Thursday, July 14, 2016

NHL 2nd Round Draft Pick Probabilities and Expected Value

What is the expected value of a second round pick in the NHL draft (specifically picks 31 to 60)? Answers below.


ABOUT THE DATA

The 2016 NHL Draft Study is basically spreadsheet of nearly every NHL draft pick from 2004 - 2013 (goalies and players older than 21 on draft day not included), almost 2000 players total. The data includes production, games played at every level/age, and salary earned between age 18 and 25. The entire sample has only played in the NHL under a salary cap. Statistics from the 2015/16 season have yet to be added. For more information about the data, click here.

Age: In this study, age refers to how old the player is on Sept 15th of any given season, since that's the draft cut off. It means that the "18 year old season" is the season after the first year of draft eligibility regardless of what month the player was born.

Statistical Career Milestone Probabilities

Below are 3 charts to determine the probability that a player reaches any given career milestone for NHL GP, NHL PTS, and AHL GP by any given age. The chart at the bottom is for Expected GP and PTS.

Important Notes:

*It is intended as a cumulative probability, but because of the nature of this time-series analysis, doesn't always behave that way.

Analysis:

*43% of 2nd round picks won't play a game in the NHL by age 25.
*13% of 2nd round picks play at least 300 games by age 25


PROBABILITY OF NHL GP MILESTONES
AGE
0
1
10
100
300
18
99.3%
0.7%
0.4%
x
x
19
91.2%
8.8%
4.4%
0.4%
x
20
70.3%
29.7%
17.1%
2.8%
x
21
48.9%
51.1%
35.3%
6.3%
0.0%
22
42.3%
57.7%
44.8%
15.5%
1.0%
23
38.4%
61.6%
48.8%
25.0%
2.4%
24
39.3%
60.7%
48.9%
28.1%
5.9%
25
43.5%
56.5%
45.4%
28.7%
13.0%

PROBABILITY OF NHL PTS MILESTONES
AGE
0
1
10
100
300
18
99.6%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
x
19
92.6%
7.4%
3.3%
0.0%
x
20
78.9%
21.1%
8.1%
0.4%
x
21
61.5%
38.5%
20.4%
1.4%
0.0%
22
51.5%
48.5%
27.8%
3.1%
0.0%
23
47.0%
53.0%
34.1%
7.3%
0.0%
24
48.1%
51.9%
34.1%
11.9%
0.7%
25
50.9%
49.1%
33.3%
15.7%
0.9%







PROBABILITY OF AHL GP MILESTONES
AGE
0
1
10
100
300
18
89.7%
10.3%
1.8%
0.0%
x
19
67.3%
32.7%
15.4%
0.7%
x
20
29.7%
70.3%
64.2%
8.1%
x
21
19.5%
80.5%
77.4%
37.1%
x
22
12.4%
87.6%
83.0%
54.6%
0.0%
23
11.6%
88.4%
86.0%
56.1%
1.2%
24
12.6%
87.4%
84.4%
58.5%
5.2%
25
13.9%
86.1%
82.4%
58.3%
8.3%


STATS/PICKS

NHL
NHL
AHL
AHL
AGE
GP
PTS
GP
PTS
18
0.3
0.1
0.9
0.3
19
2.7
0.8
7.4
3.4
20
6.7
2.4
33.8
15.6
21
13.9
5.2
34.2
15.6
22
17.9
6.9
29.7
13.1
23
21.4
8.3
22.6
9.2
24
17.1
7.4
16.7
6.9
25
15.3
5.8
9.5
4.7
Sum
95.3
37.0
154.8
68.7


Salary and Expected Value

The Salary and Expected Value charts below provide some interesting information. The 18 year season is not included in the expected value calculation because only a tiny proportion of the population of draft picks are ready to jump immediately to the NHL, and there is very little variation in the salaries of those that do.

Then there is the ability to determine what proportion of the sample is earning what salary at any given age.  $0 players are those who play zero regular season games in the AHL or NHL (some players with season long injuries still register a cap number, like E.Johnson). It's important to note that these are not career earnings below, but rather for that specific age.

Salary: Refers to NHL salary cap hit as listed at NHL Numbers.com, plus up to $50,000 per AHL season.

Expected Value
: This is the amount a player earned in salary minus the expected salary of a player drafted in that position, at each age.

Important Notes:

*Salary/Pro: This variable is calculated by total amount of salary divided by the number of players who have turned pro (AHL or NHL).

*The sum at the bottom of SALARY INFO chart, the salary from age 18 is not included.

Analysis:

* 20% of 2nd round picks will be earning at least a million dollars AAV by age 25.

SALARY INFO

% of players earning this salary range
AGE
Salary/Pro
$0
< $1M
> $ 1M
> $4M
18
$216,500
89.0%
11.0%
0.0%
0.0%
19
$244,822
68.4%
31.3%
0.4%
0.0%
20
$150,321
27.6%
72.0%
0.4%
0.0%
21
$258,305
19.0%
79.6%
1.4%
0.0%
22
$371,015
16.5%
78.9%
4.6%
1.5%
23
$561,232
25.6%
61.6%
12.8%
3.0%
24
$598,265
37.0%
45.9%
17.0%
3.7%
25
$684,610
57.4%
22.2%
20.4%
5.6%
sum
$2,868,570











SALARY AND EXPECTED VALUE
AGE
Salary-E[V]
E[V]
Sum(E{V])
Salary/GP
Salary/PTS
19
$13,534
$231,288
$231,288
$14,838
$46,633
20
$404
$149,917
$381,206
$17,136
$47,272
21
$160
$258,145
$639,350
$16,091
$43,315
22
$95
$370,920
$1,010,270
$19,645
$51,328
23
$0
$561,232
$1,571,502
$26,178
$67,479
24
$0
$598,265
$2,169,766
$34,888
$80,685
25
$0
$684,610
$2,854,376
$44,892
$117,176
Sum
$14,193

Development Matrix

If you would like to see how a sample of draft picks advances through different leagues and skill levels, welcome to the Development Matrix (or more correctly, matrices). If a draft pick played at least 1 game at any level last year, where is he likely to go next year?

Important Notes:

* KHL = Russian Elite, EurMA  = Euro Mainland Elite (Czeck, Slovakia, Germany, Swiss), ScanA = Scandinavian Elite (Sweden and Finland), EurB = All of the 2nd tier European leagues, EurJr = All European junior leagues,  CHL = Canadian Major Junior, WJC = Under 20 World Junior Championship, Tier II = All North American amateur that doesn't ruin NCAA eligibility, USDP = United States Development Program

* Age 17 is the first year of NHL draft eligibility.

* Charts meant to be read left to right, not up and down.

* Do not sum the numbers in any direction. It is what percentage of the sample played at least 1 game at any level and many play at more than one level.

Analysis:

* 30% of 2nd round draft picks play in the world junior championship the year after first yr of draft eligibility.

%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
AGE 18
Sample
at Age 17
CHL
NCAA
AHL
NHL
2.6%
KHL
0.0%
0.0%
14.3%
0.0%
3.3%
EurMA
44.4%
0.0%
33.3%
0.0%
7.0%
ScanA
0.0%
0.0%
10.5%
0.0%
9.9%
EurB
14.8%
0.0%
11.1%
0.0%
4.4%
NCAA
16.7%
83.3%
0.0%
0.0%
50.4%
CHL
97.8%
0.0%
14.6%
1.5%
9.6%
WJC
26.9%
15.4%
23.1%
0.0%
13.2%
Eurjr
11.1%
0.0%
8.3%
0.0%
18.4%
Tier II
10.0%
68.0%
4.0%
0.0%
12.1%
USDP
12.1%
75.8%
0.0%
0.0%






%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
AGE 19
Sample
at Age 18
CHL
NCAA
AHL
NHL
0.7%
NHL
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
100.0%
10.3%
AHL
67.9%
0.0%
57.1%
7.1%
2.9%
KHL
12.5%
0.0%
25.0%
0.0%
1.8%
EurMA
20.0%
0.0%
0.0%
20.0%
9.9%
ScanA
7.4%
0.0%
22.2%
7.4%
9.6%
EurB
15.4%
0.0%
19.2%
7.7%
23.2%
NCAA
9.5%
85.7%
19.0%
6.3%
54.0%
CHL
79.6%
0.0%
36.1%
10.2%
30.1%
WJC
24.4%
18.3%
37.8%
15.9%
8.5%
Eurjr
13.0%
0.0%
13.0%
4.3%
4.8%
Tier II
0.0%
92.3%
0.0%
0.0%






%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
AGE 20
Sample
at Age 19
CHL
NCAA
AHL
NHL
8.8%
NHL
0.0%
0.0%
78.3%
82.6%
28.3%
AHL
1.5%
0.0%
93.9%
43.9%
1.5%
ECHL
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
0.0%
3.7%
KHL
0.0%
0.0%
40.0%
30.0%
1.5%
EurMA
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
0.0%
8.8%
ScanA
0.0%
0.0%
80.0%
25.0%
4.0%
EurB
0.0%
0.0%
27.3%
9.1%
24.3%
NCAA
4.8%
72.6%
33.9%
14.5%
46.7%
CHL
10.6%
0.0%
84.1%
30.1%
32.4%
WJC
1.3%
21.3%
62.5%
37.5%
2.2%
Eurjr
0.0%
0.0%
40.0%
0.0%
0.7%
Tier II
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%




%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
Age 21
Sample
at Age 20
NCAA
ECHL
AHL
NHL
28.0%
NHL
0.0%
1.5%
72.7%
83.3%
68.3%
AHL
0.0%
10.0%
89.3%
58.0%
11.0%
ECHL
0.0%
50.0%
85.0%
10.0%
3.7%
KHL
0.0%
0.0%
22.2%
11.1%
1.2%
EurMA
0.0%
33.3%
33.3%
0.0%
4.1%
ScanA
0.0%
11.1%
44.4%
33.3%
3.3%
EurB
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
18.3%
NCAA
50.0%
4.8%
61.9%
31.0%
4.9%
CHL
0.0%
36.4%
72.7%
0.0%
1.2%
Eurjr
0.0%
50.0%
50.0%
0.0%
0.8%
Tier II
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%






%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
Age 22
Sample
at Age 21
NCAA
ECHL
AHL
NHL
45.7%
NHL
0.0%
0.0%
65.4%
84.0%
71.9%
AHL
0.0%
12.1%
80.9%
54.6%
10.9%
ECHL
0.0%
58.3%
75.0%
12.5%
3.6%
KHL
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
37.5%
1.4%
EurMA
0.0%
0.0%
33.3%
33.3%
2.3%
ScanA
0.0%
25.0%
25.0%
0.0%
5.0%
EurB
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
9.5%
NCAA
30.0%
20.0%
80.0%
20.0%






%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
Age 23
Sample
at Age 22
NCAA
ECHL
AHL
NHL
49.0%
NHL
0.0%
0.0%
43.6%
85.9%
69.1%
AHL
0.0%
14.2%
68.1%
53.1%
11.3%
ECHL
0.0%
66.7%
66.7%
11.1%
2.1%
KHL
0.0%
0.0%
25.0%
0.0%
1.0%
EurMA
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
3.6%
ScanA
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
14.3%
4.1%
EurB
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
NCAA
0.0%
33.3%
83.3%
16.7%






%  of
Played Here
Then played here at
Age 24
Sample
at Age 23
KHL
ECHL
AHL
NHL
50.0%
NHL
4.7%
4.7%
40.6%
76.6%
50.0%
AHL
4.7%
18.8%
73.4%
28.1%
12.8%
ECHL
0.0%
43.8%
56.3%
0.0%
3.7%
KHL
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
5.5%
EurMA
0.0%
0.0%
11.1%
11.1%
3.7%
ScanA
0.0%
0.0%
20.0%
20.0%
6.1%
EurB
0.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
NCAA
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%




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