899736 | 22 | |
| Filip Hronek (2019) | D | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 167 | 80 | 0.4790419162 | 21 | |
| Andreas Johansson (1995) | F | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 377 | 169 | 0.4482758621 | 21 | |
| Kari Jalonen (1982) | F | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 0.4054054054 | 22 | |
| Ville Peltonen (1995) | F | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 382 | 148 | 0.387434555 | 21 | |
| Uwe Krupp (1986) | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 729 | 281 | 0.3854595336 | 20 | |
| Valeri Karpov (1993) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 29 | 0.3815789474 | 21 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1985) | F | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | 21 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1986) | F | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | 22 | |
| Mike Mottau (1999) | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 321 | 58 | 0.1806853583 | 21 | |
| Jiri Lala (1981) | F | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| Petr Rosol (1986) | F | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| Dieter Hegen (1985) | F | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| Rauli Raitanen (1992) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| Mikhail Vasiljev (1985) | F | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
47 players (8 players played twice of the 55 above) to reach a point-per-game under the age of 22 between 1980 and 2000. Of those players 21 of 39 forwards reached star producer status and zero of two defencemen. 17 reached 1000 games in the NHL.
Now how did our Millenials do? did they surpass 53% in forwards? how about 0% in defenceman?
| Name (year) | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | Points | NHL P/PG | Age | |
| Connor McDavid (2018) | F | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 407 | 574 | 1.41031941 | 21 | |
| Sidney Crosby (2006) | F | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1039 | 1325 | 1.275 | 18 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2006) | F | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | 19 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2007) | F | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | 20 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2005) | F | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | 19 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2006) | F | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | 20 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2008) | F | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | 22 | |
| Leon Draisaitl (2018) | F | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 478 | 506 | 1.058577406 | 22 | |
| Patrick Kane (2008) | F | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1029 | 1088 | 1.057337221 | 19 | |
| Steven Stamkos (2009) | F | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 841 | 866 | 1.029726516 | 19 | |
| Mitchell Marner (2017) | F | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 355 | 358 | 1.008450704 | 20 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon (1995) | F | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 573 | 560 | 0.9773123909 | 21 | |
| David Pastrnak (2018) | F | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 438 | 427 | 0.9748858447 | 21 | |
| Johnny Gaudreau (2014) | F | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 520 | 494 | 0.95 | 20 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2017) | F | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | 20 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2018) | F | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | 21 | |
| Jack Eichel (2019) | F | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 375 | 355 | 0.9466666667 | 22 | |
| John Tavares (2010) | F | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | 19 | |
| John Tavares (2011) | F | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | 20 | |
| John Tavares (2012) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | 21 | |
| Elias Petterson (2019) | F | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 165 | 153 | 0.9272727273 | 20 | |
| Kirill Kaprisov (2018) | F | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 51 | 0.9272727273 | 21 | |
| Dany Heatley (2003) | F | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 869 | 791 | 0.9102416571 | 22 | |
| Ryan Getzlaf (2008) | F | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1101 | 982 | 0.8919164396 | 22 | |
| Anze Kopitar (2006) | F | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1129 | 1000 | 0.88 | 18 | |
| Aleksander Barkov (2016) | F | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 529 | 465 | 0.8790170132 | 20 | |
| Sebastian Aho (2017) | F | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | 19 | |
| Sebastian Aho (2018) | F | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | 20 | |
| Phil Kessel (2007) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | 19 | |
| Phil Kessel (2008) | F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | 20 | |
| Patrice Bergeron (2006) | F | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1143 | 917 | 0.8022747157 | 20 | |
| Alex Debrincat (2019) | F | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 286 | 229 | 0.8006993007 | 21 | |
| Eric Staal (2007) | F | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1293 | 1034 | 0.7996906419 | 22 | |
| Patrik Laine (2016) | F | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 351 | 271 | 0.77 | 18 | |
| Tomas Vanek (2004) | F | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1029 | 789 | 0.7667638484 | 20 | |
| Alexander Radulov (2009) | F | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 453 | 346 | 0.7637969095 | 22 | |
| Rick Nash (2005) | F | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | 20 | |
| Rick Nash (2007) | F | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | 22 | |
| Paul Stastny (2007) | F | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1001 | 755 | 0.7542457542 | 21 | |
| William Nylander (2017) | F | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 358 | 263 | 0.7346368715 | 21 | |
| Matt Duchene (2010) | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 827 | 602 | 0.7279322854 | 19 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2010) | F | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | 19 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2012) | F | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | 21 | |
| Domonik Kubalik (2018) | F | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 124 | 84 | 0.6774193548 | 22 | |
| Dylan Larkin (2017) | F | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 433 | 289 | 0.6674364896 | 20 | |
| James Neal (2009) | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 850 | 555 | 0.6529411765 | 21 | |
| Mikael Granlund (2011) | F | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 591 | 379 | 0.641285956 | 19 | |
| Derek Stepan (2011) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 759 | 485 | 0.6389986825 | 20 | |
| Nico Hischier (2019) | F | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 230 | 146 | 0.6347826087 | 20 | |
| Timo Meier (2018) | F | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 317 | 188 | 0.5930599369 | 21 | |
| Kevin Fiala (2018) | F | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 337 | 198 | 0.587537092 | 21 | |
| Mike Green (2008) | D | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 880 | 501 | 0.5693181818 | 22 | |
| Dustin Brown (2006) | F | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1232 | 684 | 0.5551948052 | 21 | |
| Mikhail Grabovski (2006) | F | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 534 | 296 | 0.5543071161 | 22 | |
| Charlie McAvoy (2018) | D | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 235 | 122 | 0.5191489362 | 20 | |
| Eeli Tolvanen (2018) | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 0.5106382979 | 19 | |
| Seth Jones (2014) | D | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 580 | 286 | 0.4931034483 | 19 | |
| Alexander Wennberg (2016) | F | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 471 | 230 | 0.4883227176 | 21 | |
| Filip Hronek (2019) | D | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 167 | 80 | 0.4790419162 | 21 | |
| Filip Hronek (2019) | D | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 167 | 80 | 0.4790419162 | 21 | |
| Dion Phaneuf (2007) | D | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1048 | 494 | 0.4713740458 | 22 | |
| Patrik Berglund (2011) | F | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 717 | 326 | 0.4546722455 | 22 | |
| Justin Faulk (2012) | D | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 684 | 299 | 0.4371345029 | 20 | |
| Linus Omark (2009) | F | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 32 | 0.4050632911 | 22 | |
| Rudolfs Balcers (2019) | F | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 34 | 0.3695652174 | 22 | |
| Peter Regin (2017) | F | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 243 | 67 | 0.2757201646 | 21 | |
| Magnus Paajrvi (2010) | F | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 467 | 124 | 0.2655246253 | 19 | |
| Kaspars Daugavins (2007) | F | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 15 | 0.16 | 18 | |
| Nils Lundkvist (2021) | D | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| Liam Kirk (2021) | F | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| Laurent Meunier (2000) | F | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| Artem Demkov (2011) | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
We had seven players play twice and two play three times (Ovechkin and Tavares). This means that there were 62 players since 2000 to reach a point per game. Of that 62, eight were defencemen, so we had 54 forwards. Of those 54 forwards, 30 had reached star producer status at the NHL level for 54%. So, only one percent higher, which I found interesting. What is even more interesting is that all of the players to reach a point-per-game as a defenceman all reached star producer status, except Justin Faulk and Nils Lundqvist. Lundqvist hasn’t played in the NHL yet and Faulk missed the mark by 2%. So, it’s safe to say that if you see a defenceman in this tournament producing at a point per game level, I would draft him in fantasy.
Basically, this tournament isn’t a traditional scouting tournament but if a young player is lighting up the scoresheets under the age of 22, there is about a 60% chance or higher that they will become a star at the NHL level and almost a guarantee if they’re a defencemen.
Last but not least, someone sign Liam Kirk already.
For reference, here is the sheet broken into Forwards and Defence.
Forwards (sorted by goals):
| Name (year) | Age | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Eric Lindros (1993) | 20 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 760 | 865 | 1.138157895 | |
| Rick Nash (2005) | 20 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | |
| Sebastian Aho (2018) | 20 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | |
| Jarkko Varvio (1992) | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0.5384615385 | |
| Sidney Crosby (2006) | 18 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1039 | 1325 | 1.275 | |
| Dave Christian (1981) | 21 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1009 | 773 | 0.7661050545 | |
| Patrik Berglund (2011) | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 717 | 326 | 0.4546722455 | |
| Pavel Bure (1991) | 20 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 702 | 779 | 1.10968661 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1985) | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1983) | 22 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | |
| Mats Sundin (1991) | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | |
| Brett Hull (1986) | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1269 | 1391 | 1.096138692 | |
| Theoron Fleury (1990) | 21 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | |
| John Tavares (2010) | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Dany Heatley (2003) | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 869 | 791 | 0.9102416571 | |
| Steven Stamkos (2009) | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 841 | 866 | 1.029726516 | |
| William Nylander (2017) | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 358 | 263 | 0.7346368715 | |
| Patrik Laine (2016) | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 351 | 271 | 0.77 | |
| Alex Debrincat (2019) | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 286 | 229 | 0.8006993007 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1985) | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | |
| Jiri Lala (1981) | 21 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Liam Kirk (2021) | 21 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Wayne Gretzky (1982) | 21 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1487 | 2857 | 1.92131809 | |
| Teemu Selanne (1991) | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1451 | 1457 | 1.004135079 | |
| Joe Sakic (1991) | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1378 | 1641 | 1.190856313 | |
| Sergei Fedorov (1989) | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1248 | 1179 | 0.9447115385 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2008) | 22 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2006) | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| Patrice Bergeron (2006) | 20 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1143 | 917 | 0.8022747157 | |
| Phil Kessel (2008) | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | |
| Rick Nash (2007) | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1060 | 805 | 0.7594339623 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon (1995) | 21 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 573 | 560 | 0.9773123909 | |
| Ville Peltonen (1995) | 21 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 382 | 148 | 0.387434555 | |
| Vladimir Krutov (1981) | 20 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 34 | 0.5573770492 | |
| Kirill Kaprisov (2018) | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 51 | 0.9272727273 | |
| Petr Rosol (1986) | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Jeremy Roenick (1991) | 21 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1363 | 1216 | 0.8921496698 | |
| Marian Hossa (1999) | 20 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1309 | 1134 | 0.8663101604 | |
| Eric Staal (2007) | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1293 | 1034 | 0.7996906419 | |
| Dustin Brown (2006) | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1232 | 684 | 0.5551948052 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin (2005) | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1197 | 1320 | 1.102756892 | |
| Saku Koivu (1994) | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1124 | 832 | 0.7402135231 | |
| Saku Koivu (1995) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1124 | 832 | 0.7402135231 | |
| Theoron Fleury (1991) | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1084 | 1088 | 1.003690037 | |
| Paul Kariya (1994) | 19 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 989 | 989 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2007) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | |
| Igor Larianov (1983) | 22 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | |
| John Tavares (2011) | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Robert Reichel (1990) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 830 | 630 | 0.75 | |
| Tony Tanti (1986) | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 697 | 560 | 0.8034433286 | |
| Mikael Renberg (1993) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 661 | 464 | 0.7019667171 | |
| Mikhail Grabovski (2006) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 534 | 296 | 0.5543071161 | |
| Magnus Paajrvi (2010) | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 467 | 124 | 0.2655246253 | |
| Jan Hlavac (1999) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 436 | 224 | 0.5137614679 | |
| Connor McDavid (2018) | 21 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 407 | 574 | 1.41031941 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2018) | 21 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | |
| Dieter Hegen (1985) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Jari Kurri (1982) | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1251 | 1398 | 1.117505995 | |
| Ed Olczyk (1986) | 19 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1031 | 874 | 0.8477206596 | |
| Paul Stastny (2007) | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1001 | 755 | 0.7542457542 | |
| Igor Larianov (1982) | 21 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 921 | 644 | 0.6992399566 | |
| Mario Lemieux (1985) | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 915 | 1723 | 1.883060109 | |
| John Tavares (2012) | 21 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 870 | 819 | 0.9413793103 | |
| Alexei Yashin (1996) | 22 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 850 | 781 | 0.9188235294 | |
| Matt Duchene (2010) | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 827 | 602 | 0.7279322854 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2012) | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | |
| Alexander Radulov (2009) | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 453 | 346 | 0.7637969095 | |
| David Pastrnak (2018) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 438 | 427 | 0.9748858447 | |
| Mitchell Marner (2017) | 20 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 355 | 358 | 1.008450704 | |
| Mikko Rantanen (2017) | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 333 | 316 | 0.9489489489 | |
| Vladimir Ruzicka (1983) | 22 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 233 | 167 | 0.7167381974 | |
| Nico Hischier (2019) | 20 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 230 | 146 | 0.6347826087 | |
| Hannu Jarvenpaa (1986) | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 114 | 37 | 0.3245614035 | |
| Valeri Karpov (1993) | 21 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 29 | 0.3815789474 | |
| Laurent Meunier (2000) | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Anze Kopitar (2006) | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1129 | 1000 | 0.88 | |
| Ryan Getzlaf (2008) | 22 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1101 | 982 | 0.8919164396 | |
| Patrick Kane (2008) | 19 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1029 | 1088 | 1.057337221 | |
| Evgeni Malkin (2006) | 19 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 940 | 1104 | 1.174468085 | |
| Jere Lehtinen (1994) | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 875 | 514 | 0.5874285714 | |
| Aleksander Barkov (2016) | 20 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 529 | 465 | 0.8790170132 | |
| Sergei Makarov (1981) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 424 | 384 | 0.9056603774 | |
| Andreas Johansson (1995) | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 377 | 169 | 0.4482758621 | |
| Peter Regin (2017) | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 243 | 67 | 0.2757201646 | |
| Elias Petterson (2019) | 20 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 165 | 153 | 0.9272727273 | |
| Domonik Kubalik (2018) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 124 | 84 | 0.6774193548 | |
| Kaspars Daugavins (2007) | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 15 | 0.16 | |
| Kari Jalonen (1982) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 0.4054054054 | |
| Mikhail Vasiljev (1985) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Mats Sundin (1992) | 21 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1346 | 1349 | 1.002228826 | |
| Phil Kessel (2007) | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1122 | 904 | 0.8057040998 | |
| Tomas Vanek (2004) | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1029 | 789 | 0.7667638484 | |
| Paul Kariya (1993) | 18 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 989 | 989 | 1 | |
| Tony Granato (1986) | 21 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 773 | 492 | 0.6364812419 | |
| Derek Stepan (2011) | 20 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 759 | 485 | 0.6389986825 | |
| Mikael Granlund (2011) | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 591 | 379 | 0.641285956 | |
| Johnny Gaudreau (2014) | 20 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 520 | 494 | 0.95 | |
| Leon Draisaitl (2018) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 478 | 506 | 1.058577406 | |
| Dylan Larkin (2017) | 20 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 433 | 289 | 0.6674364896 | |
| Jack Eichel (2019) | 22 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 375 | 355 | 0.9466666667 | |
| Sebastian Aho (2017) | 19 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 366 | 320 | 0.8743169399 | |
| Timo Meier (2018) | 21 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 317 | 188 | 0.5930599369 | |
| Linus Omark (2009) | 22 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 32 | 0.4050632911 | |
| Eeli Tolvanen (2018) | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 0.5106382979 | |
| Igor Liba (1983) | 22 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 25 | 0.6756756757 | |
| Dan Doirion (1985) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Rauli Raitanen (1992) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Matt Cullen (1999) | 22 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1516 | 731 | 0.4821899736 | |
| Michael Nylander (1993) | 20 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 920 | 649 | 0.7054347826 | |
| James Neal (2009) | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 850 | 555 | 0.6529411765 | |
| Jordan Eberle (2010) | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 779 | 551 | 0.7073170732 | |
| Eric Daze (1998) | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 601 | 398 | 0.6622296173 | |
| Alexander Wennberg (2016) | 21 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 471 | 230 | 0.4883227176 | |
| Kevin Fiala (2018) | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 337 | 198 | 0.587537092 | |
| Rudolfs Balcers (2019) | 22 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 34 | 0.3695652174 | |
| Artem Demkov (2011) | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Doug Weight (1993) | 22 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1238 | 1033 | 0.8344103393 |
Defense (sorted by points per game):
| Name (year) | Age | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | NHL Games | Points | NHL P/PG | |
| Mike Green (2008) | 22 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 880 | 501 | 0.5693181818 | |
| Charlie McAvoy (2018) | 20 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 235 | 122 | 0.5191489362 | |
| Seth Jones (2014) | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 580 | 286 | 0.4931034483 | |
| Filip Hronek (2019) | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 167 | 80 | 0.4790419162 | |
| Dion Phaneuf (2007) | 22 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1048 | 494 | 0.4713740458 | |
| Justin Faulk (2012) | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 684 | 299 | 0.4371345029 | |
| Uwe Krupp (1986) | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 729 | 281 | 0.3854595336 | |
| Mike Mottau (1999) | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 321 | 58 | 0.1806853583 | |
| Nils Lundkvist (2021) | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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