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Max Plante
Left wing · DET · NCAA

Max Plante

Age
20
Height
5'11"
Weight
170 lb
Shoots
L
Drafted
2024, round 2, 47th overall
Born
USA
2026-27
NCAA · Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
Games
2
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
2
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

70th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

4th in the DET system · 4th among its forwards

+0.8WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds53%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+0.3+0.8+2.6Low, 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+21516171819Age2021-22, age 15, 50 GP: +0.34 vs. his age group (0.10 NHL-equivalent points per game)2022-23, age 16, 86 GP: +0.48 vs. his age group (0.14 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 17, 76 GP: +0.75 vs. his age group (0.20 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 18, 23 GP: +1.26 vs. his age group (0.32 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 19, 40 GP: +0.88 vs. his age group (0.34 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
1Joey Hishon2010 · #17 · at 2040%1313Did not stick—
2Andrei Loktionov2008 · #123 · at 2037%155155Did not stick—
3Nikita Kucherov2011 · #58 · at 2037%515886Regular+3.07
4Artturi Lehkonen2013 · #55 · at 2036%412667Regular+0.84
5Nicolas Kerdiles2012 · #36 · at 2035%33Did not stick—
6Nick Sorensen2013 · #45 · at 2035%55Did not stick—
7Gustav Possler2013 · #130 · at 2035%00Did not stick—
8Markus Granlund2011 · #45 · at 2034%335335Regular+0.69
9Jake Guentzel2013 · #77 · at 2034%375688Regular+2.43
10J.T. Compher2013 · #35 · at 2034%341660Regular+1.14
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27NCAA · Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth20220
2025-26NCAA · Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth4025275223
2024-25WJC-20 · USA U2061234
2024-25NCAA · Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth239192816
2023-24WJC-18 · USA U18729112
2023-24USHL · USNTDP Juniors25623296
2023-24NTDP · U.S. National U18 Team5115466116
2022-23WHC-17 · USA U177010100
2022-23USHL · USNTDP Juniors325192418
2022-23NTDP · U.S. National U17 Team5411354624
2021-22USHS-MN · Hermantown High311854724
2021-22USA-S15 · Team Kelly40000
2021-22UMHSEHL · Team The Base19511162
2021-22MNHP · B15 - District 1131340
2020-21WSI U15 · Draftday Selects U15959140
2020-2114U AAA · Minnesota Blades 14U AAA13810180
2019-20MNBEL 14U · MN Rangers 14U AAA42130
2015-16Brick Invitational · Team Minnesota64370

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