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RWAge: 18188 CM83 KGUSA USA
57PNHLe
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NHLNHL Draft2026, OTT (32nd overall)1st round, 32nd pick
THLTHL Draft2026, DAL (32nd overall)1st round, 32nd pick

Projected potential

Bio

Skilled London winger with a natural goal-scoring touch and an unusual path to the draft, still early in his ice-hockey development. A high-upside swing with real bust risk given how raw he remains.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 57 · 2nd Line Potential2025-26 · OHL · London Knights

What is PNHLe?

PNHLe is an offensive stat that is used to project a player’s point potential at the NHL level and is meant to standardize a variety of leagues so that prospects can be compared from one league with another.

PNHLe attempts to equalize all leagues, age and positions so that the offensive potential of a prospect can easily be compared with others, while also projecting future NHL point potential in the prime years of a player.

The problem with NHLe

The premise of the NHLe stat is certainly a great idea. If a player jumps directly from one league to the NHL there should be some precedent set by historical values that would indicate how many points that player should project to having in a full NHL season. However, it always bothered me that NHLe never took into account that younger players in the same league would always have a massive disadvantage compared to those that have more experience and are physically more mature in the same league. NHLe only looks at the present to predict how many points in one league are equated at the NHL level.

NHL Certainty
5.0
50% odds
Odds of becoming a full-time NHL player (10.0 = 100%). Draft guideline is a starting point and should rise as the prospect proves himself.
Upside
5.0
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

With the last pick in the draft, the Senators took one of the most interesting players in the draft. The Senators are hoping he can pick up the game on the ice quickly and be a top scoring threat. Thankfully he has a lot of skill to back up his play. This is OTtawa’s second boom/bust pick of the draft.

Cover put up 20 goals and 52 points in 67 games as a London rookie, second on a strong Knights team, and announced for Penn State in 2026-27. The backstory matters to the projection: he grew up on roller hockey in the Cayman Islands and only started on ice at 13, so the hands and shooting translated fast while the rest of his game is still filling in. He’s a natural finisher with the puck skill to beat a defender one-on-one, he moves constantly off the puck on the power play to find soft ice, and he’ll defend and block shots, though over-creativity still produces turnovers. Listed at 6-1 and 185, he skated top-line minutes with William Nicholl in London and lands around the top 30 to 40 on most boards, with Elite Prospects highest at 24th. For fantasy the appeal is scoring touch and power-play upside on a player whose development curve may still be bending upward, which is also the risk. A realistic ceiling is a top-six scoring winger in the 55-to-65-point range; the floor is wider than most given how little ice time he has under him, so he’s a patient, higher-variance hold.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2022-23RegularCAHSSt. Andrew's College U18 AAA720200
2023-24RegularCAHSSt. Andrew's College White U1617182341
2023-24PlayoffsOMHA U16York Simcoe Express U16 AAA10681410
2024-25RegularOHLLondon Knights302232
2025-26RegularOHLLondon Knights67203252948
2025-26PlayoffsOHLLondon Knights5213-16