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JeremyHanzel
DAge: 23185 CM93 KGCAN CAN
54PNHLe
Jeremy Hanzel
NHLNHL Draft2023, COL (187th overall)6th round, 27th pick
THLTHL Draft2023, CLB (163rd overall)6th round, 3rd pick

Projected potential

Bio

An organizational depth defenseman who has not developed into anything more than a minor-league player.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 54 · 2nd Line Potential2023-24 · WHL · Seattle Thunderbirds

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
3.5
35% 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
2.0
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

The New Jersey Devils acquired Hanzel along with a 2025 fourth-round pick (NSH) on June 18, 2025, from the Nashville Predators for Erik Haula. The 22-year-old Hanzel split the 2024-25 season between Nashville minor league affiliates, the Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL) and Milwaukee Admirals (AHL), playing 65 games combined, the majority of which were played in the ECHL (61).

Hanzel was drafted in the sixth round (187th overall) in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche and was traded to the Nashville Predators on March 7, 2024, along with a third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Yakov Trenin and Graham Sward.

A career minor leaguer thus far in his professional career, Hanzel is entering the second year of a three-year entry-level contract signed initially on March 7, 2024, with the Colorado Avalanche. Hanzel is an organizational depth defenseman for the Devils. He is off the fantasy radar and does not need to be rostered.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2012-13RegularBrick InvitationalBC Junior Canucks62242
2016-17RegularMidgetBCMML Green U154011
2018-19RegularBCEHL U17Vancouver NE Chiefs U17 AAA299263530
2018-19RegularBCEHL U18Vancouver NE Chiefs U18 AAA31010
2018-19PlayoffsBCEHL U17Vancouver NE Chiefs U17 AAA30220
2019-20RegularBCEHL U18Vancouver NE Chiefs U18 AAA384323644
2019-20RegularBCHLCoquitlam Express50002
2020-21RegularWHLSeattle Thunderbirds23268-62
2021-22RegularWHLSeattle Thunderbirds63726331622
2021-22PlayoffsWHLSeattle Thunderbirds252111336
2022-23RegularWHLSeattle Thunderbirds661335487065
2022-23RegularMemorial CupSeattle Thunderbirds502232
2022-23PlayoffsWHLSeattle Thunderbirds19517222618
2023-24RegularWHLSeattle Thunderbirds66174360-840
2023-24RegularAHLMilwaukee Admirals502202
2023-24PlayoffsAHLMilwaukee Admirals100002
2024-25RegularECHLAtlanta Gladiators6131922-2428
2024-25RegularAHLMilwaukee Admirals400002
2025-26RegularECHLAdirondack Thunder7284149-410
2025-26PlayoffsECHLAdirondack Thunder7134-49