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JanChovan
CAge: 19188 CM84 KGSVK SVK
56PNHLe
Jan Chovan
NHLNHL Draft2025, LAK (184th overall)6th round, 24th pick
THLTHL Draft2025, BUF (189th overall)6th round, 29th pick

Projected potential

Bio

A big, strong, hardworking two-way winger who also play as a center and contributes in all situations. Has upside offensively as a net front presence.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 56 · 2nd Line Potential2025-26 · OHL · Sudbury Wolves

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
4.0
40% 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
4.0
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Chovan is another player with a heavy shot and can be extremely dangerous from distance. A positionally sound player with a large 6-3 frame, Chovan often engages in board battles but needs to learn how to win them with more consistency. He is constantly in the mix in the offensive zone and always looking to cause havoc. He had 23 points in 39 games in the Finnish U-20 league, showing he is a great supporting player. He can also play centre in a pinch and has won faceoffs with consistency in the past.

Selected 184th overall, Jan Chovan is now a member of the Los Angeles Kings.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2018-19RegularWSI U12Czech Selects U126123
2021-22RegularU16 SM-sarjaTappara U163816294557
2021-22RegularU18 SM-sarjaTappara U1830000
2021-22PlayoffsU16 SM-sarjaTappara U1662464
2022-23RegularU18 SM-sarjaTappara U184479166
2022-23PlayoffsU18 SM-sarjaTappara U1820000
2023-24RegularHlinka Gretzky CupSlovakia U1841342
2023-24RegularU18 SM-sarjaTappara U18201219312
2023-24RegularU20 SM-sarjaTappara U20307613104
2023-24RegularWJC-18Slovakia U187213-56
2023-24PlayoffsU18 SM-sarjaTappara U1831010
2023-24PlayoffsU20 SM-sarjaTappara U208011-32
2024-25RegularU20 SM-sarjaTappara U203911122376
2024-25RegularHlinka Gretzky CupSlovakia U1841560
2024-25RegularWJC-20Slovakia U20511240
2024-25RegularWJC-18Slovakia U18753820
2024-25PlayoffsU20 SM-sarjaTappara U20701110
2024-25PlayoffsU18 SM-sarjaTappara U18966122
2025-26RegularOHLSudbury Wolves60282755-2614
2025-26RegularWJC-20Slovakia U20510112
2025-26PlayoffsOHLSudbury Wolves4202-20