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AnttoniUronen
CAge: 18183 CM91 KGFIN FIN
59PNHLe
Anttoni Uronen
NHLNHL Draft2026, CBJ (182nd overall)6th round, 22nd pick
THLTHL Draft2026, TBL (192nd overall)6th round, 32nd pick

Projected potential

Bio

Sturdy, intense center who already holds his own in Finland’s top league at 17, winning physical battles and agitating with a heavy, after-the-whistle edge. The skating and modest offense cap him as a gritty depth center, so the fantasy value is peripheral more than points.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 59 · 2nd Line Potential2025-26 · U20-SM-Sarja Liiga · HIFK U20 HIFK

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
4.5
45% 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
3.5
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Uronen is the gritty Liiga-rotation profile Finnish observers have flagged more than any other late-round Finn in this class, and the case starts with where he played. He logged 27 Liiga games for HIFK as a 17-year-old, scored 10 points, and drew first-line center looks in stretches before injuries cut into his run, men’s-league exposure most draft-eligibles never get. The identity is physicality and intensity. He uses his frame to win battles, makes himself hard to play against, and brings an agitating, after-the-whistle edge that gets under opponents’ skin. Two things hold him back on draft boards: his skating needs work, and his defensive reads are unrefined, with stretches where he doubles coverage and loses his man. That gap between the Finnish read and the English public boards is the story, with Central Scouting’s European list rating him higher than the consensus. For fantasy, the projection is a bottom-six or middle-six gritty center whose value leans on penalty minutes and physicality rather than scoring, since the offensive ceiling is modest by his own coverage’s account. He signed an HIFK extension in March and stays in Finland another season, the right runway to keep proving his game against men. His twin brother Eelis is a draft-eligible defenseman and older brother Tuomas is a Vegas prospect, a rare family lineage. If the skating improves enough to lock in a checking-line role, the offensive ceiling still tops out around 30 to 35 points.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2022-23RegularU16 SM-sarjaKJT Haukat U16191118296
2023-24RegularU16 SM-sarjaKJT Haukat U163217425910
2023-24PlayoffsU16 SM-sarjaKJT Haukat U1641454
2024-25RegularU18 SM-sarjaHIFK U183816355146
2024-25RegularU20 SM-sarjaHIFK U20601114
2024-25RegularWHC-17Finland U1740000
2024-25PlayoffsU18 SM-sarjaHIFK U1895494
2025-26RegularHlinka Gretzky CupFinland U18501116
2025-26RegularU20 SM-sarjaHIFK U20146511-137
2025-26RegularU18 SM-sarjaHIFK U1862796
2025-26RegularLiigaHIFK27281072
2025-26RegularWJC-18Finland U18511200
2025-26PlayoffsLiigaHIFK5000-34