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Konsta Helenius
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Konsta Helenius

Age
20
Height
5'11"
Weight
194 lb
Shoots
R
Drafted
2024, round 1, 14th overall
Born
FIN
2026-27
NHL · Buffalo Sabres
Games
7
Goals
1
Assists
0
Points
1

His NHL ratings and game log →

Prospect score · 2026-27
Blue chip

8th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

1st in the BUF system · 1st among its forwards

+1.2WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds97%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds82%Better than the typical NHL regular among forwards
Arrival2026-27The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks−0.1+1.2+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, 9 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+2+31516171819Age2021-22, age 15, 33 GP: -0.08 vs. his age group (0.08 NHL-equivalent points per game)2022-23, age 16, 52 GP: +0.69 vs. his age group (0.15 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 17, 51 GP: +2.26 vs. his age group (0.33 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 18, 65 GP: +0.54 vs. his age group (0.23 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 19, 63 GP: +1.54 vs. his age group (0.43 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
1Jaden Schwartz2010 · #14 · at 2053%449868Regular+1.64
2Brock Boeser2015 · #23 · at 2044%479638Regular+1.14
3Nazem Kadri2009 · #7 · at 2041%4881069Regular+2.24
4Nikolay Goldobin2014 · #27 · at 2041%125125Did not stick—
5Sven Baertschi2011 · #13 · at 2041%291292Regular+0.97
6Jacob Josefson2009 · #20 · at 2040%315315Regular−0.15
7Martin Necas2017 · #12 · at 2038%519526Regular+2.10
8Tyson Jost2016 · #10 · at 2038%495564Regular+0.45
9Luke Kunin2016 · #15 · at 2037%434496Regular−0.13
10Robert Thomas2017 · #20 · at 2036%530537Regular+1.46
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27NHL · Buffalo Sabres71010
2025-26NHL · Buffalo Sabres91340
2025-26AHL · Rochester Americans6321426322
2024-25WJC-20 · Finland U2070660
2024-25AHL · Rochester Americans6514213528
2023-24WJC-20 · Finland U2071122
2023-24WJC-18 · Finland U1850770
2023-24WC · Finland40112
2023-24Liiga · Jukurit5114223610
2023-24EHT · Finland10110
2022-23WJC-18 · Finland U1852460
2022-23WHC-17 · Finland U17729114
2022-23U20 SM-sarja · Tappara U20198202810
2022-23Liiga · Jukurit3338118
2022-23Champions HL · Jukurit30000
2021-22U18 SM-sarja · Tappara U183314314528
2020-21U16 SM-sarja · Tappara U162220375710

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