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Cullen Potter
Center · CGY · NCAA

Cullen Potter

Age
19
Height
5'10"
Weight
172 lb
Shoots
L
Drafted
2025, round 1, 32nd overall
Born
USA
2026-27
NCAA · Michigan State Univ.
Games
2
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
2
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

81st of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

4th in the CGY system · 3rd among its forwards

+0.9WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds45%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds23%Better than the typical NHL regular among forwards
Arrival2028-29The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks+0.7+0.9+2.1Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 5 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

-10+1+215161718Age2022-23, age 15, 52 GP: +0.48 vs. his age group (0.10 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 16, 89 GP: +0.35 vs. his age group (0.13 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 17, 35 GP: +0.33 vs. his age group (0.16 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 18, 24 GP: +0.95 vs. his age group (0.28 NHL-equivalent points per game)
HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age
Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#PlayerMatchNHL GP by 26Career NHL GPOutcomeWAR a season
1Tomas Tatar2009 · #60 · at 1956%427927Regular+2.09
2Dmitri Kugryshev2008 · #58 · at 1946%00Did not stick—
3Jordan Schroeder2009 · #22 · at 1946%165165Did not stick—
4Matt Nieto2011 · #47 · at 1943%472705Regular+0.67
5Ryan Donato2014 · #56 · at 1943%325573Regular+0.71
6J.T. Compher2013 · #35 · at 1943%341660Regular+1.14
7Jeremy Bracco2015 · #61 · at 1941%00Did not stick—
8Nick Sorensen2013 · #45 · at 1940%55Did not stick—
9Rocco Grimaldi2011 · #33 · at 1940%156203Regular after 26—
10Denis Malgin2015 · #102 · at 1939%257257Regular+0.75
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27NCAA · Michigan State Univ.21120
2025-26NCAA · Arizona State Univ.2412142616
2024-25WJC-18 · USA U1874484
2024-25NTDP · U.S. National U18 Team94484
2024-25NCAA · Arizona State Univ.35139226
2023-24WHC-17 · USA U1771786
2023-24USHL · USNTDP Juniors359132220
2023-24NTDP · U.S. National U17 Team5417294628
2022-23USA-S15 · Team Grey42133
2022-23T1EHL 16U · Dallas Stars Elite 16U AAA15713200
2022-2316U AAA · Dallas Stars Elite 16U AAA524344870
2021-22WYC U15 · Jr. Dawgs U15654910
2021-22WSI U15 · International Stars U15968140
2020-21MNBEL 14U · MN Wisconsin 15U AAA637100
2019-20QC Int PW · Wisconsin Jr. Gamblers40332

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work