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NicholasBogas
DAge: 18183 CM83 KGUSA USA
18PNHLe
Nicholas Bogas
NHLNHL Draft2026, STL (139th overall)5th round, 11th pick
THLTHL Draft2026, STL (186th overall)6th round, 26th pick

Projected potential

Bio

Defense-first, highly competitive left-shot defenseman who defends the rush, blocks shots, and retains pucks rather than driving offense. With almost no scoring to his game yet, the fantasy value is minimal outside deep peripheral-heavy formats.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 182025-26 · USHL · USNTDP Juniors

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
2.5
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Bogas is one of the youngest defensemen in the class, a July 2008 birthday who has spent two seasons playing up against older competition, and the appeal is entirely in how hard he is to play against. He logged top-pairing shutdown minutes for the United States at the U18 World Championship, blocked shots at a high rate, and threw 2.5 hits per game at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, third-most in the tournament. He’s a competitive, mobile defenseman who defends and retains pucks rather than creates. He managed four points in 37 NTDP games and 11 points in 60 USHL games the year before, so there’s almost no offensive base to project from. For fantasy, that caps him hard. Even a successful NHL outcome looks like a third-pairing penalty-killer whose counting stats stay near the floor, with value only in formats that reward hits and blocks. He’s headed to Michigan State, which buys time for the puck game his teammates praise to show up on the scoresheet. If it does and he becomes a depth NHL defender, the offensive ceiling still sits low, around 15 to 20 points, which is where the 2.5 upside lands.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2022-23RegularHPHL 14UOakland Jr. Grizzlies 14U AAA1512330
2022-23RegularUS 14U NationalsOakland Jr. Grizzlies 14U AAA30113
2022-23PlayoffsHPHL 14UOakland Jr. Grizzlies 14U AAA30000
2023-24RegularUSA-S15Team Navy40334
2023-24Regular15U AAAOakland Jr. Grizzlies 15U AAA64122739
2023-24RegularOHL CupTPH Thunder 16U4000-30
2024-25RegularUSHLWaterloo Black Hawks6011011949
2024-25PlayoffsUSHLWaterloo Black Hawks1503316
2025-26RegularHlinka Gretzky CupUSA U185202-12
2025-26RegularNTDPU.S. National U18 Team37224932
2025-26RegularUSHLUSNTDP Juniors17022318